BTR APC

"Light wheeled APC"

- Merchant of Menace store caption

The BTR APC is a North Korean armored personnel carrier featured in Mercenaries: Playground of Destruction.

Overview
"Designed for rapid troop transport, the BTR-60 only mounts a 12.7mm machine gun, but it can carry up to six troops."

- Merchant of Menace store description

The BTR APC has light armor with some resilience, but is vulnerable to small arms, explosives and cannon fire. It carries one driver, one gunner, and a carrying capacity of up to four soldiers. The soldiers are carried in behind the turret and in front of the engine. To enter the compartment, the soldiers must climb on top of the vehicle.

It is an eight wheeled vehicle and is basically an elongated BRDM Scout that has a higher carrying capacity and smaller machine gun (the BRDM has a 14.5mm gun while the BTR APC has a 12.7mm gun).

The BTR becomes available for purchase from the Merchant of Menace for a minimum of $20,000 and a maximum of $28,000 after completing the contract 'Omertà'.

Destroying this vehicle will net the player $4,000 to their account.

Tactics
The BTR APC is easily destroyed using rockets, explosives or cannon fire. A large number of small arms rounds as well will destroy the vehicle. Due to its large size, it has poor manoeuvrability making rocket and cannon fire that much more dangerous. However, since it's a North Korean vehicle and has a large carrying capacity, the player can load the vehicle with friendly troops and sneak them past enemy lines, unleashing a surprise attack on the enemy.

The driver cannot operate the gun and therefore requires another solider to be on board to operate the gun, however, players using this vehicle with a gunner are more at risk if the gunner is killed and the player is left defenceless. The player has to kill the gunner in order to hijack the vehicle.

Real life
The BTR APC is based on the Soviet BTR-60. An eight wheeled APC that went in service in 1959.

Trivia

 * The BTR APC should be an amphibious vehicle, but it sinks as soon as it enters the water, like any other vehicle in the game.

Related pages

 * North Korean ground vehicles in Playground of Destruction
 * BRDM Scout
 * M1126 APC