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{{Infobox weapon
|name=OT-64 SKOT
| image= OT-64 SKOT.jpg
| image_size = 300
|caption=OT-64A SKOT-2A
|origin= Czechoslovakia / Poland
|type=Wheeled [[Engineering:Amphibious vehicle|Amphibious]] Armored Personnel Carrier
|is_vehicle=yes
|service=1963–present<ref name="Pancerni 1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pancerni.abajt.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=108 |title="Pancerni 1" |access-date=2008-01-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080108005231/http://www.pancerni.abajt.pl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=96&Itemid=108 |archive-date=2008-01-08 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|used_by=See Operators
|wars=Indo-Pakistani War of 1971<br/>Western Sahara War<br/>Iran-Iraq War<br/>Operation Blue Star<br/>Syrian Civil War
|design_date=1959
|manufacturer=Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych (FSC) (Polish People's Republic)<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
|production_date=1963–early 1970s<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
|number=4,500<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
|variants=See Variants
|length=7.44 m
|width=2.55 m
|height=2.71 m
|weight=14.5 t
|suspension=8x8 or 8x4
|speed=94 km/h (in water 9 km/h)
|vehicle_range=710 km
|primary_armament=7.62 mm [[Engineering:PK machine gun|PKT machine gun]] and 14.5 mm KPV machine gun.
|secondary_armament=
|armour=6-13 mm
|engine=air-cooled Tatra T-928-14 V-8 diesel
|engine_power=177 hp
|pw_ratio=12.4 hp/tonne
|crew=2 + 18 passengers<ref name="Pancerni 1"/> <br/> 2 + 10 passengers (OT-64A and SKOT-2A)<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
}}

The '''OT-64 SKOT ''' ([[Social:Czech language|Czech]] acronym for: ''Střední Kolový Obrněný Transportér'', and/or [[Social:Polish language|Polish]] ''Średni Kołowy Opancerzony Transporter'' – medium wheeled armoured transporter) is an [[Engineering:Amphibious vehicle|amphibious]] armored personnel carrier ([[Engineering:Eight-wheel drive|8x8]]), developed jointly by Polish People's Republic (PRL) and Czechoslovakia (ČSSR) well into the 1960s.

Until the early 1970s Czechoslovakia and Poland produced around 4,500 OT-64 SKOTs of all variants, just under a third of which were exported.<ref name="fanda">{{Cite web |url=http://fanda.nova.cz/clanek/hi-tech/skot-zadny-dobytek-ale-obrnak.html |title=SKOT – žádná kráva, ale český obrňák |access-date=2016-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151124034507/http://fanda.nova.cz/clanek/hi-tech/skot-zadny-dobytek-ale-obrnak.html |archive-date=2015-11-24 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="auto">BURIAN, Michal; DÍTĚ, Josef; DUBÁNEK, Martin. OT-64 SKOT: historie a vývoj obrněného transportéru. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada, 2010.</ref><ref name="auto1">Kajetanowicz Jerzy, Transporter opancerzony SKOT i jego odmiany produkowane w Polsce, Zeszyty Naukowe WSOWL 2016, nr 2</ref><ref name="auto2">Kubiaczyk C., Transporter opancerzony SKOT, A. Karaś, W. Stefanowska (red.), J. Magnuski, Seria: Typy broni i uzbrojenia, vol. 9, Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1971</ref> In 2002, the modernization of the SKOT transporter began in Poland. The work resulted in the [[Engineering:KTO Ryś|KTO Ryś]] prepared by Wojskowe Zakłady Mechaniczne No. 5 from Poznań.

==History==
The OT-64 was intended to replace the halftrack OT-810, which was nearly identical to the German [[Engineering:Sd.Kfz. 251|Sd.Kfz. 251]] from [[Social:World War II|World War II]]. The first [[Engineering:Prototype|prototype]] was built in 1959. In 1961 the first sample series were built. From October 1963 the vehicles were produced in Lublin, Poland by Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych. The Polish plant acted as an assembly plant. Components of the propulsion system and power transmission, Tatra engine, Praga transmission and chassis, were imported from Czechoslovakia.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/>

Armored hulls and turrets (Huta in Ostrowiec Świętokrzyski and Huta Częstochowa), elements of the suspension system (Huta Stalowa Wola) and on-board armaments (Zakłady Mechaniczne in Tarnów) were manufactured in Poland. Production ended in July 1971. Of the 4,500 OT-64s produced, 2,500 of them were obtained by the Polish army, and 2,000 of them by the Czechoslovak army.<ref name="auto"/><ref name="auto1"/><ref name="auto2"/> They were also acquired by the Hungarian army. Later, after introducing the [[Engineering:BMP-1|BMP-1]] infantry fighting vehicles into service, SKOT transporters were exported to other countries. Today they are gradually being replaced by newer vehicles.

