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Old January 21st, 2025, 01:22 PM

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Default Re: Hungarian OOB 5.5

I dug a little deeper regarding mysterious BTR-60. Unfortunately, Hungarian Wikipedia is next to useless. In BTR-60 article it only mentions Hungary among users, without any details. However, a page on Hungarian army equipment https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Magy...9g_fegyverzete doesn't mention BTR-60 at all. I've finally found a Hungarian forum https://makettinfo.hu/index.php?jobb...D=596946&hash=, where the people evidently ask the same question about BTR-60 service, and ask why there are no photos, and one user says, that "Although there were 1-2 PB in Bolyain (in the military park), they were not in service, but remained", the other: "BTR-60PB (turreted) version was the first, but there were only a few of them, because we had standardized the Hungarian PSZHs, so there was no need for it", and the other: "We have never bought a single BTR-60 vehicle with a turret or weapon!". Seems, that there were only command radio versions.

We have 409 BTR-60P (which was the earliest very rare open top version, and I doubt if any were exported) and 408 BTR-60PB, of which there is no trace. I assume, that if they were bought in 1967, there was no reason why they didn't survive until 1989 - so probably they were not, if nobody has seen them...

Similarly with 055 OT-64A - with this difference, that I can't even find a Hungarian reference of its service. It isn't on the quoted Wikipedia page with Hungarian equipment. Czech book generally mentions "Hungary" among export customers, without any details or a number. Jane's Armour And Artillery 2004/2005 doesn't list OT-64 under Hungary that year. This Hungarian page doesn't mention Hungarian service, nor among export users: https://elfnet.hu/haditechnika/pancelautok/ot64.php.
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Default Re: Hungarian OOB 5.5

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Similarly with 055 OT-64A - with this difference, that I can't even find a Hungarian reference of its service. It isn't on the quoted Wikipedia page with Hungarian equipment. Czech book generally mentions "Hungary" among export customers, without any details or a number. Jane's Armour And Artillery 2004/2005 doesn't list OT-64 under Hungary that year. This Hungarian page doesn't mention Hungarian service, nor among export users: https://elfnet.hu/haditechnika/pancelautok/ot64.php.


https://tank-afv.com/coldwar/Poland/OT-64-Skot.php

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Hungary: Perhaps 100 in service, dating back from the Warsaw pact.
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