The thinly-protected, 1950s-vintage BTR-50 might not be the worst vehicle the Russian army has sent in a direct assault on Ukrainian positions, but it’s probably the oldest. And while it’s ...

Russian soldiers pose in front of armored personnel carriers. These are the nearly antique BTR-50s developed in the 1950s. We explain whether these relics of the past have any usefulness and where ...

In recent days, Russian BTR-50 armoured personnel carriers, first fielded in 1954, have also been identified as having been deployed in Ukraine for the first time, the report remarks. Since summer ...

Newsweek could not independently verify this clip, and has reached out to the Russian Defense Ministry for comment via email. The BTR-90 was developed in the immediate post-Soviet period of the ...

MINSK, December 9. /TASS/. A new batch of Russian-made BTR-82A armored personnel carriers has arrived in Belarus and will enter service with the mechanized brigade stationed in the western Grodno ...