==Technology==
[[File:SKOT 2A TBiU9 2.jpg|thumb|A OT-64 SKOT in an amphibious assault exercise]]
[[File:SKOT-2 AP.JPG|thumb|A SKOT-2AP]]
The OT-64's engine, transmission, suspension and axles were produced in [[Place:Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovakia]]. The engine was produced by [[Company:Tatra|Tatra]]. The gearbox was manufactured by [[Company:Praga|Praga Hostivař]]. It has a pre-select Praga-Wilson gearbox, 5 forward +1 reverse gears. A gear is selected using the gear stick. When the gear is required the left pedal, gear change action/clutch combined, is pressed to the floor, giving a hiss of air sound. On release of the pedal the dry plate clutch engages after about half the return spring controlled movement.

The drive then passes to an auxiliary gearbox with low, neutral and high ratios which needs to be selected before moving off, for road/neutral/off-road use. This gives option to the driver of 10 forward and 2 reverse ratios. The gear change pedal is hydraulic and on action opens an air valve which causes the selected gear to engage. The armored hull and weapons were produced in Poland.

The OT-64 was the answer to the [[Place:Soviet Union|Soviet]] [[Engineering:BTR-60|BTR-60]]. Contrary to this, the OT-64 used a diesel set in place of a petrol engine. That diminished the danger of fire and at the same time increased the range. The main advantage in relation to the Russian counterpart was the full-armored interior. The entrance is at the rear of the vehicle via twin doors. The OT-64 has NBC protection facility and night-vision equipment. It has central inflation for all wheels which can be controlled by the driver. The OT-64 is air-transportable and [[Engineering:Amphibious vehicle|amphibious]], with two propellers installed at the back.

Several variants were built. Some OT-64 were re-equipped for air defense or built as tank hunters. The latter used the AT-3 Sagger missile as a weapon.

==Service history==
OT-64 SKOT entered service with Polish and Czechoslovak armies in 1963. It was produced until the early 1970s. It is still in service in Poland and Slovakia, among other operated by the Slovak police.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/mvsr/galerie/summit_eu_16092016/2/summit-ba-opatrenia-september2016%20(1).jpg?v=2|title=Photo of police SKOT vehicles used during the informal EU summit on September 16, 2016, in Bratislava.|date=2016-09-16|access-date=2017-01-25|via=http://www.minv.sk/?predsednictvo-eu-mv&sprava=na-bezpecnost-pocas-neformalneho-summitu-eu-v-bratislave-dohliadalo-vyse-4-tisic-policajtov|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202072137/http://www.minv.sk/swift_data/source/mvsr/galerie/summit_eu_16092016/2/summit-ba-opatrenia-september2016%20(1).jpg?v=2|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> Czech units were replaced in 2006 by new armoured vehicles [[Engineering:Pandur II|Pandur II]] CZ.<ref name="fanda"/>

During the 1990s, Slovakia purchased hundreds of these units from the Czech Republic (150 in 1994, 100 in 1998). Slovaks then sold them to mainly African countries. The OT-64 SKOT was exported to eleven countries. The total number of vehicles produced was 4,500.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>

==Variants==
===Czechoslovakia===

[[File:POL Warsaw Bemowo.JPG|250px|thumb|right|SKOT-1A during reconstruction of Martial law in Poland. Warsaw, 13.12.2007 (in memory of 13.12.1981)]]

[[File:SKOT WPT 9 87.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Polish SKOT S-260 Inż towing a trailer crossing a tank launched bridge]]

