"Iran New Heidar-7 Heydar-7 8x8 armoured APC" Topic
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Tango01  | 05 Oct 2017 3:46 p.m. PST |
"The Iranian defense industry has unveiled a new 8x8 armoured vehicle personnel carrier based on a Soviet-made BTR-60PB , called Heidar-7 or Heydar-7. The BTR-60PB is Soviet-made 8x8 armoured vehicle personnel carrier (APC) which was developed in the late 1950s to replace the BTR-152 6x6 APC and was first seen in public in 1961…"
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| Apache 6 | 10 Oct 2017 8:07 a.m. PST |
The article states it's equipped with reactive armor. The basic BTR-60 armor is so thin, that 'normal' reactive armor would effect the vehicle and crew. I'm surprised they did not add a 'mid-ship' crew door, like BTR-70 and later. Looks like the passengers still debus from top side? Interesting that the Iranians seem to have 'cloned' the US Desert MarPat camouflage uniform. |
| ROUWetPatchBehindTheSofa | 10 Oct 2017 12:08 p.m. PST |
Yeah, I wondered about the reactive armour, but my knowledge is less than upto date. |
| ScoutJock | 11 Oct 2017 6:56 a.m. PST |
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| SouthernPhantom | 11 Oct 2017 2:00 p.m. PST |
New? It's an early Cold War-era design with armor it may or may not be able to use without killing its crew. That's not new, just poorly thought-out. |
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