. "1974"^^ . "1974"^^ . "The BTR-D is a Soviet airborne multi-purpose tracked armoured personnel carrier which was introduced in 1974 and first seen by the West in 1979 during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. BTR-D stands for Bronetransportyor Desanta (\u0411\u0422\u0420, \u0411\u0440\u043E\u043D\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043D\u0441\u043F\u043E\u0440\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043D\u0442\u0430, literally \"armoured transporter of the Airborne\"). It is based on BMD-1 airborne IFV. NATO gave it the designation BMD M1979."@en . . "61.0"^^ . . "3"^^ . . "30.1"^^ . "pintle-mounted automatic grenade launchers and/or machine guns ."@en . . "2"^^ . . . "1.67 m"@en . "Adjustable"@en . . "100"^^ . "See Operators"@en . "See Variants"@en . "BTR-D"@en . . "Early 1970\u20131974"@en . . "35.0"^^ . "8"^^ . "BTR-D"@en . . . . "10.0"^^ . . . "5"^^ . "8.5"^^ . "10"^^ . . "500.0"^^ . "15"^^ . . . "yes"@en . "BTR-D"@en . . "BTR-ZD"@en . "116.0"^^ . "2.94 m"@en . . "300.0"^^ . . . "The BTR-D is a Soviet airborne multi-purpose tracked armoured personnel carrier which was introduced in 1974 and first seen by the West in 1979 during the Soviet war in Afghanistan. BTR-D stands for Bronetransportyor Desanta (\u0411\u0422\u0420, \u0411\u0440\u043E\u043D\u0435\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043D\u0441\u043F\u043E\u0440\u0442\u0435\u0440 \u0414\u0435\u0441\u0430\u043D\u0442\u0430, literally \"armoured transporter of the Airborne\"). It is based on BMD-1 airborne IFV. NATO gave it the designation BMD M1979."@en . . "Airborne Amphibious Multi-Purpose Tracked Armoured Personnel Carrier"@en . "See Service history"@en . "6.74 m"@en . "241"^^ . . "28.4"^^ . .