BTR-60PB ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER TAY TUU BARRACKS AREA, NORTH VIETNAM

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• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: April 7, 2009
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: June 1, 1972
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BTR-60PB ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER
MISSION BHQ 696, 20 MAY 1972
TAY TUU BARRACKS AREA
NORTH VIETNAM
21-04-38N 105-43-57E
NATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC
INTERPRETATION CENTER
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REFERENCE TO: BHQ 696 BTR-60PB ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER
TAY ThU BARRACKS AREA,
NORTH VIETNAM
1. SIGNIFICANCE:
2. LOCATION:
THE FIRST IDENTIFICATION OF THE BTR-60PB
ARMORED PERSONNEL CARRIER (APC) IN NORTH
VIETNAM.
LOCATED AT 21-04-38N 105-43-57E, 14 NAUTICAL
MILES (NM) NORTHWEST OF HANOI.
3. REMARKS: THE BTR-60PB APC IS AN 11-TON, WHEELED, 8 BY ,3
AMPHIBIOUS APC WITH A BOAT-LIKE HULL. ARMORED
HATCHES COVER THE PERSONNEL COMPARTMENT AND A
GUN TURRET HOUSING A 14.5MM AND A 7.62MM
MACHINEGUN IS MOUNTED FORWARD. THE BTR-6OPB
HAS INFRARED NIGHT DRIVING AND SURVEILLANCE
SYSTEMS. THE VEHCILE CAN TRAVEL AT A TOP
SPEED OF 50 MPH AND CAN CROSS ROUGH TERRAIN
OR WATER. THE BASIC VEHICLE, THE BTR-6OP, WAS
FIRST IDENTIFIED IN THE SOVIET INVENTORY IN
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3. REMARKS: (CONT'D) NOVEMBER 1961; THE BTR-60PB MODIFICATION
FIRST APPEARED IN NOVEMBER 1964.
4. MISSION READOUT: FOUR BTR-60PB APC WERE PARKED AT TAY TUU
BARRACKS AREA ON 20 MAY 1972. THREE ADDITIONAL BTR-60P/BTR-6OPB
APC, PARTIALLY CONCEALED BY TREE COVER, WERE LOCATED ON A SECONDARY
ROAD 0.3 NM NORTHEAST OF THE FACILITY. (THESE THREE APC ARE NOT
SHOWN ON GRAPHIC).
IEG/SGD/SAB
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should be restricted to the particular briefing boards (s) they were prepared for and must be considered valid only for the re-
porting period as indicated by the date of issue. For information concerning these notes contact Chief, Imagery Exploitation
Group NPIC.
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