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Dontos
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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 12:35 am Post subject: ID Help
An aquaintance has asked me to ID the Russian APC in the photo. I believe it to be a modified MTLB. Any Ideas? [img][/img] The photo was taken in Antarctica in 1979. Don _________________ "Gonna hold my breath until Armor returns home..."

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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:01 am Post subject: Re: ID Help
It may be the MTLVB Arctic variant with .57m wide track for snow and improved flotation altho' I'm having a Devil of a time finding an image of this to confirm! This is NOT a confirmed image but looks similar albeit the Track looks standard NOT the extra wide I've noted above (and seen on a Discovery programme on Siberian Tigers!) Regards, BUG

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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 4:25 am Post subject: Re: ID Help
MT-LBV The MT-LB can also be fitted with 565 mm wide tracks for operation in snow and swampy ground; it is then called the MT-LBV. This version has a ground pressure of 0.28 kg/cm{2}. This definition would tend to indicate it's a category definition rather than a Type DEFINITION................ Regards, BUG

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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 8:21 am Post subject: Re: ID Help
It's GAZ-71 (GT-SM), civilian transport. You right, it's MTLB based vehicle.

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Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2006 9:56 am Post subject: Re: ID Help
- Taranov It's GAZ-71 (GT-SM), civilian transport. You right, it's MTLB based vehicle. wrong hood/cab shape... its a GT-T _________________ TTFN Jim If your not a member of JED then your not serious about anything military.. ********************* www.jedsite.info JED Military Equipment *********************

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