PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 14. /TASS/. An upgraded BTR-82A armored personnel carrier with enhanced armor was unveiled at the Army 2023 international arms show, a TASS correspondent reported from the scene.

The armored vehicle has never demonstrated before and its design differs considerably from the baseline BTR-82A model.

According to the materials of Military Industrial Company that developed the new vehicle, the eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier can carry 10 personnel, is furnished with a 330 hp diesel engine and can accelerate to 80 km/ on roads. The upgraded BTR-82A model is armed with a 30mm 2A72 gun and can withstand hits by B-32 armor-piercing bullets.

"The (upgraded) BTR-82A armored personnel carrier with enhanced ballistic and anti-mine protection is designed for operation in combined arms units of the ground forces, the Navy’s marine infantry and special operations forces to transport personnel and fight same-type enemy hardware, aerial and naval targets and manpower and protect the vehicle’s combat squad inside," the company’s materials say.

The Army 2023 international military-technical forum is running at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Center, the Alabino training ground and the Kubinka airfield outside Moscow on August 14-20. About 1,500 leading Russian defense enterprises and 85 foreign companies and businesses from seven countries are participating in the forum’s expositions and business program.

The forum has been organized by the Russian Defense Ministry. TASS is the forum’s strategic media partner.