The BTR-40 (БТР-40), is an armored personnel carrier developed in 1950 by the V. A. Dedkov design bureau, later manufactured by the Gorkovsky Avtom...obilny Zavod (Gorky City Automobile Plant). The acronym BTR actually stands for Bronetransporter/Armored Troop Carrier (БТР, Бронетранспортер, literally TBP).
