Might as well cover and finish this. Here's what I have on the MT-LB. The refs I have pretty much show the Russians operated with the following versions noted below. What I strongly suspect is one of the following to be true...
1) Projects unfulfilled have crept into the OOB-
again. OR...
2) We have if you will some OOB to OOB "cross contamination". The Czechs and Bulgarians were prolific with their MT-LB modifications for instance.
So again for the Russians I come up pretty much with the following
combat types...
1. MT-LB - BASE MODEL.
2. MT-LBU - LONGER BODY WITH BIGGER ENGINE.
3. MT-LBV - WIDER TRACKS FOR WINTER AND SOFT TERRIAN OPS I.E. SWAMPS ETC.
4. 2S1 GOOSDIKA - 122mm SPA
5. AZM - CEV
6. UR-TI - MCV
That's about it. Wasn't "shouting above, if you ever saw me typing you'd understand. Refs are below all good some used as quick checks only and one is a good Soviet/Russian one I've used in the past and might be of some use for any lingering BMP issues etc. So for perspective as I've been asked by some in the past the refs will descend from
first look medium+ confidence to
higher confidence+ and finally
lower confidence/quick check sources since I have the time here to do that.
http://www.military-today.com/apc/mtlb.htm
http://www.military-today.com/artill...1_gvosdika.htm
http://www.inetres.com/gp/military/cv/inf/MT-LB.html
REFS AT BOTTOM.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...n0534/lsn2.htm
NEAR BOTTOM.
http://www.globalsecurity.org/milita...ssia/mt-lb.htm
http://www.armscontrol.ru/atmtc/Arms...cles.htm#mt-lb
SCROLL TO TOP FOR OTHERS.
http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/mt-lb.htm
With the
arms control site be sure to carefully read it. The description will start and a few words in they'll note what country it's from if not Russian.
NOTE: Many
"top tier" refs will tend not to offer info on older types of equipment for many reasons I can list but won't. When you find them keep or better yet post them as the topic requires.
Regards,
Pat
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