BTR-152
Paul Mulcahey has some great info on the BTR-152, an armoured truck that players should try and grab a hold of. However he doesn't have the up-gunned version I'll note here.
First up, the venerable BTR-152 is an odd critter, it has oodles of space inside, especially the open-topped version. This makes it a decent T2K cargo hauler that's immune to 7.62x51mm on the sides and 12.7x99mm on the front. They can carry a ton of people however the engine is kind of ordinary to be charitable, although the transmission and suspension is great. Inventive players might consider an engine swap (and move those fuel tanks away from behind the driver and front passenger!)
But the old beast also had a little-known career as a sort of guntruck. They mounted a stock 7.62mm GPMG over the driver behind a gun shield but got festooned with all sorts of weapon loads after that:
- Single 12.7mm DShKM HMG (instead of GPMG)
- Quad 12.7mm DShKM HMG (no GPMG)
- Single 14.5mm KPV HMG (instead of GPMG)
- Double 14.5mm KPV HMG (no GPMG)
- Quad 14.5mm KPV HMG (no GPMG)
- Single SPG-9 Kopye (Spear) 73mm recoilless gun
And they could even carry a decent load while mounting these monsters; eight troops or equivalent cargo. This makes it a great cargo/fire support vehicle.
As an aside, I found the load list for it:
Axe
Compartment for RPG launcher
Headset bag
Container for RPG rockets
Compartment for driver/co-driver personal effects
Compartment for spare radio parts
Gun rack
Compartment for spare parts
Compartment for ammunition
Starting lamp
Oil tank
Compartment for spare parts
Block winch (some variants have a front winch, the rest have tow cables)
Spare tire
Ammunition box
Shovel
Canvas bucket
Spare box (?)
Mounting kit (?)
Antenna
First aid kit
Tool kit
Compartment for spare parts
Saw
Extinguisher
“Document bag”
Jack
Starting handle
Tow cable.
The open topped version came with a canvas cover and later versions had IR driving lights to be used with IR driving goggles.
http://www.pmulcahy.com/wheeled.../r...eeled_apcs.htm
