TMV 6х6 - Special Purpose Intelligence Vehicle

New chapter in stories TMV, a British military vehicle manufacturer, begins with the DVD-2010 exhibit, where the company demonstrated an open six-wheeled, all-wheel-drive military reconnaissance vehicle for special forces. This presentation took place only twelve months after TMV presented a prototype car. TMV 6x6M SF was developed in response to the changing nature of military threats and their influence on the requirements for the use of vehicles in current conflict situations. It was created, as they say, from a clean slate, without making numerous compromises and changes to existing platforms, however, when creating the machine, the designers tried to use the standard components and components as widely as possible.

options
TMV can be produced in 4xXNNUMX, 4x6 and 6x8 wheel formulas using a common chassis and undercarriage. The modular design principle of the rear part of the superstructure allows the car to be adapted in accordance with the chosen role and intended use. It can be configured using different materials depending on the level of protection required and the required payload. In addition to the vehicle for special forces, options are available for an armored personnel carrier, a medical vehicle, a combat platform, ammunition delivery vehicles and other applications.
4's wheel version with full weight 6.0-9.5 tons
6-and wheel version with full weight 7.5- 18.0 tons
8 and wheel variant with full weight 9.5- 22.0 tons

weaponry
Car TMV 6x6M SF presented on DVD-2010, equipped with a turning system weapons With two 12.7-mm machine guns, an optional 7.62-mm machine gun was installed in front of the car.

DEF
The TMV 6x6M SF vehicle provides enhanced levels of protection against mines and improvised explosive devices (up to the STANAG 4 protection level). To achieve the best possible protection of passengers from the effects of explosions and to minimize the energy transmitted, a “V” -shaped double hull structure developed by TMV and widely used in the construction of all TMV models was used. It is made of stainless steel, reinforced with a special armor sheet, its shape contributes to the dissipation of the wave energy of the explosion at the point of impact, as well as in the protected passenger compartment. Located above the unique, integral V-shaped bottom, the modular superstructure is made with multilayer armor made of high-tech materials designed to minimize the weight of the car. It includes steel and composite layers and the new SMART protective material from Plasan. This provides the ballistic protection of the STANAG 3 level and protection against 2А and 2В level explosions (6 kg charge under the wheel or bottom). In turn, the pressure on the soil produced by TMV 6x6M is significantly lower than that of similar vehicles.

Engine and mobility
The TMV 6x6M SF is driven by a turbocharged Cummins ISBe5 four-cylinder diesel engine in the middle of the car, 4500 cc, water-cooled, 147 kW (200 hp) and a torque of 900 nm. This allows TMV 6x6M to reach a maximum speed of 137 km per hour. The car uses widely distributed and well-proven in military and civilian applications, fully automatic 6-ti gearbox Allison 2500SP. Also installed six locking differential Dana. High power density in combination with permanent all-wheel drive and an adaptive system of rotation of six wheels provide excellent maneuverability and high throughput. Fully independent air suspension, supplemented by two springs above the shock absorbers on all wheels, provide excellent dynamic performance and comfort for the crew. Adjustable ground clearance allows you to maintain a low center of gravity when used at high speeds, but most importantly, it allows you to lift the car in case of threats of mines or improvised explosive devices. The adaptive rotation system of the six wheels can be programmed to change the steering configuration by pressing a button, depending on the specific needs.

The TMV 6x6M SF has an adjustable ground clearance that can be increased if a mine threat is present or reduced when performing high-speed operations and without a mine threat. The seat arrangement provides for the placement of passengers as far as possible from the front wheels, while maintaining a high level of view for off-road conditions.

Performance characteristics
Developer: TMV Limited
Armament: two 12.7-mm machine guns and one 7.62-mm machine gun
Crew: 2 + 4 soldier
Extras: Adjustable ground clearance
Reservations: V-shaped bottom, anti-mine and IED protection, ballistic protection (STANAG 4 level), mounted additional armor

Total weight: 7500 kg
Empty weight: 3500 kg
Carrying capacity: 4000 kg
Configuration example:
Armored protection: 2500 kg
Staff and equipment: 1500 kg

dimensions
Overall Length: 5840 mm
Width: 2100 - mm 2360
Height: 2700 mm
Turning radius: 9100 mm
Minimum ground clearance: 265 - mm 400
Wading depth: 700 - 800 mm

Power point
Cummins 4.5 Engine ISBe5
Maximum output power: 147 kW / 200 hp
The greatest torque: 900 nm
Maximum speed: 137 km / h
Self-towing speed: 3.2 km / h
Power reserve: 1120 km
Transmission: Allison 2500SP 6-speed automatic with high and low range

Steering
Off-road: Front, middle and rear axles in reverse directions
On the road: Front and middle axles
Safety: Returns to central position in case of failure.

