BTR-80

The BTR-80 (Russian: бронетранспортёр, romanized: bronetransportyor, lit. ’armoured carrier’) is an 8×8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the Soviet Union. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous vehicles, the BTR-60 and BTR-70, in the Soviet Army.[5] It was first deployed during the Soviet–Afghan War.[6]

The BTR-80 was developed into the larger BTR-90 in the early 1990s.