OT-64 SKOT

OT-64 SKOT
OT-64A SKOT-2A
TypeWheeled amphibious armored personnel carrier
Place of originCzechoslovakia
Polish People's Republic
Service history
In service1963–present[1]
Used bySee Operators
WarsIndo-Pakistani War of 1971
Western Sahara War
Iran-Iraq War
Operation Blue Star
Syrian Civil War
Russian Invasion of Ukraine
Production history
Designed1959
ManufacturerFabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych (FSC) (Polish People's Republic)[1]
Unit cost$53,000 (vehicle's unit price for Morocco in 1967)[2]
Produced1963–early 1970s[1]
No. built4,500[1]
VariantsSee Variants
Specifications
Mass14.5 t
Length7.44 m
Width2.55 m
Height2.71 m
Crew2 + 18 passengers[1]
2 + 10 passengers (OT-64A and SKOT-2A)[1]

Armor6-13 mm
Main
armament
7.62 mm PKT machine gun and 14.5 mm KPV machine gun.
Engineair-cooled Tatra T-928-14 V-8 diesel
177 hp
Power/weight12.4 hp/tonne
Suspension8x8 or 8x4
Operational
range
710 km
Maximum speed 94 km/h (in water 9 km/h)

The OT-64 SKOT (Czech acronym for: Střední Kolový Obrněný Transportér, and/or Polish Średni Kołowy Opancerzony Transporter – medium wheeled armoured transporter) is an amphibious armored personnel carrier (8x8), developed jointly by Polish People's Republic (PRL) and Czechoslovakia (ČSSR) well into the 1960s.

Until the early 1970s Czechoslovakia and the Polish People's Republic produced around 4,500 OT-64 SKOTs of all variants, just under a third of which were exported.[3][4][5][6] In 2002, the modernization of the SKOT transporter began in Poland. The work resulted in the KTO Ryś prepared by Wojskowe Zakłady Mechaniczne No. 5 from Poznań.

  1. ^ a b c d e f ""Pancerni 1"". Archived from the original on 2008-01-08. Retrieved 2008-01-04.
  2. ^ ""SELECTED LIST PRICES OF MILITARY EQUIPMENT EXPORTED BY COMMUNIST COUNTRIES"" (PDF). Retrieved 2024-07-24.
  3. ^ "SKOT – žádná kráva, ale český obrňák". Archived from the original on 2015-11-24. Retrieved 2016-01-06.
  4. ^ BURIAN, Michal; DÍTĚ, Josef; DUBÁNEK, Martin. OT-64 SKOT: historie a vývoj obrněného transportéru. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2010.
  5. ^ Kajetanowicz Jerzy, Transporter opancerzony SKOT i jego odmiany produkowane w Polsce, Zeszyty Naukowe WSOWL 2016, nr 2
  6. ^ Kubiaczyk C., Transporter opancerzony SKOT, A. Karaś, W. Stefanowska (red.), J. Magnuski, Seria: Typy broni i uzbrojenia, vol. 9, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1971

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