Suspension
Independent levers, double wishbones
Suspension travel: 130 mm compression / 180 mm return
Springs: Air

Тормоза
Disc brakes Disc brakes on each wheel with 2-piston calipers and 300 mm discs
Brake Booster: Hydraulic

Chassis
Design: In the style of aircraft with frames and stringers
Frames: Stainless steel 8 mm thickness
Coating: Stainless Steel
Components: Made using high-precision laser cutting.
Wheels: Steel wheels with a diameter of 20 inches with circular cooling ventilation
Tires: 365 / 85 20 XZL Michelin

Passability
Entry angle: 52%
Departure angle: 50%
Brake at the corners 135%

Standards
Emission: Euro 5
Legislative: European N2

Air transportability, aircraft:
Hercules C130
Boeing C17 Globemaster
400M

Comments

[vadimus]

And cover with tarpaulin on top? There’s some kind of safari ....

[Aleksey67]

It seems to me that in recent years, the designers of military equipment have changed their views on military operations. A technique for "comfortable travel" is being created, with a bunch of "gadgets" that are good in a peaceful life, but greatly reduce the operational and repair capabilities in the field. However, "chasing the Papuans" and such a technique will do (though the frontal armored glass would not hurt ), and if the TMV breaks, then the tank will not save
To position this "miracle" as a reconnaissance vehicle is insanity (purely my opinion)

[AK-74-1]

To send in reconnaissance a large six-wheeled open all-terrain vehicle personally I have too many questions. For what purposes and what kind of intelligence to conduct? Power is useless, immediately destroyed. To ensure the speed of movement behind enemy lines, the machine is not a needle.
In general, a variation on the theme of a large all-terrain vehicle, with a possible eye on what they’ll buy already.
Against the background of this unit, our reconnaissance vehicles based on the same BMP (BMD) or BRDM with the TIGER look much more adequately.

[Zerstorer]

You wanted to say "send in reconnaissance a large six-wheeled open all-terrain vehicle with a height of 2.7 meters (!), Which will be visible a mile away."

Possible applications - escorting columns, transportation of personnel, etc., etc. (just like a big hammer)

[Professor]

Given the Russian tactics of riding exclusively on armor, being uncovered by nothing from the bottom or from the sides, this decision may come in handy for the Russian army.

[leon-iv]

This is a partisan method due to the lack of MCI for poopasnyh actions.
In a big war, everyone will crawl under the armor as nice little lives are more expensive.

[Hleb]

how did you draw such an analogy? Because they are sitting on the armor because they are more likely to survive during the bombing and to land faster when fired .. where will they fly and what remains after these arcs and sides of the body? I can’t imagine at all about the mission for reconnaissance .. managed to compare with the armored personnel carrier? ..
if I wanted to see an enemy endowed with technology, then just that ... like seeds

[Krilion]

Quote: Gleb

they sit on the armor because there are more chances to survive in the event of an explosion and to land faster when fired ..

the option of lack of space in the reserved space or the option of banal laziness to climb inside is not considered? as for the unit in the photo, I think the grenade that flies inside the grenade launcher or just a random large fragment can easily turn the whole stuffing into mincemeat ... even consider the option of winter operation creepy ...

[Hleb]

option of lack of space in outside space

the first time I hear this wording, I can’t even understand what it is about, where is there no place?)

but about laziness, how much do you need to be lazy so that in the snow, rain, dust you like on the armor? just if you take combat actions, then personally you will not drag me into the "landing"
(and how many flew into the abyss)

[Tiberium]

Not impressive. I doubt its strength and reliability.

[Zerstorer]

I liked Photo # 2 - the driver is sitting, swallowing dust. Machine for very good weather conditions.

[leon-iv]

umm armored car, and the driver is interchangeable?

