It’s 6 wheeled, no turret IIRC.
Help?
It’s 6 wheeled, no turret IIRC.
Help?
BTR-152 maybe…?
BTR-152 looks similar in layout to the US M3 halftrack series but with a pair of wheels instead of tracks. Could that be it? I know Skif makes several variants of the BTR-152.
that’d be my guess
Is it ww2 or post war?
post-war. late 40’s, I think is when it was developed
Thanks for the link Domi. Good information on it.
mark956
Are these what you are looking for?
The first one is the BTR 150K that is open-topped, the second is the refined BTR 152 W with a closed top and hatches.
Both kits are 1/72 scale and offered by a company called Omega-K. Very easy builds, kind of basic, but they build into nice vehicles.
If you are looking for it in 1/35 scale, you’ll need to consult one of the Big Scale Modelers.
Duke, I wonder where your private AFV collection ends…???
Well, I have about 390 AFV’s and artillery pieces, so it might be awhile before it does!
Ask me what else I have, and I’ll see if I have it.
Naa, stupid me, it’s a modern AFV, but after looking around, it might be an 8-wheeler, for some reason a 6x6 sticks in my mind, but thanks for the very interesting links for the 152.
So, with that in mind, what about modern wheeled AFVs from them?
Cheers!
The eight-wheeled one without a turret is the BTR-50, I believe. They made them wheeled and tracked if I remember correctly. I’ll have to look it up to be sure. And right now, that’s where my collection ends, since I don’t have a BTR 50—yet!
The BTR-60/70/80 are all eight wheeled vehicles. check out
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/index.html
for more info
BTR-50 is tracked, based on the same chassis as the amphibious tank PT-76. Claymore’s correct. The BTR-60/70/80 series is the 8x8 armored car the former Soviet Union used. The BTR-60 is availaable as a resin kit by Verlinden and the BTR-70 and BTR-80 are available from DML. Zvezda also recently released one of the old DML kits (or maybe both?).
Okay, cool! Thanks for that info, I always got them confused. Once I get a BTR 50, that’ll change!
IIRC, Panzershop also makes a resin BTR-60. Unfortunately, the only large scale
BTR-50 that I have been able to find is made by Glencoe. It needs a lot of help to improve the detail and accuracy. I have one that I have been working on for a few years.