The BTR-60PB is an Armored Infantry Vehicle developed sometime in 1965 and it is still used today by the Soviets and their allies. Although the BTR-60PB was not designed an Infantry Fighting Vehicle in the true sense of the word, adding it's 14.5mm KPVT machinegun and six gun ports was a step in the good direction. This eight-wheeled vehicle is powered by two GAZ49 gasoline engines (diesel fuel is scarce in the USSR), which are also being used to power the BRDM-2. The vehicle has room for 3 crewmembers and an additional 8-man squad. THE MODEL. Regular VP customers will be familiar with the set-up of this Trophy kit. They look so much like the VP releases because the same casting method is used to produce these accurate replicas of a machine-tooled master model. To simplify casting and to eliminate shrinking of matching parts as much as possible, the hull is casted in one piece. A massive piece of resin measuring 200x80x45 mm (8x3x2in). Additional parts such as turret, hatches, wheels and headlights have to be cleaned from flash (which is virtually non-existent) and separated from the casting earner which can easily be done with a pair of flush-cut nippers.
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