*'''OT-64''' - Original version, used in the APC role. Early models were unarmed but later the vehicle was fitted with a pintle-mounted 7.62&nbsp;mm light machine gun or 12.7&nbsp;mm DShK 1938/46 heavy machine gun. They used to be known in the West as respectively '''OT-64A''' and '''OT-64B'''. Some 12.7&nbsp;mm DShK 1938/46 heavy machine gun armed OT-64 APCs had shields around the heavy machine gun mount.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/><ref name="JED The Military Equipment Directory">{{Cite web |url=http://www.jedsite.info/afv/oscar/ot64_series/ot64-series.html |title="JED The Military Equipment Directory" |access-date=2007-12-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080501231448/http://www.jedsite.info/afv/oscar/ot64_series/ot64-series.html |archive-date=2008-05-01 |url-status=live }}</ref>
**'''OT-64''' fitted with a small turret from OT-65A. However this one is armed with twin machine guns and doesn't have the 82mm T-21 "Tarasnice" recoilless gun.<ref name="JED The Military Equipment Directory"/>
**'''DTP-64''' (''dilna technicke pomoci'') - Czech repair version with tow bars, welding equipment and a hand-operated crane with a capacity of 1 tonne. There were two sub-versions, namely the '''DTP-64/M''' for mechanized infantry units and the '''DTP-64/T''' for tank units. [https://web.archive.org/web/20071203152046/http://www.brdm2.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/ot-64-skot-obrneny-transporter/dilna-technicke-pomoci-dtp--64 Photos]
**'''OT-64 ZDRAV''' or '''ZDR-64''' (''zdravotni''): ambulance.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080919194054/http://www.brdm2.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/ot-64-skot-obrneny-transporter/ot-64-zdrav_ Photos]
**'''OT-64A''' - Improved version fitted with BPU-1 turret from Soviet BRDM-2 armoured scout car which is armed with a 14.5&nbsp;mm KPVT heavy machine gun and 7.62&nbsp;mm PKT coaxial machine gun. In Western sources, this version is often called '''OT-64C'''. In the late 1990s, some vehicles had the turret replaced by a pintle-mounted machine gun for peace keeping operations.[http://www.brdm2.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/ot-64-skot-obrneny-transporter/obrneny-transporter-ot-64-_sfor_/28084 Photos] The OT-64A is used as the basis for several command vehicles (''velitelsko štábní obrněný transportér'') fitted with multiple radio sets, a 1&nbsp;kW generator and an antenna mast:
***'''VSOT-64/R2 R102''' - Unarmed signals and command variant.
***'''VSOT-64/R2 R105''' - Unarmed signals and command variant.
***'''VSOT-64/R2 R108''' - Unarmed signals and command variant.
***'''VSOT-64/R2M''' - Signals and command variant with OT-64A's turret.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080918133357/http://www.brdm2.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/ot-64-skot-obrneny-transporter/ot-64-r2m Photos]
***'''VSOT-64/R3''' - Unarmed signals and command variant.
***'''VSOT-64/R3MT''' - Unarmed signals and command variant.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080207174122/http://www.brdm2.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/ot-64-skot-obrneny-transporter/ot-64-r3mt Photos]
***'''VSOT-64/R4MT''' - Unarmed signals and command variant.
***'''VSOT-64/R4RT''' - Unarmed signals and command variant.
***'''OT-64A''' fitted with the ATGM mounts on the turret sides.<ref name="JED The Military Equipment Directory"/>
***'''OT-64A''' fitted with the new turret with higher elevation for armament. Similar to Polish SKOT-2AP.<ref name="JED The Military Equipment Directory"/>
***'''OT-93''' - Export version of the OT-64A with the original turret replaced by the one from the OT-65M or OT-62B. The armament consists of a single 7.62mm machine-gun.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080815085731/http://www.brdm2.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/ot-64-skot-obrneny-transporter/obrneny-transporter-ot-93 Photos]
**'''Cobra''' - Infantry combat vehicle version with a new turret with 30mm gun 2A42. Did not enter production

===Polish People's Republic===
[[File:SKOT 2A TBiU9 3.jpg|thumb|250px|right|SKOT-2A]]
[[File:PL MWP Skot dowodzenia.JPG|thumb|250px|right|SKOT-2A at the Polish Army Museum (Muzeum Wojska Polskiego)]]

