Former USSR tank destroyer. •
MT-L •
MT-LB (izdeliye 6) – basic model, often used as simple APC but also as artillery tractor or ambulance. In the West, the term
MT-LB Blade or
MT-LB M1980 is used for vehicles that are fitted with a
hydraulic dozer blade.
Bulgaria • Bulgaria has various models of the
MT-LB in service, as of 2016. Along with the base model, between 1971 and 2012, Bulgaria manufactured the
MT-LB VM variation with improved snow and swamp-going capabilities. 30 mm automatic cannon.
East Germany •
MT-LB (Pi) – combat engineer vehicle. •
MT-LB (Pzj) – version for anti-tank units. •
MT-LB (Pzj Fü) – command vehicle for anti-tank units. •
MT-LB (BO) SFL – battery command vehicle in self-propelled artillery units. •
San MT-LB – ambulance •
MTP-LB – technical support vehicle.
Iraq anti-aircraft gun. •
MT-LB converted into a
SPAAG by mounting a
ZU-23-2 23×152mm twin anti-aircraft gun on the rear part of the vehicle. The gun had its wheels removed and as such cannot be easily dismounted and used separately. There were at least two variations of this conversion; one with the ZU-23-2 mounted in an open-topped turret, the other with the ZU-23-2 mounted on a platform extending beyond the hull of the MT-LB with a roof for the gun operators. The second version was most likely intended to be used in a fire support role, as the roof would hinder the gun's sights at high elevation.
Poland Polish
HSW S.A. (Huta Stalowa Wola S.A.) license produced MT-LB since 1976, and it also developed a modified chassis SPG-2, with better floating capabilities. •
MT-LB-2AP – APC variant with a turret from
SKOT-2AP, armed with high elevation 14.5mm KPVT MG and 7.62mm PKT CMG. Prototype only. •
WEM Lotos – medical evacuation vehicle with four stretchers. •
WPT Mors – armoured recovery and repair vehicle, produced from 1983. •
R-137T (
radiostacja ruchoma UKF) – signals vehicle with VHF radio set R-137. Entered service in 1987 and has a range of 70 to 150 km. •
ZWD-1 "Irys" (
zautomatyzowany wóz dowodzenia) – command vehicle, belongs to the automated command set "Irys". •
MT-LB-23M "Krak" – APC variant with a 23 mm gun in an unmanned turret. Prototype only. •
Promet – self-propelled AA gun with twin 23 mm guns, from 1979. Four prototypes only. •
"Przebiśnieg" – electronic warfare system, consists of three different vehicles: •
SZ or
MT-LB Z (
stacja zakłóceń) – EW/Jamming vehicle; •
SR or
MT-LB R (
stacja rozpoznania) – Comint/Sigint vehicle; •
WD krel – command post vehicle (
wóz dowodzenia kompanii radioelektronicznej). •
SPG-2 – much-modified base vehicle, with reworked nose section and hydro jets for better floating: Prototypes only •
BWO-40 – infantry fighting vehicle with 40 mm Bofors gun. A similar turret was mounted on the BWP-40 (
BMP-1 upgrade). Prototype only.
Russia Vehicle in service •
MT-LB •
MT-LBV - entering service in 1972, introduced new roadwheel swing arms, fenders and mudguards to accommodate a wider set of tracks. A modification with wider tracks (670mm instead of 350mm) for lower ground pressure for snow/swamp operations. •
MT-LBVM - equipped with the NSVT 12.7mm anti-aircraft machine gun mount instead of the TKB-01-1 turret. •
MT-LBVMK – a modification of MT-LBVM with a 12.7mm
Kord instead of a 12.7mm
NSVT machine gun. Engine: YaMZ-238VM with rated power of 240 hp. •
MT-LBVM1K - mountain modification, equipped with the new YaMZ-238BL-1 engine with rated power of 300 hp, new on-board radio station and new heater. •
MT-LBu – a bigger, unarmed version that is used as the basis for many specialised vehicles. It has a more powerful engine, a 40 cm higher hull and a longer chassis with 7 road wheels on each side, instead of 6. •
MT-LBM 6MB - 30mm autocannon turret mounted above the main compartment.
Prototypes •
MT-LB 6MB3 - Modification from Muromteplovoz with AG-17 grenade launcher, 12.7mm
Kord and a GSh-23-2. Possibly only one made. •
MT-LB 6MA - Modification using BPU-1 turret mounted above main compartment.
Hybrid/field-modified vehicles: • MT-LB with
ZU-23 AA gun • MT-LB With a 14.5mm BPU-1 Turret • MT-LB with a 14.5mm 2M-7 naval gun mount • MT-LB with an
AZP S-60 AA gun • MT-LB with a 100mm
MT-12 anti-tank gun • MT-LB with an 82 mm automatic mortar
2B9 Vasilek together with
UB-32 rocket pod • MT-LB with a 25 mm 2M-3 naval gun • MT-LB with an 140mm
Ogon-22 MLRS likely salvaged from a
Zubr-class LCAC, the only known vehicle to use this system. Please note that in Russian, the
Ogon-22 MLRS is described as a
flamethrower, however the term "rocket-assisted
thermobaric weapon" would be more accurate. • MT-LB with an
RBU-6000 213 mm caliber
Soviet anti-submarine rocket launcher.
Vehicle not in service •
Toros –
Arctic adapted vehicle developed by Muromteplovoz, armed with a
30mm autocannon 2A42,
PKMT 7.62mm machine gun, and 30mm
AGS-17D grenade launcher, and equipped with a
snowplow.
Sweden •
Pbv 401 (
pansarbandvagn) – a modified former East-German vehicle with 7.62 mm machine guns
Ksp 95 and
Ksp 58.
Ukraine •
MT-LBMSh – announced in 2017, and built for Myanmar by the
Kharkiv Tractor Plant. Equipped with a KBA-105 "Shkval" combat module with a 30 mm autocannon,
KT-7,62 machine gun, KBA-117 30 mm grenade launcher, six smoke grenade launchers 902B Tucha, and Barrier ATGM system. The vehicle also has reinforced armour and a new YaMZ-238B engine with 330 horsepower. •
MT-LB-12 – A 2022 modification in which an
MT-12 Rapira 100 mm anti-tank gun was mounted on top of the vehicle with an open-topped superstructure for cover. Seen in use with the
Kraken Regiment, the 59th Mechanized Brigade, and
Territorial Defence Forces. In late September 2022, the Ukrainian gas company
Ukrtransgaz presented a version with range increased by and improved protection. During the
Russian invasion of Ukraine, Ukraine also deployed improvised chop-jobs combining the hulls of the MT-LB with the
85 mm divisional gun D-44. ==Operators==