NEW PROBABLE VARIANT OF THE MT-LB, USSR

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: September 15, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 1, 1980
• Content Type: REPORT

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New Probable Variant of the MT-LB, USSR (5)
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NEW PROBABLE VARIANT OF THE MT-LB, USSR (S)
I. (S/D) A new probable variant of the MT-LB tracked vehicle was identified in the Central
Asia Military District (MD) at Ili Army Barracks AL-I USSR.
(S/D) Ten MT-LB with probable conical turrets were observed on imagery of
=(Figure 1) in a small vehicle park which contains the probable support elements for the
special operation/divisionary unit housed at this installation. The ten MT-LB had arrived at Ili by
but were not observed on imagery of
3. (S/D) The probable conical turret is approximately I meter in diameter, located forward
of center on the chassis. The turret is similar in appearance to the turret on a BTR-60PB armored
personnel carrier. The distance from the center of the turret to the front of the chassis is about
meters. The distance from this center point to the rear is about (Figure 2).
4. (S/D) A conventional MT-LB has a small conical turret with a 7.62mm machine gun on
the right front corner of' the chassis (Figure 3). The new probable variant of the MT-LB may also
have this small conical turret.
5. (S/D) The chassis of the MT-LB is versatile and can be used in various capacities-it can
he used as an armored personnel carrier or a prime mover. The SA-13, a SAM-carrying variant, is
widely used, and a possible antitank guided missile variant was reported in the Far Fast MD at
Khabarovsk in October 1979.
(S) Comments and queries regarding this report are welcome. The,, ma,, he directed to
w'arsav Pact Forces Division, Imagery Exploitation Group, NPIC,
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FIGURE 3. MT-LB TRACKED VEHICLE. DoD photograph, USAF/FTD IR 6 901
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