[sahha]

The machine was created for hunting in Africa, for those hunters who are interested in trophies from large animals.

[Brother Sarych]

Was the barn for reconnaissance apparently weak?
Precisely - to hunt elephants and rhinos in Africa!

[Odessa]

The top is open, the machine itself is massive, you can’t run into it on the mountainous terrain, it’s not suitable for rainy and snowy weather. Nonsense for reconnaissance, such a masterpiece. And it is similar in color to the NATO form, for them it’s just right to scare camels on such a tow truck !

[Krilion]

Quote: Odessa

.A similar in color to the NATO uniform, for them, just right in the desert on such a towing truck to scare camels!

the color clearly hints at creating a machine for the Saudi sheikhs - to drive around the desert and to peel from machine guns on camels ... for them, the healthier the unit - the more interesting ...

[leon-iv]

According to sabzh colonial armored car

[MKALEKSEY]

Well, the British have long been riding on these for a long time - for example, JACKAL, sometimes 6x6 and 8x8 - but I don’t understand one thing - for example, they will not die in a mine, but one sensible machine gunner or one well-thrown grenade (from a grenade launcher or a manual one) - and the khan. ?????

[Darn]

They hope to know that the partisans will not run up with a grenade. They will put down a machine gun.

[Krilion]

Quote: Here Damn

They hope to know that the partisans will not run up with a grenade. They will put down a machine gun.

yeah .. on such a thing in the forest it is better not to meddle ... the only chance to survive is to stand in the middle of the desert ...

[Dust]

So try to get into it! Especially in the desert ...

[Darn]

And what will we shoot from?

[datur]

MKALEKSEY, and count a couple of Molotov cocktail bottles there? so there will generally be beauty !!!!

[Darn]

If I didn’t confuse anything, then after the Hungarian events they began to let out BTR-152 with a roof. One of the reasons is because bottles with Molotov cocktails flew from the upper floors.

[Professor]

Something like that, but since then, no one has succeeded in driving the fighters since.

[Professor]

The UK Department of Defense has signed an 45 £ million contract to supply Jackal's 140 SUVs for use in Afghanistan.

UK MoD awards 45m contract for over 140 Jackal 2a vehicles to Supacat and Babcock
10: 13 GMT, June 23, 2010 The UK Ministry of Defense has awarded a 45m contract to the Supacat – Babcock industry alliance for over 140 further Jackal weapons-mounted 4x4 patrol vehicles to support operations in Afghanistan. The new order will bring the total number of Jackal vehicles in service with the UK Armed Forces to over 400, in 3 configurations; Jackal 1, Jackal 2 and this latest improved variant, Jackal 2a.

Production of the Jackal 2a vehicle uplift commenced in February 2010, immediately following on from final delivery of a UOR contract placed with the Supacat – Babcock alliance in April 2009 for approximately 120 Jackal 2 and more than 70 new 6x6 'Coyote' Tactical Support Vehicle ( Light) (TSV (L)). This contract has been completed successfully to a high quality standard and on time.

The upgraded Jackal 2a is an enhanced version of the successful Jackal 2 with the design changes driven by direct operational feedback. The primary change is the introduction of a new cab design with integrated mine blast protection which simplifies production and improves the performance over that offered by the previous system fitted to Jackal 2.

Dubbed `Jackal` by UK Armed Forces, it has proved its supreme versatility as a weapons-mounted light patrol vehicle in Afghanistan, combining speed and maneovrability with unparalleled cross-country performance over the region's harsh terrain.

Supacat and Babcock formed an industry alliance to ensure UK Armed Forces receive the best equipment in the shortest possible timescale. Supacat is prime contractor and as the design authority is responsible for design, development, prototyping, integration and overall program management. Babcock is responsible for detailed production planning, purchasing and manufacture at their Devonport facility.

Nick Ames said, “This order is a further endorsement of the performance of Jackal on operations in Afghanistan and of the agility of the Supacat – Babcock alliance to deliver against demanding timescales”.

Roger Gillespie, Equipment Solutions Managing Director, Babcock, said “The Jackal vehicle has been a resounding success and these additional Jackal 2a's will further enhance the operational capabilities of our troops in the theater. The ability of the Supacat-Babcock Alliance to consistently deliver these vehicles also provides military planners with assurance of our continued support. ”

[Bad_gr]

Quote: professor

The UK Department of Defense has signed an 45 £ million contract to supply Jackal's 140 SUVs for use in Afghanistan.

