[b]Брони́рованный транспортёр — 80 моде́ль[/b] (literally "Armoured Transporter - Model 80")

A 8×8 wheeled amphibious [[armored personnel carrier]] (APC) designed in the [[soviet|USSR]]. It was adopted in 1985 and replaced the previous vehicles, BTR-60 and BTR-70, in the [[Soviet Army]]. It was first deployed during the [[war in afghanistan|Soviet–Afghan War]]. The APC was introduced into service in 1986.

The BTR-80 was developed into the larger [[BTR-90]].

h4. See also
* [[armored vehicle]]
* [[military vehicle]]
* "Wikipedia article":[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTR-80]
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