*'''SKOT-1''' - Early, unarmed model, similar to the OT-64.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
**'''SKOT-1A''' - SKOT-1 fitted with a superstructure in the front of the troop compartment. The superstructure a large, two piece hatch.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
***'''SKOT R-3''' - Unarmed command vehicle used by regiment and higher command. It is equipped with 4 radios, 1 radio receiver, 1 microwave radio relay and 1 radiotelephone. The vehicle is operated by seven man crew.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
****'''SKOT R-3M''' - Unarmed signals and command variant for combat engineer units.
****'''SKOT R-3Z''' - SKOT R-3 with modernized radio equipment which it includes the second microwave radio relay.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
***'''SKOT R-4''' - Unarmed command vehicle used by division and army command. It is equipped with 4 radios, 3 radio receivers and 3 radiotelephones.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
***'''SKOT-WPT''' (''wóz pogotowia technicznego'') - Technical support vehicle with a light crane.
***'''SKOT S-260 Art''' (''artyleryjski'') - Artillery tractor and transport vehicle for ammunition and mortar or anti-tank squads.
***'''SKOT S-260 Inż''' (''inżynieryjny'') - Fitted with racks for anti-tank mines and used to tow mechanical mine layers or mine-clearing systems.
***'''SKOT-2''' - SKOT-1A with pintle MG mount around the hatch of the superstructure. Two types of machine guns were fitted there, 7.62&nbsp;mm light machine gun (first SGMT and later PKT) or 12.7&nbsp;mm DShK 1938/46 heavy machine gun. Sides of the machine gun mount are protected with armour plates.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
****'''SKOT-2A''' - Polish designator for the version with the BRDM-2 turret which was designed in the late 1960s. The vehicle is fitted with conical turret armed with 14.5&nbsp;mm KPV heavy machine gun and 7.62&nbsp;mm PKT coaxial light machine gun on the top of the vehicle. Number of soldiers transported in the troop compartment went down from 18 to 10. In Western sources, this version is often called '''OT-64C'''.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
*****'''SKOT 2AM''' - A small number of Polish SKOT-2A APCs was fitted with 9M14 Malyutka (AT-3 Sagger) ATGM launchers on the turret sides. The launchers were protected with armour plate or wire mesh. In the West, they were known as '''OT-64C(1A)'''.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
*****'''SKOT R-2''' - Command vehicle used by battalion and regiment command. It is equipped with 4 radios: R-112, R-113 and 2 R-105. The vehicle is operated by seven man crew.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
******'''SKOT R-2AM''' - Unarmed command and fire control variant for artillery units.
******'''SKOT R-2M''' - Signals and command variant with SKOT-2A's turret.
*****'''SKOT R-6''' - Unarmed signals and command variant.
*****'''SKOT-2AP''' - Polish modification with a new anti-aircraft WAT turret armed with 14.5&nbsp;mm heavy machine gun. The turret had higher elevation for its armament and therefore could be used to fire at air targets. The turret has the new CGS-90 sight. This vehicle was known in the West as '''OT-64C(2)'''.<ref name="Pancerni 1"/>
**'''[[Engineering:KTO Ryś|KTO WR-02 "Ryś"]]''' (KTO stands for ''Kołowy Transporter Opancerzony'' - Wheeled Armoured personnel Carrier) (''Ryś'' - [[Biology:Lynx|Lynx]]) - Heavily upgraded version with [[Company:Iveco|Iveco]] Cursor 8 engine. Work is performed by the 5th Military  Mechanical Institute in Poznań.
***'''[[Engineering:KTO Ryś|KTO WR-02 "Ryś-2"]]''' (KTO stands for ''Kołowy Transporter Opancerzony'' - Wheeled Armoured personnel Carrier) (''Ryś-2'' - [[Biology:Lynx|Lynx]]-2) -  The export version of KTO WR-02 "Ryś".

===Uruguay===
*'''Vehículos acorazados de ruedas M64''' - Uruguayan designation for OT-64 armed with a pintle-mounted machine gun.<ref name="JED The Military Equipment Directory"/>
*'''Vehículos acorazados de ruedas M93''' - Uruguayan designation for OT-93.<ref name="JED The Military Equipment Directory"/>

==Operators==
[[File:World operaotrs of the SKOT.png|thumb|300px|A map of OT-64 SKOT operators. Blue for current operators, red for former operators]]
[[File:SKOT 2A TBiU9.jpg|thumb|250px|Two SKOT-2A APCs and one SKOT-2AP APC, Poland 1971]]

