First vehicle in the great family of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers, the BTR-60 entered service in the early 60 and the PB version in 1966. Developed as a cheaper vehicle for use in motor rifle division alongside the more expensive tracked BMP-1 for use in the tank divisions, the BTR-60 was a revolutionary fully amphibious design for its time, around 25,000 of them being produced, the BTR-60PB remaining in production until 1976. The NVA (East German Army) took delivery of more than 1,500 BTR-60 between 1965 and 1970.
The kit is the S-model one. A very nice and easy kit that can be use as a base for a lot of conversion works as the BTR-60 versions are numerous and very attractive (to me at least 😎). Here one of the passengers of this NVA BTR-60PB is aiming a Strela-2 (SA-7 Grail) surface-to-air missile (MANPADS) from one of the roof hatches (figure from RH Models). (made 2016)
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