MT-LBM

MT-LBM
Vehicle Info
Operators	Irregular Militia Forces Middle Eastern Alliance Russian Ground Forces
Maps Available	Al Basrah, Anvil, Belaya Pass, Chora, Fallujah, Fool's Road, Gorodok, Jensen's, Kamdesh Highlands, Kohat Toi, Kokan, Lashkar Valley, Mestia, Mutaha, Narva, Skorpo, Tallil Outskirts, Yehorivka

The MT-LBM is an APC/IFV added to Squad during update A9. The MT-LBM was adopted as the standard multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armored tracked vehicle of the Russian Ground Forces (RGF) in the late 1990s. The MT-LBM is the modern variant of the Soviet MT-LB APC which was used by the Red Army until the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Vehicle Infocards

General Information

The MT-LBM is a Russian multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armored tracked vehicle as well as an armored personnel carrier (APC) and infantry carrier vehicle (ICV) developed by Muromteplovoz in the 1990s. The MT-LBM is the modern variant of the Soviet-era MT-LB which was designed by the Soviet Central Auto and Tractor Directorate in the 1960s. The MT-LBM was adopted as the the standard multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armored tracked vehicle of the RGF in the same decade it was developed. There are many variants of the MT-LBM as it has a wide array of armaments.

The MT-LBM weighs 11.9 tonnes (13.1 short tons; 11.7 long tons), is 6.45 m (21 ft 2 in) long, 2.86 m (9 ft 5 in) wide, and 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall without a unique turret. This vehicle has 14 mm armor and a turret that can either hold a NSVT heavy machine gun or a 30mm cannon as its armament, and a YaMZ 238 v-8 diesel engine with 240 hp at 2,100 rpm. It can go up to a speed of 73 km/h (45.36 mph).

Statistics

• MT-LBM 6MA
• MT-LBM 6MA S8
• MT-LBM 6MB

(Referred to as MT-LBM 6MA APC in-game)

Performance

Vehicle Name	Class	Ticket Cost	Available Faction
MT-LBM 6MA	Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)	5
Crew	Passenger	Ammo point	Construction point
2	10	600	0
Respawn Timer	Max. Speed	Rev. Speed	Health
6	? km/h	? km/h	1000

Protection

Armaments

Weapon	Model	Caliber	Basic Load	Rounds
Main Armament	KPVT	14.5×114mm	KPVT BZT Armor-Piercing Incendiary	9 x 50
Secondary Armament	PKT	7.62x54mmR	PKT Coaxial Medium Machine Gun	5 x 275
Countermeasure	Smoke Launcher	40 mm		2

Performance

Vehicle Name	Class	Ticket Cost	Available Faction
MT-LBM 6MA S8	Infantry fighting vehicles (IFV)	10
Crew	Passenger	Ammo point	Construction point
2	10	600	0
Respawn Timer	Max. Speed	Rev. Speed	Health
10	? km/h	? km/h	1000

Protection

Armaments

Weapon	Model	Caliber	Basic Load	Rounds
Main Armament	KPVT	14.5×114mm	KPVT BZT Armor-Piercing Incendiary	9 x 50
Secondary Armament	PKT	7.62x54mmR	PKT Coaxial Medium Machine Gun	5 x 275
Tertiary Armament	UB-32 Rocket Pod	57 mm	S-5 High Explosive Rockets	1x 32
Countermeasure	Smoke Launcher	40 mm		2

(Referred to as MT-LBM 6MB IFV in-game)

Performance

Vehicle Name	Class	Ticket Cost	Available Faction
MT-LBM 6MB	Armored Personnel Carrier (APC)	5
Crew	Passenger	Ammo point	Construction point
2	10	600	0
Respawn Timer	Max. Speed	Rev. Speed	Health
6	? km/h	? km/h	1000

Protection

Armaments

Weapon	Model	Caliber	Basic Load	Rounds
Main Armament	2A72 Shipunov Autocannon	30x165mm	3UBR6 Armor Piercing-Tracer	1 x 150
			3UOR6 High Explosive Fragmentation-Tracer	1 x 150
Secondary Armament	PKT	7.62x54 mmR		1 x 2000
Countermeasure	Smoke Launcher	40 mm		2

Variants

MT-LBM 6MA

The MT-LBM 6MA is used by the Russian Ground Forces and Middle Eastern Alliance. The 6MA is equipped with a 14.5 mm KPVT Heavy Machine Gun, the same armament as the BTR-80 and the BRDM-2 Armoured Car. Its armament neatly bridges the gap between the 6M and the 6MB variants. Whilst the 6M's NSVT is excellent for dealing with infantry and the 6MB's 30 mm cannon shreds lighter skinned vehicles, the 6MA's KPVT is well known for decently handling both threats. Simply put, it's an MT-LB with the KPVT heavy machine gun turret.

MT-LBM 6MA S8

The Middle Eastern Alliance have a unique variant the of the 6MA equipped with a UB-32 rocket pod, similar to their own BRDM-2. In practice, they share the same turret. The only real difference is that the 6MA is an APC, requiring a Crewman kit to operate. It is also slower and tracked.

MT-LBM 6MB

The MT-LBM 6MB is used by the Russian Ground Forces as well as the Irregular Militia Forces. Instead of using a machine gun, the 6MB has a 2A72 30mm autocannon as its main armament, located in a turret at the rear of the vehicle, which can fire armor-piercing rounds that can shred lightly armored and unarmored targets in seconds, or high explosive rounds to deal with infantry threats. This makes the 6MB a prominent threat to the support vehicles of any faction, from the Technical to the M1126, The 6MB's weakness comes from the fact that it is still an MT-LBM variant, sporting weaker armour and lower top speed than other similar vehicles. The M1126 and BTR-82 are faster and better armoured, and the M2A3 and FV510 have frontal armour that it cannot penetrate. The MT-LB-6MB also employs a coaxial PKT general purpose machine gun.

Gameplay

The MT-LBM is used by the Russian Ground Forces, Middle Eastern Alliance, and Irregular Militia Forces.

• The number of crew and passengers that an MT-LBM can hold depends on the variant. Combined with enough armor to protect the occupants from small arms and grenades, it is an excellent vehicle for transporting troops into or out of a firefight.
• The armor on the MT-LBM is decent enough but weaker than the most of the other armoured vehicles in-game, don't expect it to last to long under heavy fire.
• The Squad community refer the MT-LBM as the Track, which was named after the tracked wheels the MT-LBM has. Another unofficial name is the "Shitbox".
• This vehicle is very loud when compared to other vehicles. The enemy are going to hear it long before they see it, and with its weaker armour, it should be used with more caution than the thicker skinned APCs.

Gallery

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  MT-LBM 6MA Variant

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  MT-LBM S8 Variant

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  MT-LBM 6MB Variant

Trivia

• MT-LB stands for Mnogotselevoy Tyagach Legky Bronirovanny (Многоцелевой Тягач Лёгкий Бронированный) which means from Russian to English, "Multi-Purpose Towing Vehicle Light Armored". The M in MT-LBM means Модернизированный which translates from Russian to English; "Modernized" or "Improved".

External links

• Russian variants of the MT-LB on Wikipedia

See Also

• Irregular Militia Forces
• MT-LB
• Russian Ground Forces
• Vehicles