*{{ALG}} - 151 OT-64 APCs armed with a pintle-mounted machine gun and 75 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from the Czech Republic in 1993 and delivered between 1994 and 1995, they were initially unarmed however they were sold through Slovakia where they were rearmed.<ref name="SIPRI">{{Cite web |url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/arms_trade/trade_register.php |title=SIPRI Arms Transfers Database |access-date=2012-01-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090805014045/http://armstrade.sipri.org/arms_trade/trade_register.php |archive-date=2009-08-05 |url-status=live }}</ref> Currently 150 are in service.<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/algeria/algerian_army_algeria_land_forces_pictures_modern_army_military_equipment_vehicle_pictures_descripti.html Algerian army] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090529005223/http://www.armyrecognition.com/algeria/algerian_army_algeria_land_forces_pictures_modern_army_military_equipment_vehicle_pictures_descripti.html |date=May 29, 2009 }} armyrecognition.com</ref>
*{{ANG}} - 9 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Slovakia in 1993 and delivered in 1994, the vehicles were previously in Slovak service.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{CAM}} - 26 OT-64 APCs armed with a pintle-mounted machine gun ordered from the Czech Republic in 1994 and delivered in 1994, the vehicles were previously in Czech service.<ref name="SIPRI"/> Currently there are 40, however probably less are fully operational as only 140 of Cambodia's 266 APCs are fully operational. All the OT-64 APCs have apparently gone to the Phnom Penh reserve force and some are used by military police.
*{{EGY}} - 200 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Czechoslovakia in 1968 and delivered between 1969 and 1970.<ref name="SIPRI"/> Currently 300 are in service.<ref>[http://www.armyrecognition.com/egypt/egyptian_army_egypt_land_forces_military_army_modern_equipment_vehicle_pictures_description.html Egyptian army] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090514013308/http://www.armyrecognition.com/egypt/egyptian_army_egypt_land_forces_military_army_modern_equipment_vehicle_pictures_description.html |date=May 14, 2009 }} armyrecognition.com</ref>
*{{HUN}} - Undisclosed number in service.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/ot-64-specs.htm |title=OT-64 Specifications |access-date=2012-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121107144458/http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/ot-64-specs.htm |archive-date=2012-11-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{IND}} - 300 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Czechoslovakia in 1969 and delivered between 1971 and 1974.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{LBY}} - 50 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Czechoslovakia in 1973 and delivered in 1974.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{MAR}} - 95 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Czechoslovakia in 1968 and delivered between 1968 and 1970.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{NEP}} - 8 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from the Czech Republic in 2007 and delivered in 2008, the vehicles were previously in Czech service, they were ordered for use by the Nepali UN forces in Sudan.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{PAK}} - 6 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Slovakia in 1993 and delivered in 1993, the vehicles were previously in Slovak service.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{POL}} - In beginning of the 1990s, SKOT APCs were gradually withdrawn from the Polish Army. Currently around 300-400 remain in stock, in particular the command variants (R-2AM/AMT (for artillery units) and R-3M) as well as engineering variants and training variants.
*{{SLE}} - 10 OT-64 APCs armed with a pintle-mounted machine gun ordered from Slovakia in 1993 and delivered in 1994, the vehicles were previously in Slovak service.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{SVK}} - To be replaced starting in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Kominek|first1=Jiri|title=Slovak government approves major procurement of wheeled AFVs|url=http://www.janes.com/article/70505|website=IHS Jane's 360|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20170518150449/http://www.janes.com/article/70505/slovak-government-approves-major-procurement-of-wheeled-afvs|archive-date=18 May 2017|location=Prague, Czechia|date=17 May 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
*{{SRI}} - OT-64 SKOT-based Command vehicles.
*{{SDN}} - 40 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Czechoslovakia in 1969 and delivered in 1970.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{SYR}} - 300 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Czechoslovakia in 1976 and delivered between 1977 and 1979.<ref name="SIPRI"/>
*{{UGA}} - 36 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Czechoslovakia in 1967 and delivered in 1968.<ref name="SIPRI"/> Saw action in 1978 during Uganda–Tanzania War.<ref>{{cite magazine|first1=Tom|last1=Cooper|first2=Adrien|last2=Fontanellaz|title=La guerre du Kagera|magazine=Batailles et Blindés|language=fr|date=October 2016|publisher=Caraktère|issn=1765-0828|issue=75|pages=72–81}}</ref>
*{{UKR}} -1 Purchased by the Ukrainian scout organization "Plast" for the 103rd Separate Territorial Defense Brigade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Пластуни придбали БТР OT-64 SKOT для ТрО |url=https://mil.in.ua/uk/news/plastuny-prydbaly-btr-ot-64-skot-dlya-tro/ |access-date=2023-02-15 |website=Мілітарний |language=uk}}</ref>
*{{URY}} - 100 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from the Czech Republic in 1994 and delivered in 1995, the vehicles were previously in Czech service and were modernized to OT-93 standard prior to the delivery. 18 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from the Czech Republic in 1996 and delivered in 1999, the vehicles were previously in Czech service and were modernized to OT-93 standard prior to the delivery. 12 OT-64 APCs armed with a pintle-mounted machine gun ordered from Slovakia in 1999 and delivered in 1999, the vehicles were previously in Slovak service and were delivered via the Czech Republic.<ref name="SIPRI"/>

