BTR-60PB Upgraded

Plastic kit for a Soviet BTR-60 PB upgraded

• 1:35 scale
• Dimensions LxW (built): 206 x 80 mm
• 570+ pieces
• Clear and photo-etched parts included
• Upper and lower hull manufactured using the Slide Mold process
• rubber tires
• not built, not painted
• Paint and glue not included

The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen first time in public in 1961

An order to enter the BTR-60P into Soviet Army service was issued on 13 December 1959. However production started in 1960. First BTR-60Ps were delivered in 1960. It first entered service with the Soviet Army and later the Soviet naval infantry. In early 1960s it replaced the BTR-152 in the role of the basic APC. BTR-60P was first seen by the West in 1961. BTR-60PA entered service with the Soviet Army in 1963 , BTR-60PB did in 1966. As the newer models of BTR-60 appeared the older ones were gradually withdrawn from front-line service. A number of old BTR-60Ps were converted into repair vehicles.