BTR
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BTR may refer to:
  • BTR plc, formerly BTR Industries, one of the predecessor companies of Invensys plc
  • BTR Aerospace Group
    BTR Aerospace Group
    BTR Aerospace Group was renamed by BTR plc after the acquisition of the Dunlop Aviation Division from Dunlop Rubber in 1985.It was a group of four companies:*Standard Aero, in Canada*Dunlop Aviation Division*Aero Engine Equipment*Dunlop Precision Rubber...

  • BTR Industries
    BTR Industries
    BTR plc was a British industrial conglomerate, which merged with Siebe in 1999 to form BTR Siebe plc, later renamed Invensys. It was listed on the London Stock Exchange and was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.-History:...

  • BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi
    BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi
    BTR-EMS-AKG Janakeeya Vedi was a political group in the South Indian state of Kerala, a splinter-group of Communist Party of India . The group was led by expelled CITU-leader V.B. Cheriyan . Whether the movement was to be classified as a party is unclear, but it acted in a party-like manner...

    , a political group in India
  • Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
    Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport
    Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport , also known as Ryan Field, is a public use airport located four nautical miles north of the central business district of Baton Rouge, a city in East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, United States....

    , Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA (airport code)
  • Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Baton Rouge, Louisiana
    Baton Rouge is the capital of the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is located in East Baton Rouge Parish and is the second-largest city in the state.Baton Rouge is a major industrial, petrochemical, medical, and research center of the American South...

    , USA (Amtrak railroad station code)
  • Be the Reds!
    Be the Reds!
    "Be the Reds!" was a phrase popularized on T-shirts during the 2002 FIFA World Cup by supporters of the Korea Republic national football team. The team's jersey color is red, and its supporters are known as the Red Devils, having similar nomenclature as supporters of the Premier League's...

    , a Korean football slogan
  • Big Tent Revival
    Big Tent Revival
    Big Tent Revival was a five-time Grammy-nominated Christian blues rock band. They began in 1991 and disbanded in 2000. They did extensive touring in the U.S. and abroad and they were featured at the Harvest Crusades. Their music was known for catchy riffs, distortion, and softer acoustic...

    , a Christian rock band
  • Big Time Rush
    Big Time Rush
    Big Time Rush is a Nickelodeon television series created by Scott Fellows about the Hollywood misadventures of four hockey players from Minnesota—Kendall, Logan, James, and Carlos, after they are selected to form a boy band. The series premiered with an hour-long pilot episode, "Big Time...

    , a Nickelodeon television series
    • Big Time Rush (band)
      Big Time Rush (band)
      Big Time Rush is an American boyband formed in Los Angeles, California, in 2009. The band consists of members Kendall Schmidt, James Maslow, Carlos Pena Jr. and Logan Henderson. Big Time Rush was created through the Nickelodeon television series with the same name. The band released its debut...

      , a musical group created by Nickelodeon for the TV series
    • B.T.R. (album)
      B.T.R. (album)
      BTR is the debut studio album from Big Time Rush, which was released on October 11, 2010. The track listing for the album was announced on September 1, 2010....

      , the debut album of the group
    • Big Time Rush (Big Time Rush song)
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  • B.T.R.
    B.T.R.
    B.T.R. is a Bulgarian modern rock band, founded in 1984.- Formation & Early Years :The band was formed in the NGDEK, the National High School For Ancient Languages and Cultures, in 1984 by Valentin Guevski , Milen Marchev , and Yasen Petrov . During the early years up to 1991 there are nearly...

    , a Bulgarian rock band
  • British Tape Recorder
    British Tape Recorder
    British Tape Recorders or BTR machines were reel-to-reel tape recorders initially made by EMI in England after World War II. They were the first magnetic tape recorders to be manufactured in Britain, and their design imitated that of the tape recorders used by the Germans during the war...

    s, by Electric and Musical Industries Ltd (EMI)
  • British Thomson-Houston
    British Thomson-Houston
    British Thomson-Houston was a British engineering and heavy industrial company, based at Rugby, Warwickshire, England. They were known primarily for their electrical systems and steam turbines. They were merged with the similar Metropolitan-Vickers company in 1928, but the two maintained their own...

     (former name BTR)
  • B. T. Ranadive
    B. T. Ranadive
    Bhalchandra Trimbak Ranadive , popularly known as BTR was an Indian communist politician and trade union leader....

