280122 - BTR-60PA / BRT-60PB APC morris remaining in production into the

remaining in production into the 1960s

To balance the weight of the new equipment

- Two gun barrel choices (Mk I or Mk II) for the 25-pdr

being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48

cargo transport

280122 - BTR-60PA / BRT-60PB APC morris remaining in production into theThe BTR 60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs). It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR 152 and was seen in public for the first time in 1961. BTR stands for Bronetransporter (, , literally armoured transporter). The BTR 152 and BTR 40, the first two Soviet mass produced APCs developed after the Second World War, gave the Soviet Army useful experience with wheeled armoured