While the interior shown here is of the Roumanian TAB-72, it is essentially a BTR-60PB with slight changes.
The driver operates the vehilce with a conventional steering wheel, and has two ways he can see out, either through prism blocks or a heavy duty windshield. The windshield has wiper blades and a thin plate of armor that he can lower over the glass while under fire (the handle sticking down lowers the plate). The driver is not in his own confined area, having ready access to the passenger compartment.
The driver's panel is an interesting array of gauges... look carefully. They are duplicated on each side. This is because the TAB-72 / BTR-60 is powered by two 90hp engines, with appropriate gauges for both. Shifting is by manual lever and clutch, and this requires a synchronization plate between the two engines. This is difficult to maintain, and often the two engines are out of synch, requiring the crew to disengage one, resulting in a tremendous loss of power.
In the photo at right, the prism blocks, with their rubber pads, are clearly visible.
The TAB-72 uses a turret very similar to the BTR-60PB except that it has a new set of optics to the left side of the turret. The sights are protected by a metal cage, and the range of elevation can be clearly discerned by the nature of the sight itself (although it is not 90 degrees!). This sight provided better engagement capabilities for the 14.5mm cannon.
