HUN - D-944 PSZH (kolový OT)

D-944 PSZH
     
Název:
Name:
D-944 PSZHD-944 PSZH
Originální název:
Original Name:
D-944 PSZH
Kategorie:
Category:
bojové vozidlo pěchotyinfantry fighting vehicle
Výrobce:
Producer:
DD.MM.1966-DD.MM.1979 Rába Magyar Vagon- és Gépgyár, Győr /
Období výroby:
Production Period:
DD.MM.1966-DD.MM.1979
Vyrobeno kusů:
Number of Produced:
2848
Prototyp vyroben:
Prototype Built:
DD.MM.RRRR
Osádka:
Crew:
3
Přepravní kapacita:
Seating Capacity:
6 osob/troops
Technické údaje:
Technical Data:
Bojová hmotnost:
Combat Weight:
7600 kg16755 lb
Celková délka:
Overall Length:
5695 mm18 ft 8 ¼ in
Celková šířka:
Overall Width:
2500 mm8 ft 2 ⅜ in
Celková výška:
Overall Height:
2308 mm7 ft 6 ⅞ in
Světlá výška:
Ground Clearance:
300 mm11 ¾ in
Pancéřování:
Armour:
??
Pohon:
Propulsion:
Typ:
Type:
Csepel D414.44, dieselCsepel D414.44, diesel
Výkon:
Power:
73,6 kW při 2300 ot/min98.7 bhp at 2300 rpm
Převodové ústrojí:
Transmission:
manuální, 5+1manual, 5+1
Výkony:
Performance:
Rychlost na silnici:
Road Speed:
80 km/h50 mph
Rychlost v terénu:
Cross-country Speed:
91) km/h5.61) mph
Jízdní dosah po silnici:
Cruising Range on Road:
500 km311 mi
Jízdní dosah v terénu:
Cross-country Cruising Range:
? km? mi
Překonávání překážek:
Obstacles Crossing:
Svah:
Gradient:
30 °67 %
Boční náklon:
Side Slope:
25 °56 %
Překročivost:
Trench Crossing:
0,60 m24 in
Výstupnost:
Vertical Obstacle:
0,40 m16 in
Brodivost:
Fording Depth:
2) m2)
Výzbroj:
Armament:
kulomet KPVT ráže 14,5 mm
spřažený kulomet KGKT ráže 7,62 mm SG-43
14.5 mm KPVT machine gun
7.62 mm KGKT coaxial machine gun
Uživatelské státy:
User States:
(1363)
(150)
(1363)
(150)
Poznámka:
Note:
1) ve vodě
2) plave
1) in the water
2) floats
Zdroje:
Sources:
Foss, Christopher. Jane's Armour and Artillery 1994-1995. Jane's Information Group, Coulsdon 1994. ISBN: 0-7106-1154-4.
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The PSZH type D-944 (FUG 70) was a further development of the FUG amphibious reconnaissance vehicle designed for the Hungarian Army in the early 1960s. The new vehicle appeared in the mid-1960s (at that time it was considered a reconnaissance vehicle in the West). The fully amphibious armoured personnel carrier with an all-welded construction could carry six soldiers (the only exit and entry openings were small double-wing hatches on the sides of the hull). In the water, the vehicle was powered by two water turbines. PSZH D-944 (FUG 70) had a tire pressure regulation system, a weapons of mass destruction protection system, and infrared night vision equipment. Variants included a command and ambulance vehicle as well as a vehicle for reconnaissance of areas where weapons of mass destruction were used. PSZH D-944 (FUG 70) was in the armament of the armies of Bulgaria, Hungary and Iraq.



taken from the book "Armoured Fighting Vehicles", Philip Trewhitt
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By the way, the engine has the designation CSEPEL, the exact same was in OT-65, it was pretty quiet and had little "papal".
The fun ended when it had to be warmed up in winter before starting - it had prechambers with glow plugs, but that sometimes didn't help and you could quickly knock out the battery (two, right in front behind the "axe". There was also a "buff", but that threw the flame right on the side of the oil pan, and if there was oil and diesel in the engine (there almost always was, as the steel tubs liked to crack), and now and then the crew would drop a rag all the way down during maintenance (look for it later), then when the "buff" was started, all this would blow. With a touch of irony, the FUGs were nicknamed "Hungarian Revenge" or "The Lighter".
Another annoyance of the OT-65 was that the power steering system and especially the brakes had a combined hydraulic-air system. Those connecting hoses often burst, and in winter the condensed water in the air section often froze - and the monster wouldn't and wouldn't brake...
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I forgot - to increase the transport capacity, they removed the auxiliary wheels (from the MIG) on the PSZH IV for crossing trenches and driving on soft terrain)
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I had a chance to see this car in natura last year, at my colleagues private collection in Hungary and I have to say that it doesn't impress me that it is a rebuilt FUG (the Hungarians also denied it in the interview) the vehicle is overall more massive and taller, also the doors are not too small and getting in is quite easy even for people bigger (like me) than a slim conscript. During the interview it was mentioned that the transporter which served in the Hungarian place of our SKOT was exported to Egypt, Iraq and perhaps Syria. At least one piece is also standing in the museum in Kecel, the photos show a private piece, the stars on the machine are from a film shoot and have no connection with service in the Hungarian army.
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From the photos from Kecel you can see that at least most of the groups and subgroups are the same for PSzH-IV and OT-65. I'll take it from the bottom: wheels and axles including steering, hull (identical along the waterline except for the "scooping out of space" at the expense of the auxiliary wheel wells, raised above the waterline compared to the OT-65) water propulsion system (water meters with intake on the bottom of the hull), window covers, louver system above the engine and their controls.... I guess I understand that my colleagues from Hungary didn't want to admit that it's a modified FUG...
But it doesn't sit well with me that the PSzH-IV is being put on par with the OT-64 SKOT, if only in terms of transport capacity and the associated possibility of additional body variants.


