Operators
There are over 5,000 BTR-80s in service in various armies around the world:
- Afghanistan
- Algeria
- Angola
- Armenia - 50 in service of the Armenian Army.
- Azerbaijan - 70 in service of the Azerbaijani Army.
- Bangladesh - 130 in service with an additional 128 BTR-82A on order.
- Belarus - 194
- Colombia - 5 in service. Initially 100 units would be assembled under license in Colombia, the project was canceled.
- Djibouti - 15 in service
- Estonia
- Finland - 2 acquired in July 1990, Ps 690-1 and Ps 690-2 for evaluation. The XA-185 was selected instead.
- Georgia
- Hungary - 513 BTR-80s and 178 BTR-80As obtained in exchange for Russian government debt. 2nd largest operator.
- India
- Indonesia - Indonesian Navy Marine Corps (Korps Marinir TNI-AL) use BTR-80s for their 1st Cavalry Regiment (Resimen Kavaleri 1) of the 1st Marine Force. From 2006, 12 BTR-80As are part of the Indonesian UNIFIL Mission in Lebanon.
- Iraq - 50 BTR-94, 98 BTR-80UP ordered (first deliveries in 2006).
- Ivory Coast 6 BTR-80 from Belarus
- Kazakhstan - 190 BTR-80, 90 BTR-80A
- Kenya - 8 BRDM-3, arrived in early 2012 from Russia.
- Kyrgyzstan - 8
- Macedonia - 12
- Moldova - 11 (5 for army 5 for police special forces and 1 for carabinier troops)
- Mongolia - 450 are in service as of 2011.
- North Korea - 32 BTR-80A (according to SIPRI trade registers)
- Pakistan - BTR-70 / BTR-80
- Romania - 70 TAB Zimbru
- Russia - 3500-4000 BTR-80/80A/82A. Beginning from 2010, BTR-80 not purchased. Receive only the BTR-82A
- Sri Lanka - 33 BTR-80/80A
- Sudan - 30 BTR-80A (known as Shareef)
- Tajikistan - 26
- Turkey - 214
- Turkmenistan - 40
- Ukraine - 456
- Uzbekistan - 290
- Venezuela - 270 ordered. 32 BTR-80A, 13 2S23, and 4 1V152 delivered in May 2011. All delivered by July 2012.
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