a BTR-60PB and a TAB-71M is the protruding gun sight on the left side of the turret of the Romanian vehicle. The Romanian-modified turret allows anti-aircraft fire, thus increasing the combat value of this Romanian license-built Soviet vehicle. TAB-71A R-1 450 – Command version TAB-71A R-1 451 – Command version TAB-71A R-1 452 – Command version TAB-71AR – Occasionally called TAB-73. This version carried a 82 mm mortar mounted in the superstructure of the troop compartment, where the turret would usually be. When it was revealed to the public in November 1975, it became the first known mortar-carrying APC of a Warsaw Pact army other than that of the Soviet Union. TERA-71 (tractor de evacuare şi reparat auto) – Maintenance and recovery version. TERA-71L (tractor de evacuare şi reparat auto) – Maintenance and recovery version. Yemen BTR-60PB with its turret replaced by the one used in the French Panhard AML-90 light armoured car. This was functionally identical to the same conversion carried out in Djibouti, but initiated on a larger scale. Multiple Yemeni BTR-60PBs received this upgrade in mid 2014. Operators Current operators : 600 BTR-60PBs were ordered in 1978 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1986 (the vehicles were probably previously in Soviet service). A number of BTR-60s bought from Russia in 2002. 300 BTR-60s are currently in service. : 400 BTR-60PBs were ordered in 1977 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1978 and 1981 (the vehicles were possibly previously in Soviet service). 10 BTR-60PU-12s were ordered along with 10 9K31 SAM batteries in 1979 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1979 and 1980. At peak there were 530 BTR-60s in service. Currently 400 BTR-60s and OT-64 SKOTs are in service. : 74 BTR-60PBs were ordered in 1975 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1975 and 1976. 175 BTR-60PBs and BTR-60PB-based command vehicles were ordered in 1980 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1981 and 1985 (the vehicles were probably previously in Soviet service, some could be BTR-50P). 250 BTR-60PBs and BTR-60PB-based command vehicles were ordered in 1987 from the Soviet Union and delivered between 1987 and 1988 (the vehicles were probably previously in Soviet service). 90 BTR-60s in service in 2000. 100 BTR-60s are currently in service. : 15 in service with the armed forces in 1992, 11 in 1993, 8 in 1994, 25 in 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000,