Ukrainian military introduces new BTR-60 variant, providing significant improvement in firepower
Ukraine has unveiled a significant upgrade to its aging BTR-60 armored personnel carriers, equipping them with the advanced BM-7 Parus turret. This modernization enhances the vehicles' firepower, transforming the Soviet-era transporters into more capable fighting machines.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have received another local modernization of the post-Soviet BTR-60 wheeled armored personnel carrier. This time it has been equipped with the BM-7 Parus turret known from the BTR-4 Bucephalus IFV.
As reported by Defence 24, before the full-scale Russian invasion, Ukraine possessed a significant number of post-Soviet BTR-60 wheeled armored personnel carriers, which had been obsolete for decades and required replacement or modernization.
There were many approaches by the local industry to this issue, one of the better-known examples of modernization being the BTR-60HM, in which only the bottom of the hull remained from the original vehicle. However, due to the costs of such modernization, the project was abandoned. Recent months have seen a return to the issue of repairs and modernizations or modifications of the BTR-60 transporters possessed by Ukrainians, especially in light of receiving another 100-110 units from Bulgaria.
A Ukrainian BTR-60 with BM-7 Parus turret pic.twitter.com/azGDfNRE34—