It turns out that the approach is the same as ours: the main danger is from mines, so there is armor, and from single shooters there is good visibility for the landing, with the ability to immediately use weapons.
Only, unlike ours, if necessary, the British have no opportunity to take cover under the armor.

[Professor]

There is no armor only in the upper hemisphere, and on the sides the existing armor holds fragments and bullets of a heavy machine gun. Mine protection at a very good modern level.

[ICT]

with all possible pluses, all the same, the driver should be covered with armor and a closed cabin

[755962]

But what is the apparatus bad about? Everything with it, maneuverability, specific power is high, maneuverable, high-speed. It’s most for fast sabotage sorties. I’m sure it will find application.

[Tirpitz]

If they buy this clunker, then only before the first real assignment, some kind of Afghan grandfather with a three-line slap the entire crew. This is a reconnaissance vehicle, and accordingly, they will also shoot at these clowns from an ambush, or a grenade will be thrown from behind the bushes. How to convey a storm or thunderstorm in the desert? 6x6! They will soon be purchasing an analogue of the chassis from Yars in a convertible version for reconnaissance.

[Professor]

You surprise me. Look at what and how the Russian paratroopers ride the last 20 years. There is generally no protection whatsoever, not even mine action, and this does not bother you.
Upload photos or do you know what I mean?

[datur]

Take a look at what and how the Russian paratroopers ride for the past 20 years., not well, considering where and with whom the West has been waging war for the last 20 years, then yes, this machine is just for them !!! although you’re right in that our shikorolampasniks and efficient managers don’t think about simple soldiers, they have in their heads if there are armored vehicles then only MAYBAHI or Iveki are beloved for themselves !!!

[Professor]

Show you Russian intelligence on the ARMOR in Georgia?
like these

[Bad_gr]

Quote: professor

Show you Russian intelligence on the ARMOR in Georgia?
like these

Similar photos, where people are sitting on the armored personnel carrier, and not inside, are full and ours is no exception

[Professor]

If so, please share with us photos where NATO soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq or IDF soldiers cover their armor.

[Bad_gr]

Quote: professor

If so, please share with us photos where NATO soldiers in Afghanistan and Iraq or IDF soldiers cover their armor.

I don’t know how it used to be, but now one of the arguments where to sit is insurance, where everything is negotiated: if a soldier is supposed to wear body armor all the time, be in a helmet, and sit inside an armored personnel carrier, he will be there, although the situation is safer in another place .
In an area where the chance of undermining equipment is high - ours are sitting outside, if it is minimal, and the fact of shelling from a rifle is high - the landing will sit inside, behind the armor.

[Professor]

I don’t know how it used to be, but now one of the arguments where to sit is insurance, where everything is negotiated: if a soldier is supposed to wear body armor all the time, be in a helmet, and sit inside an armored personnel carrier, he will be there, although the situation is safer in another place .

I heard the tale of insurance for a long time and even found out where the legs grow from there. But I have to upset you, the American soldier and his family will receive ALL insurance payments, regardless whether he was wearing a helmet, body armor or armor. I had to communicate with both the American military and the Israeli, and I dare to assure you that there are no points in the insurance or contract that you mentioned. Those who claim that they are have never been able to bring any evidence referring to top-secret. And even Wikileaks did not get to such secrecy.

Do you have a fresh photo? The second photo is obviously Vietnam.

[Bad_gr]

Quote: professor

But I have to upset you

This does not upset me.
I worked for two years in Afghanistan (under Andropov), traveled enough in convoys on passing transport, and I can see that your phrase "but only since then no one has managed to drive the fighters inside", how to put it more mildly, the truth is also not true. The soldiers sit either on the armor or inside the armored personnel carrier, depending on the circumstances.
The fact that ours only ride on armor is a fairy tale.

And if you look at the photo of what the Americans are driving in Afghanistan now, these are not armored personnel carriers at all:

[Professor]

Let's agree not to use the words "always" and "never" here. So Russian troops mainly move on armored personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles, and NATO troops, as a rule, inside armored vehicles.

