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Unique ID: 2228 Added to Database: 7 April 2012 Last Edited: 11 April 2012 Type (ID): BTR-50 (2180) Model (ID): OT-62C TOPAS 2AP (2193) Location Category (ID): Muzeum Wojska Polskiego (16010) Location (ID): Display Park (16012) Serial Number: Registration: Name: Other Identification: Collection Reference: MWP W76474. Links: References: Associated Tanks: Location History: (see map) 1: Zaklady Mechaniczne Bumar-Labedy SA, Łabędy, Gliwice, Śląskie, Poland (Presumed manufacturer) 2: Muzeum Wojska Polskiego, Powiśle, Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland (Current location) Text in original Preserved Soviet Tanks publication: [No entry] Text in Preserved Soviet Tanks Update: [No entry] Text in original Preserved Tanks In Poland publication: The label for this TOPAS reads: “The TOPAS APC was produced in Czechoslovakia and brought into service in the Armed Forces of the People’s Republic of Poland in the early 1960s. These vehicles were amphibious and were used by the 7th Lusatian Seaborne Assault Division referred to as the ‘Blue Berets’. The TOPAS-2AP version on exhibit here, fitted with armaments in the revolving turret, was developed by the Wojskowa Akademia Techniczna (WAT – Military University of Technology) in Warsaw. This version saw service in the 7th Seaborne Division beginning in April 1971. This APC was withdrawn from service in the mid-1990s.”

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July 2008 1: Front left view Taken: 19 July 2008 Contributor: R. Gucwa Photo ID: 7293 Added: 7 April 2012 Filename: PICT5553... Views: 241 Select/Has Priority: 21/0		2: Exhibit label Taken: 19 July 2008 Contributor: R. Gucwa Photo ID: 7294 Added: 7 April 2012 Filename: PICT5551... Views: 131 Select/Has Priority: 21/0

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