GT-MU

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The GT-MU (Russian: ГТ-МУ) is an all-terrain, lightly armored and buoyant tracked vehicle developed in the then Soviet Union. The vehicle was developed in the Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod and is a further development of the GT-SM. The vehicle was primarily used by airborne forces as an armoured personnel carrier and carrier for special vehicles. The GT-MU was derived from the unarmored GT-SM developed at the Gorky Automobile Plant in the 1960s. The reason was the need for a small, light, but armored and all-terrain transport vehicle for the airborne troops. The basic construction was adopted, but the hull was welded from armored steel. Serial production began in 1971 in Zavolzhye, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast by the Zavolzhsky Caterpillar Tractor Factory. The hull of the vehicle is welded from armored steel with a thickness of six millimeters. The armor protects the crew from small arms and shrapnel. The tub, which is closed on all sides, is divided into several compartments separated by partitions.