Soviet ATV MT-LB personnel carrier with ZU-23-2 gun
1/35 scale plastic model kit
SKIF 229
Package include:
Photo Etched set
Decals
Gum tracks
Plastic parts
Assembly guide
Manufacturer: SKIF (Ukraine)
Scale: 1/35
Material: Plastic
Unpainted, Unassembled, Kit do not contain paints and glue.
Condition: New in Box
The MT-LB (многоцелевой Ñ‚Ñгач легко бронированный, mnogotselevoy tyagach lekhko bronirovannyi / multi-purpose light-armoured towing vehicle) is a Soviet multi-purpose fully-amphibious armoured personnel carrier which was first introduced in the 1970s. Initially the vehicle was known as M 1970 in the west.
MT-LB (izdeliye 6) - basic model, often used as simple APC but also as artillery tractor or ambulance. In the West the term MT-LB Blade or MT-LB M1980 is used for vehicles that are fitted with a hydraulic dozer blade.
MT-LBM (izdeliye 6MB3) - with GSh-23V 23mm, AG-30 and "Kord" 12.7mm.
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| Type | Armored personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 11,900 kg |
| Length | 6.45 m |
| Width | 2.86 m |
| Height | 1.865 m |
| Crew | 2 (+ 11 passengers) |
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| Armor | 14mm max. |
| Primary armament |
7.62mm PKT machine-gun 2,500 rounds |
| Engine | YaMZ 238, V-8 diesel 240 hp at 2,100 rpm |
| Power/weight | 20 hp/tonne |
| Suspension | Torsion bar |
| Operational range |
500 km (road range) |
| Speed | 61 km/h (road) 30 km/h (off-road) 5 to 6 km/h (in the water) |
Users
Armenia - 75
Azerbaijan - 196
Bangladesh - 80+ (Captured during Op. Desert Storm & are ex-Iraqi and after that many were bought)) 
Belarus - 66 
Bulgaria - 812
Czech Republic - Only Strela-10
Finland - 98 MT-LBV
Georgia - 80
Iraq (The new Iraqi Army , Kurdish Peshmerga) - 61
Kazakhstan - 200
Lithuania - 10
Macedonia - 10
Moldova - 62
Niger - 67
Poland - 352 
Russia - 4,800 
Serbia - Only MT-LBu variants and 13 9K35 "Strela-10".
Sweden - 460 (Called Pbv 401, former East German, bought 1993)
Ukraine - 2,090 
United States - unknown
Former Operators
East Germany - 721 Bulgarian-made MT-LB's, 32 SNAR-10 and 36 Strela-10M. Passed on to the successor state.
Soviet Union - Passed on to successor states.
West Germany/ Germany - taken from GDR's army, all scrapped or sold to other countries.
Yugoslavia - SNAR-10 and Strela-10. Passed on to successor states.
- Stock: 4
- Model: MK229
- Weight: 1.03lb
- DATE ADDED: 08/02/2009
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