===Former operators===
*{{flag|Czechoslovakia}} - Passed onto successor states.
*{{CZE}} - Czech units were put out of service in 2006 and were replaced by new armoured vehicles [[Engineering:Pandur II|Pandur II]] CZ.<ref name="fanda"/> (28 OT-64 APCs were in equipment as of 1 January 2008.)<ref name="Czech Ministry of Defense">{{Cite web |url=http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=5775 |title="Czech Ministry of Defense" |access-date=2008-04-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080331045142/http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=5775 |archive-date=2008-03-31 |url-status=live }}</ref>
*{{flag|Iraq|1991}} - 200 OT-64A (version fitted with BRDM-2 turret) ordered from Czechoslovakia in 1980 and delivered in 1981.<ref name="SIPRI"/> All destroyed or scrapped.

===Civilian operators===
[[File:SKOT firefighting vehicles.jpg|thumb|SKOT-1A-based firefighting vehicle]]
*At least 2 SKOT APCs one in Czech Republic and one in Poland have been modified and are used as firefighting vehicles<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.specops.com.pl/SKOT/skot_cywilny.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080807021609/http://www.specops.com.pl/SKOT/skot_cywilny.htm|url-status=dead|title=Civilian versions of the OT-64 SKOT, www.specops.com.p|archive-date=August 7, 2008}}</ref>
*Many SKOT APCs in Poland and the Czech Republic were sold to private owners who make sure they are in working condition and regularly show them on military enthusiast's meetings.<ref>[http://www.militarium.net/wojsko_polskie/uzbrojenie.php MILITARIUM – Wojsko Polskie – Uzbrojenie<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130826233723/http://www.militarium.net/wojsko_polskie/uzbrojenie.php |date=2013-08-26 }}</ref> Some private Czech OT-64s have [[Vehicle registration plate|number plates]] and can travel on public roads.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.specops.com.pl/SKOT/Skot_cymbalnik/skot_cymbalnik.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080802032009/http://www.specops.com.pl/SKOT/Skot_cymbalnik/skot_cymbalnik.htm|url-status=dead|title=Czech SKOT photos, www.specops.com.pl|archive-date=August 2, 2008}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}
* Jerzy Kajetanowicz - ''Polish Fighting Vehicles in Post-war period''.
* Janusz Magnuski - ''Wozy Bojowe LWP 1943-1983'' Wydawnictwo Miniterstwa Obrony Narodowej - {{ISBN|83-11-06990-5}}
* ''Technika Wojska Polskiego'' - Dom Wydawniczy Bellona - 1998

==Literature==
* Philip Terwhitt, "Tank", New Emperor Publishing House, complaint ford, 2005, {{ISBN|3-7043-3197-X}}

==External links==
{{Commons|SKOT|OT-64 SKOT}}
* [http://www.army.cz/scripts/detail.php?id=6042 Czech MoD official site]
* [http://www.russianmilitarytrucks.com/ English website for Russian Military Trucks]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/europe/ot-64.htm www.globalsecurity.org: '' OT-64 (SKOT) ''] (English)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080104145056/http://panzermodelkit.valka.cz/skotaj.htm Panzermodelkit site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071123183138/http://softland.com.pl/aerojac/aaa/skot/skot.html SKOT] (Polish)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071030182135/http://www.militarium.net/wojska_ladowe/rys.php KTO Ryś] (Polish)
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080108055033/http://bharat-rakshak.com/LAND-FORCES/Army/OT-64.html bharat-rakshak site]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20071120110154/http://www.brdm2.estranky.cz/fotoalbum/ot-64-skot-obrneny-transporter OT-64] (Czech)
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YEcbI3HsZo Czechoslovak Army Film - OT 64 (Czech)]

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