page_title: MT-LB
section_title: Former USSR
hierarchical_section_title: MT-LB / Variants / Former USSR
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Боевая машина 9П149 с ПТУР 9М144 противотанкового ракетного комплекса «Штурм-С» в Санкт-Петербургском Артиллерийском музее English: 9P149 vehicle with 9M144 missiles of anti-tank complex «Shturm-S» in Saint Petersburg Artillery museum
context_page_description: The MT-LB is a Soviet multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armored tracked vehicle, which was first introduced in the 1950s. It is also produced in Poland, where its YaMZ engine was replaced by a Polish one.
context_section_description: MT-L
  MT-LB (izdeliye 6) – basic model, often used as simple APC but also as artillery tractor or ambulance. In the West the term MT-LB Blade or MT-LB M1980 is used for vehicles that are fitted with a hydraulic dozer blade.
  MT-LBV (vezdekhodny) – low-pressure track version, with 565 mm (22-inch) tracks giving a ground pressure of 0.27 kgf/cm² (26 kPa). Used in Arctic regions instead of BMP or BTR wheeled vehicles.
  MT-LBVM – with NSVT 12.7 mm instead of the original 7.62 mm machine gun turret.
  MT-LBV-N
  MT-LBV-NS
  MTP-LB – technical support version with no turret, an A-frame and stowage on the roof.
  SNAR-10 "Jaguar" (stantsiya nazemnoy artilleriskoy razvedki) – with 1RL-127 ("BIG FRED") Ground surveillance radar in a large rotating turret. Range: 16 km. Old NATO designators are MT-LB M1975 and MT-LB SON.
  SNAR-10M "Pantera" – upgraded, automated system with a range of 40 km.
  9A34 – launch vehicle of the 9K35 "Strela-10" (SA-13 Gopher) system.
  9A35 – as per 9A34 but additionally with a passive detection system.
  9P149 "Shturm-S" – anti-tank version with a retractable launcher for 9M114 Kokon ATGM. The vehicle carries 12 missiles on board and entered service in 1979. It has a crew of 2.
  RKhM "Kashalot" (razvedivatel'naya khimicheskaya mashina) – chemical reconnaissance vehicle with detection, marking and alarm devices. This model has the hull shape and single rear door of the 2S1. Former Western designator: ATV M1979/4.
  RKhM-K – command version with additional signal equipment but without sensors or markers.
  RPM (radiatsionno-poiskovaya mashina) – radiological reconnaissance vehicle with a single KZO-2 flag dispenser and equipped with radiation detection devices NGP-81 (gamma), KDN-2 (neutrons), KRB-1 (beta), KRA-1 (alpha).
  K-611 – radiological reconnaissance vehicle.
  K-612 – radiological reconnaissance vehicle.
  AZM "Vostorg-1" (aviatransportabel'naya zemleroynaya mashina) – engineer vehicle, equipped with a hydraulic dozer blade and an extendable hydraulic arm with a bucket.
  MT-LBu – variant with a larger hull and longer chassis. Many so-called "MT-LB variants" are in fact based on the MT-LBu.
  UR-77 "Meteorit" – mine-clearing system with a rocket-launched explosive hose.
  2S1 122 mm self-propelled howitzer.
caption: 9P149 Shturm-S in Saint Petersburg Artillery Museum.
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