701544 1/35 BTR-60PB

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Retail Price: $65.50

Scale: 1/35
Brand: TRUMPETER

Stock Status: In Stock

Product Code: 701544

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The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armored person nel carriers. It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen first time in public in 1961 An order to enter the BTR-60P into Soviet Army service was issued on 13 December 1959. However production started in 1960. first BTR-60Ps were delivered in 1960. It first entered service with the Soviet Army and later the Soviet naval infantry. Inearly 1960s it replaced the BTR-152 in the role of the basic APC. BTR-60P was first seen by the West in 1961. BTR-60PA entered service with the Soviet Army in 1963, BTR-60PB did in 1966. As thenew er models of BTR-60 appeared the older on es were gradually withdrawn from front-line service. A number of old BTR-60Ps were converted into repair vehicles