The BTR-40 is a Soviet open-topped, wheeled armoured personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle. It is often referred to as the Sorokovka in Soviet service. It was eventually replaced in the APC rol
BTR-40 at a public exhibit in Poland, 2008
A Soviet BTR-40 in Budapest during the Hungarian Uprising of 1956
Ex-Egyptian BTR-40 captured by the royalist guerrillas during the North Yemen Civil War
BTR, from Bronetransportyor/Bronetransporter, is any of a series of Soviet or post-Soviet military armoured personnel carriers.
BTR-40
…The BTR-40 (БТР, from Бронетранспортёр, or Bronetransporter, literally "armoured transporter".) is a Soviet open-topped, wheeled armoured personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle. It is often referred to as…