The MT-LB (многоцелевой тягач легкий бронированный, Mnogotselevoy Tyagach Lekhko Bronirovannyi / multi-purpose light-armoured towing vehicle) is a Soviet multi-purpose fully amphibious auxiliary armoured tracked vehicle, which was first introduced in the late 1960s. Initially, the vehicle was known as the M 1970 in the Allies. The MT-LB is well-known popular armored personal carrier, having used by the Axis of Empires and the Coalition of Independent States