    , an Indian communist leader
  • Ruf BTR
    Ruf BTR
    The Ruf BTR is a sportscar built by Ruf Automobile of Germany, based on the 1983 930 Porsche 911. It was powered by a 3.4 liter, flat-6 turbocharged engine, producing . It was coupled to a five-speed transmission, and later a Ruf six-speed transmission.- References :*...



Armored Personnel carriers
Bronetransporter
Bronetransporter
A Bronyetransportyor or BTR , literally "armoured transporter" is any of a series of Soviet or post-Soviet military armoured personnel carriers, made for transporting Bronies....

, (literally "armoured transporter"), Soviet/post-Soviet military armoured personnel carriers:

Soviet/Russian
  • BTR-40
    BTR-40
    The BTR-40 is a Soviet non-amphibious, wheeled armoured personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle. It is often referred to as the Sorokovka in Soviet service. It is also the first mass-produced Soviet APC...

     armoured 4×4 truck (1950s)
  • BTR-40P, another name for the BRDM-1
    BRDM-1
    The BRDM-1 was an amphibious armored scout car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union...

  • BTR-40PB, another name for the BRDM-2
    BRDM-2
    The BRDM-2 is an amphibious armoured patrol car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. It was also known under designations BTR-40PB, BTR-40P-2 and GAZ 41-08...

  • BTR-50
    BTR-50
    The BTR-50 The BTR-50 The BTR-50 (BTR stands for Bronetransporter (БТР, Бронетранспортер, literally "armored transporter") is a Soviet amphibious armored personnel carrier (APC) based on the PT-76 light tank. The BTR-50 is tracked, unlike most in the BTR series, which are wheeled. The BTR-50...

     tracked APC (1950s)
  • BTR-60
    BTR-60
    The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen first time in public in 1961...

     eight-wheeled APC (1960s)
  • BTR-70
    BTR-70
    The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier , originally developed during the late 1960s under the industrial designator GAZ-4905. On August 21, 1972, it was accepted into service and would later be exported to the Warsaw Pact and other allies...

     eight-wheeled APC (1970s)
  • BTR-80
    BTR-80
    BTR-80 is an 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed in the Soviet Union. Production started in 1986 and replaced the previous versions, BTR-60 and BTR-70 in the Soviet army. -Description:The Soviets based the BTR-80 on the BTR-70 APC...

     eight-wheeled APC (1980s)
  • BTR-90
    BTR-90
    BTR-90 is an 8×8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier developed in Russia, designed in 1993 and first shown publicly in 1994. It is a larger version of the BTR-80 vehicle, fitted with a BMP-2 turret...

     Russian eight-wheeled APC (1990s)
  • BTR-152
    BTR-152
    The BTR-152 was a non-amphibious Soviet wheeled armored personnel carrier that entered Soviet service in 1950. By the early 1970s it had been replaced in the infantry vehicle role by the BTR-60...

     armoured 6×6 truck (1950s)
  • BTR-D is a variant of the BMD-1
    BMD-1
    The BMD-1 is a Soviet airborne amphibious tracked infantry fighting vehicle, which was introduced in 1969 and first seen by the West in 1970. BMD stands for Boyevaya Mashina Desanta . It can be dropped by parachute and although it resembles the BMP-1 it is in fact much smaller...

     airborne fighting vehicle
  • BTR-T
    BTR-T
    The BTR-T is a Russian heavy infantry combat vehicle, designed by the Design Bureau of Transport Machine-Building state-run production association.-Description:It is based on the hull of the T-55 tank and answers the need for a heavy, well protected and well armed...

     Russian tracked infantry fighting vehicle based on the T-55
    T-55
    The T-54 and T-55 tanks were a series of main battle tanks designed in the Soviet Union. The first T-54 prototype appeared in March 1945, just before the end of the Second World War. The T-54 entered full production in 1947 and became the main tank for armored units of the Soviet Army, armies of...

     tank chassis (1990s)


Ukrainian
  • BTR-3U BTR-80 based eight-wheeled APC (2000)
  • BTR-4
    BTR-4
    The BTR-4 is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed in Ukraine by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau as a private venture...

     Another BTR-80 bases eight-wheeled APC (2006)
  • BTR-94
    BTR-94
    The BTR-94 is a Ukrainian amphibious armoured personnel carrier , a modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80. The BTR-94's turret BAU-23x2 is larger than the BTR-80's BPU-1 and is fitted with a twin 23x115mm gun 2A7M with 200 rounds, a coaxial KT-7.62 machinegun with 2,000 rounds, six...

    Ukrainian BTR-80 with twin 23-mm guns
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