Production History
BTR-60s were produced by Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod (GAZ). BTR-60P was produced between 1960 and 1963. BTR-60PA entered production in 1963. BTR-60PA-1 entered production 1965. Both BTR-60PA and BTR-60PA-1 were produced until 1966. BTR-60PAI also entered production in 1965, but was quickly replaced in 1966 by the BTR-60PB, which had a better sighting system for the machine guns. The BTR-60PB remained in production until 1976, when it was superseded by the BTR-70. According to the Western estimate around 25,000 BTR-60s were produced by GAZ. During the BTR-80 production and therefore after the BTR-60 production ended there was a special production run of 100 BTR-60PBs, some of which have been exported to Iraq.
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