OT-64 SKOT
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This article is about OT-64 SKOT. For SKOT, see Skot (disambiguation).
The OT-64 SKOT (Czech acronym for: Střední Kolový Obrněný Transportér, and/or Polish Średni Kołowy Opancerzony Transporter – medium wheeled armoured transporter) is an amphibious armored personnel carrier (8x8), developed jointly by Polish People's Republic (PRL) and Czechoslovakia (ČSSR) well into the 1960s.
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OT-64 SKOT | |
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Type | Wheeled Amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier |
Place of origin | Czechoslovakia / Poland |
Service history | |
In service | 1963–present[1] |
Used by | See Operators |
Wars | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Western Sahara War Iran-Iraq War Operation Blue Star Syrian Civil War Russian Invasion of Ukraine |
Production history | |
Designed | 1959 |
Manufacturer | Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych (FSC) (Polish People's Republic)[1] |
Produced | 1963–early 1970s[1] |
No. built | 4,500[1] |
Variants | See Variants |
Specifications | |
Mass | 14.5 t |
Length | 7.44 m |
Width | 2.55 m |
Height | 2.71 m |
Crew | 2 + 18 passengers[1] 2 + 10 passengers (OT-64A and SKOT-2A)[1] |
Armor | 6-13 mm |
Main armament | 7.62 mm PKT machine gun and 14.5 mm KPV machine gun. |
Engine | air-cooled Tatra T-928-14 V-8 diesel 177 hp |
Power/weight | 12.4 hp/tonne |
Suspension | 8x8 or 8x4 |
Operational range | 710 km |
Maximum speed | 94 km/h (in water 9 km/h) |
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Until the early 1970s Czechoslovakia and Poland produced around 4,500 OT-64 SKOTs of all variants, just under a third of which were exported.[2][3][4][5] In 2002, the modernization of the SKOT transporter began in Poland. The work resulted in the KTO Ryś prepared by Wojskowe Zakłady Mechaniczne No. 5 from Poznań.