Also, about the comparison with the SKOT - if I'm not mistaken, in the Hungarian People's Army they had BTR-60s "built" on the "level" of the OT-64... I guess that's why they didn't hesitate and promptly bought BTR-80A as a part of Russian debt redemption (and now they are "boasting" about it in KFOR).
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Well, if I understood the Hungarians correctly (it was not about the language but if I understood how they meant it) They had a different unit structure, the motstřelecké squad was on one machine, a total of 9 people, ie less than ours, and 4 squads were to form a platoon, for the company I'm not sure but I have the impression that also here they had a four-man lineup. In addition, they claimed that they had one battalion on transports and the other on trucks (because of the cost) BTR did have but supposedly only in small numbers and mainly later. I'm not sure about that, I just heard it though from people who served on it (as unit commanders) It's a question of how widespread that organization was and at what time.
As for the similarities I know the FUG pretty well and this beast looks bigger overall (maybe just gives a more massive impression) but I think it's longer, taller and maybe wider. I haven't had a chance to 'judge' them side by side, but that space wasn't gained just by taking away the auxiliary wheels, Otherwise it's pretty cramped inside, mostly because there's room for the gunners and the bigshots sitting around, and mostly you can't practically shoot it while driving with the airborne weapons. The Hungarians pretended to make a lot of them, but I'd never actually heard of it before. so how many were actually made I have no idea.
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The wheeled (4x4) armoured personnel carrier PSZH D-944 (FUG 70) is a lightly armoured amphibious vehicle.
The vehicle incorporates a crew protection device against the effects of WMD and infrared observation equipment.
The driver and commander sit in the front of the hull, with a manually operated machine gun turret behind them. Swarm members use small two-piece doors in either side of the hull to enter and exit the vehicle. The turret has a full 360° sight picture and the machine gun sight picture ranges from -5° to +30°.
The vehicle is fully amphibious, with its movement in water provided by a watermaker installed in the rear of the hull.


Crew..................................................3+6
Combat weight.......................................7.6 t
Dimensions-hull length.................................5695 mm
-Width.......................................2500 mm
-height.......................................2308 mm
-light height.................................420 mm
Engine power........................................73.5 kW
Specific power........................................9.7 kW/t
Maximum speed..................................80 km/h
Maximum sailing speed............................9 km/h
Maximum range.....................................600 km
Fuel capacity.........................................200 l
Ground clearance..........................................1.2 m
Wakefulness.............................................floats
Displacement............................................0.4 m
Maximum angle of climb................................60 %
Maximum bank angle.........................30 %
Armament-Gun.....................................14.5 mm
-coupled machine gun..........................7.62 mm
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So I found something about the PSzH that scared me quite a bit - according to this, the East Germans had them in their arsenal...
I don't know more details, it doesn't look like they had one or two machines in the NVA for trials, they certainly had more BRDM-1 and 2 perhaps in most variants, however where are the East German PSzH now???
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According to this source : www.tdg.nu
(I hope he's not too confused with the CIA reference Smile ) the Hungarians still had over 600 of them in 1996, which is quite a lot (production according to some sources gave around 1000 units)
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I am attaching some pictures of the interior of the vehicle.
To confirm my previous observation about the PSzH being included in the NVA NDR armament, I am attaching pictures of the "usual" OT and the variant for chemical reconnaissance (I have confirmed that there were also BRDM-2 RCh vehicles in the NVA armament).
Finally, a picture (probably) from August 1968 - from the days of "fraternal aid" in which MLA units also participated - here are PSzH vehicles with the original MLA affiliation marking on the street of a Czech or Moravian town (see the signboard CUKRÁRNA).
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