BTR-7

The BTR-70DI^[1] is a Ukrainian upgrade of the Soviet BTR-70 with BTR-80 hatch and new diesel engines.^[2]

BTR-70DI-02 "Svityaz"

BTR-7
Type	Armored personnel carrier
Place of origin	Ukraine
Service history
In service	Ukrainian Ground Forces
Production history
Produced	2011
Variants	See below
Specifications
Mass	12.2 tonnes[1]
Length	7.595 m[1]
Width	2.8 m[1]
Height	2.25 m (including turret)[1]
Crew	3 crew (+7 troops)[1]
Armor	Classified
Main armament	14.5 mm KPVT machine gun[1]
Secondary armament	7.62 mm PKT machine gun[1]
Engine	FPT Iveco Tector[1] 2 × 150 hp[1]
Suspension	wheeled 8×8[1]
Ground clearance	0.49 m[1]
Maximum speed	100 km/h[1]

Description

The vehicle is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier.^[1]

It has 2 FPT Iveco Tector engines (from the Iveco EuroCargo truck) P4 (Euro III), 150 hp each.^[1]

Can be optionally fitted with modular turrets "Ingul" or "Bug" or with the "Zaslon" active protection system. People sometimes call it a Russian vehicle because it's based off of a Soviet vehicle Which is wrong.

Variants

BTR-70DI-02 "Svityaz" (May 2016)

• BTR-70DI (БТР-70Дi),^[1] also known as BTR-7 "Defender" - armoured personnel carrier^[2]
• BTR-70DI-02 "Svityaz" (БТР-70Дi-02 "Свiтязь") - armoured command vehicle. The first vehicle was built in 2012^[3]
• BMM-70 (БММ-70) - armored medical vehicle, at least six were built^[4]
• BREM-7K (БРЕМ-7К), also known as BREM-2000 - armoured recovery vehicle equipped with specialized lifting and recovery equipment

Operators

•  Ukraine: As of 2 March 2025, Ukraine lost 33 BRT 7 (15 destroyed,3 damaged and abandoned,1 captured.^[5]
•  Russia: At least 1 was captured by Russian forces during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.^[6]