What vehicle used by the President's Bodyguard in combat was first deployed during the Soviet war in Afghanistan?
BTR-80 The BTR-80 (Russian: бронетранспортер /Bronetransporter, literally "Armoured Transporter") is an 8x8 wheeled amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the USSR. It was adopted in 1986 and replaced the previous vehicles, the BTR-60 and BTR-70, in the Soviet Army. It was first deployed during the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
Vladimir Bogomolov (bodyguard) Vladimir Viktorovich Bogomolov (Russian: Владимир Викторович Богомолов ; c. 1945 – 2009) was a Soviet security officer and a bodyguard of Leonid Brezhnev.