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NOTE: This article is about Takistani BTR-40s in ArmA 2: OA. For other similarly named articles, you may wish to use the following links instead:
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The BTR-40 is a wheeled Armoured Personnel Carrier used by both Takistani militia and anti-government rebels in ArmA 2. It was added with the release of the Operation Arrowhead expansion pack.
Overview[]
- Roles:
- Troop transport
- Armed scout
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Design[]
Developed shortly after the Second World War, the BTR-40 was one of the first mass-produced 4x4 armoured personnel carriers made by the Soviet Union.
Armament
The BTR-40 is available in two variants: the baseline unarmed vehicle, and an armed scout variant that is fitted with an 12.7 mm heavy machine gun mounted onto a pintle near the front of the vehicle.
Features
A simple and compact APC, the BTR-40 serves as a lightweight counterpart to the bulkier BTR-60. Unlike the latter, the BTR-40 places a greater emphasis on speed rather than protection and is ideal for getting troops cross-country quickly, though it comes at the cost of not being amphibious-capable.
Drawbacks
While it may have been a revolutionary design for its time, the BTR-40 is largely obsolete against all other modernised APCs. Not only does it have limited off-road mobility, but its lack of an armoured roof cover means that all passengers and crew alike have virtually no protection against small arms fire or explosives.
Likewise, the BTR-40 itself isn't that impressive capacity-wise either, as it transports two less passengers compared to the (bigger) BTR-60 while lacking amphibious capabilities. Needless to say, the BTR-40 would be better served in a museum rather than on a modern battlefield.
Crew Capacity
It has enough seats for the driver and a gunner (in the case of the armed variant), as well as up to six more passengers who sit in the rear section.
Variants[]
It is fitted with a DShKM HMG that is mounted onto a pintle near the front of the vehicle where the driver is located. It is pre-loaded with a single 50-round belt box and has a further five boxes spare (for a total of 300 rounds). This variant transports the same number of passengers as the unarmed variant.
Camouflage[]
- Desert: Standard two-tone desert tan/olive green camouflage scheme. Used on Militia-operated BTR-40s.
- Olive: Flat olive green paint scheme. Only used by rebel BTR-40s.
Protection[]
All variants of the BTR-40 have base armour values of 40.
Successful strikes to any of the following highlighted sections will inflict full damage to the component:
Component hitzones remain identical on both the armed/unarmed variants.
Body[]
BTR-40 hulls can resist up to 40 points of damage.
Engine[]
The engines can survive 80 points of damage before failing. No damage is shared with the vehicle's main "health" pool.
A damaged engine will prevent BTR-40s from being able to attain their top speed.
Fuel tank[]
The fuel tanks on both variants can withstand 40 points of damage before rupturing. No amount of damage on the tanks are shared with the vehicle's main "health" pool.
Incurred damage will cause the vehicle to gradually leak fuel over time.
Wheels[]
The wheels on both BTR-40s can only take 60 points of damage. Destroying them will not affect the vehicle's "health" pool.
Armament[]
The gunner on the armed variant controls the forward-facing DShKM mounted behind the driver's seat:
DShKM[]
NOTE: Only available on the BTR-40 (DShKM) variant.
| Base damage value | Aerodynamic friction | Initial velocity (m/s) |
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| 28 | -0.0006 | 850 |
General-purpose 12.7 mm heavy machine gun.
It can attain a fire rate of 600 rounds per minute and has a muzzle velocity of 850 m/s. It takes 6 seconds to reload a fresh belt box. Accuracy-wise, it has a dispersion of 0.0015 rad. Manual zeroing is possible starting from a minimum of 100 m up to a maximum of 2000 m. Adjustments are made with increments/decrements of 100 m.
The gun can be swivelled up to a maximum of 60 degrees in both directions horizontally. Vertically it is restricted to an elevation of 60 degrees but has a depression of 18 degrees only.
Trivia[]
- The BTR-40 is amongst one of the oldest vehicles that can be driven in ArmA 2, with only the T-34 light tank and An-2 biplane being similar in terms of age/era.
- Prior to the latest Steam version patches (as part of CorePatch), the BTR-40 suffered from several outstanding bugs that originated from Operation Arrowhead's initial release:[1]
- The field of view for both the driver and gunner was much narrower.
- It was not possible for the gunner to manually adjust the DShKM's zeroing on armed variants.
- Sound attenuation was not properly configured, making audio sound muffled for both crew and passengers even though the BTR-40 is not an enclosed vehicle.
Gallery[]
References[]
- ↑ Mazzon, M et al. 2019, CorePatch, GitHub, viewed 3 February 2024, <https://github.com/Goliath86/CorePatch/blob/master/Changelog.txt>.
External links[]
See also[]
Vehicles of comparable role and configuration[]
- BTR-60 (Takistani Army counterpart)
 Takistani Rebels - Vehicles (ArmA 2)
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| Wheeled | BRDM-2 • BTR-40 • Offroad • Pickup • Ural* • V3S |
| Tracked | BVP-1 • T-34 • T-55 |
| Rotor-wing | UH-1H |
| * only the ZU-23 variant is specifically used by the rebels. Operation Arrowhead | Army of the Czech Republic | |
 Takistani Militia - Vehicles (ArmA 2)
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| BTR-40 • Military Offroad • Old bike • Old moto • V3S* | |
| * only the regular troop carrier variant is used by the militia. Operation Arrowhead | |