The OT-65 is a Czechoslovak Armored Recon that introduced in Wargame: AirLand Battle.
History[]
Following the failure of the domestic OA-82 Jarmila II development, the Czechoslovak army, or ČSLA was in the early 1960s looking for a new, multi-role armored fighting vehicle. The only realistic variant, apart from the Soviet BRDM, which wasn't available due to limited production capacity, was the Hungarian FÚG.
The D.442 FÚG (Felderítö Úszó Gépkocsi – "Amphibious Recon Vehicle") was a light multirole Hungarian armored vehicle loosely based on the Soviet BRDM-1, developed and produced by the Rába plant. During the 1950s to 1960s, Hungarian armed forces didn't have practical scout cars since the Soviet was not exporting the BRDMs and demand Warsaw Pact countries to develop light armored vehicles for themselves to replace the aging BA-64. The second reason for its development was the revival of the Hungarian military industry. The vehicle design was based on commercial vehicles production and boat-manufacturing experience of Hungarian shipyards.
It wasn’t exactly the best light AFV in existence but the Czechoslovaks chose it due to the fact that the Soviet BRDM was not available for capacity reasons. In December 1963, two initial production run vehicles were brought to Czechoslovakia and thoroughly tested. The test results weren’t very satisfactory and resulted in a list of 68 upgrade proposals for the vehicle. Thus modified, the vehicle entered Czechoslovak service in September 1965 under the designation OT-65 (Obrněný Transportér). Between 1963 and 1967, 842 OT-65 vehicles were imported, including the unmodified early production run vehicles.[1]
In ČSLA service, the OT-65 series were used in the divisional Reconnaissance battalion and regimental Reconnaissance company.
Weapons[]
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| Type | MMG | No Weapon | No Weapon |
| Name | PKT | ||
| Caliber | 7.62mm | ||
| Ammo | x 1000 | ||
| Range | Ground = 875 m Helicopters = 525 m  Airplanes = N/A m
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| Accuracy | 15% | ||
| Stabilizer | 5% | ||
| AP Power | N/A | ||
| HE Power | .5 | ||
| Suppression | 55 | ||
| Rate of fire | 652 r/min |
See also[]
FUG on Wikipedia - Vehicle OT-65A is based on.- OT-65A Vydra - Variant
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