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{{Short description|Soviet combat vehicle}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}} {{Infobox weapon | is_vehicle = yes | name = MT-LB | image = File:RWS2017-37.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = MT-LB | type = Amphibious [[Armoured personnel carrier|armored personnel carrier]]<br />Multi-purpose armored vehicle | origin = [[Soviet Union]] | service = early 1970s – present | used_by = See ''[[#Operators|Operators]]'' | wars = [[Soviet-Afghan War]]<br />[[Iran-Iraq War]]<br />[[Gulf War]]<br />[[Transnistrian War]]<br />[[First Nagorno-Karabakh War]]<br />[[War in Abkhazia (1992–1993)]]<br />[[First Chechen War]]<br />[[Second Chechen War]]<br />[[Iraq War]]<br />[[Russo-Georgian War]]<br />[[Boko Haram insurgency]]<br />[[Syrian Civil War]]<br />[[War in Iraq (2013-2017)]]<br />[[Second Nagorno-Karabakh War]]<br />[[Russo-Ukrainian War]]<ref>{{cite news |last1=Kadam |first1=Tanmay |title=Desperate For 'War Machines', Russia & Ukraine Turn Their 70-Year-Old Armored Vehicles Into Fire Support Weapons |url=https://eurasiantimes.com/desperate-for-war-machines-russia-ukraine-turn-their-70-year/ |access-date=16 April 2023 |work=Latest Asian, Middle-East, EurAsian, Indian News |date=7 March 2023}}</ref> | manufacturer = [[Kharkiv Tractor Plant]] | designer = Central Auto and Tractor Directorate | design_date = 1950s | length = {{convert|6.45|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | width = {{convert|2.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | height = {{convert|1.86|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | weight = {{convert|11.9|t|ST LT}} | suspension = Torsion bar | speed = {{convert|61|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (road)<br />{{convert|30|km/h|mph|abbr=on}} (off-road)<br /> 5 to 6 km/h (3.7 MPH) (in the water) | vehicle_range = {{convert|500|km|mi|abbr=on}} (road) | primary_armament = 12.7mm [[NSV machine gun|NSV]]/[[Kord machine gun|Kord]] [[heavy machine gun]]; or<br />30mm [[AGS-17|AGS17D]]/[[AGS-30]] [[Automatic grenade launcher]], or<br />30mm [[2A42]]/[[2A42|2A72]] [[autocannon]] | secondary_armament = [[PKT machine gun|PKT]] (2,500 rounds) | armour = 14 mm max. | engine = {{plainlist | * [[:ru:ЯМЗ-236/238|YaMZ 238]], V-8 [[Diesel engine|diesel]] * [[:pl:SW 680|SW 680]], I6 [[Diesel engine|diesel]] (in Poland) }} | crew = 2 (+ 11 passengers) | engine_power = {{plainlist | * YaMZ 238: 240 hp at 2,100 rpm * SW 680: 240 hp at 2,200 rpm }} | pw_ratio = 20 hp/tonne }} The '''MT-LB''' ({{langx|ru|Многоцелевой Тягач Легкий Бронированный|translit=Mnogotselevoy tyagach legky bronirovanny}}, literally "multi-purpose towing vehicle light armored") is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] multi-purpose, fully [[amphibious vehicle|amphibious]], tracked [[Armoured fighting vehicle|armored fighting vehicle]] in use since the 1970s. It was also produced in [[Poland]], where (starting in the mid-1990s) its [[YaMZ]] engine was replaced by a Polish 6-cylinder SW 680 diesel engine.<ref name="MT-LB multipurpose">{{cite web |url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_army_light_armoured_vehicle_uk/mt-lb_multipurpose_tracked_armoured_vehicle_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html |title=MT-LB multipurpose tracked armoured vehicle technical data sheet specifications pictures video |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181103210310/https://www.armyrecognition.com/russia_russian_army_light_armoured_vehicle_uk/mt-lb_multipurpose_tracked_armoured_vehicle_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html |archive-date=3 November 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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