[Krilion]

Quote: Tirpitz

They will soon be purchasing an analogue of the chassis from Yars in a convertible version for reconnaissance.

this is a set off .... =)

[USNik]

And what is the apparatus bad about?

Height 3 meters, hinged bulletproof armor, there is no complete protection for the shooter and partially the driver (or should he put his head between his legs under fire?), Weak armament.

Everything with him, maneuverability, high power density, maneuverable, high-speed.

All the same can be said about conventional armored personnel carriers, + firepower.

The most that for fast diversionary sorties. I am sure it will find application.

In this case, what did the Hammie convertible of the first releases not suit them? Not so fashionable? In my opinion, it’s just self-promotion and drank money, one participation of this device in TopGear was worth ..

[koosss]

make a normal roof, put the glass ... and ........ in a landfill)
some nonsense, not a reconnaissance vehicle, more was done for the show-off

[bazilio]

Indeed, why such an aggregate. The height is almost 3 meters, which means it will be visible from afar. The crew is not protected from above. The only TVD where such a reconnaissance car can come in handy is deserts and plains. Like I'm sitting high - I look far. but he himself will be seen well.

[Aleksey67]

Quote: bazilio

Like I'm sitting high - I look far. but he himself will be seen well.

Great target for helicopters

[Darn]

Somehow I read articles about the English light tank Scorpio. There flashed such an idea that, when escorting the columns, the tanks looked very aggressive (in what way) and therefore they decided to replace the Anglo-Saxons with armored personnel carriers. Maybe this armored car from this opera? For reconnaissance it’s really big, but if you attach a mast with a video camera to it, it will find someone he can earlier than him.

[leon-iv]

SW Professor, what is the price of this miracle?

[Professor]

They don’t write about the price since no contracts have been concluded yet.

[Chicot 1]

An entertaining shmakozober! .. But I am too conservative, I am too consummate toli to the appearance of Russian armored vehicles, but this unit, despite the declared qualities, does not inspire me with special trust ... However, of course this is my personal and subjective assessment ...
And the look is cool ... Reminded me of one no less amusing machine ...

[Hleb]

but nothing to me!

[Hleb]

by the way...

Hero of Russia, Lieutenant Colonel Anatoly Lebed recently demonstrated to the head of state a makeshift landing machine he assembled on the basis of Niva and with his own money. The result was an open jeep, on which you can install almost any small arms, the machine can carry independent actions away from its troops, can easily be transported by a Mi-8 helicopter. According to Lebed, the car has already “shown itself to be good” in Kyrgyzstan. However, the Hero of Russia is modest in his creation: he calls it a “fighting dog” and does not admit how much money he spent on equipment: “I completed the task, there is time - I did.” And he believes that he simply did what he had to: “He would have served as a tanker - he could have assembled a tank.”

[Odessa]

So this is an interesting example, such a nimble machine. And that cross between a bulldog and a rhinoceros is not suitable for reconnaissance. By the way the other day, there was an article about him on the site that India was interested in them. Probably for patrol, along the coast of the Nile at walking speed and will go.

[Chicot 1]

But this militarized "Niva" is already much more interesting ... At one time they wanted to put the military version of the "Niva" on stream. Even an experimental batch was released. But something didn't grow together there ... And in my opinion the idea itself was not stupid, considering the off-road qualities of the VAZ brainchild ...

[ICT]

it used to be, but these instances to the previous article

[woland05]

Safari car, definitely ...

[Chicot 1]

Only who is hunting with a paired M2? .. However, even for an elephant, such a "double-barreled" shotgun will be too big ...

[Dust]

And this is so that the elephant will penetrate, and moreover, in the ass, so as not to spoil the skin, as they say, from anal to the nasal canal ...

[Bad_gr]

DEF
The TMV 6x6M SF provides increased levels of protection against mines and improvised explosive devices (up to STANAG protection level 4). To achieve the best protection of passengers from the effects of explosions and to minimize the transmitted energy, a "V" -shaped double hull structure developed by TMV has been used and is commonly used in the construction of all TMV models.

I decided to compare the incomparable. Please do not kick much.
We look at what angle the blast wave hits the bottom and side of the TMV, and our BTR-90. In my non-professional opinion, in the bottom of the BTR-90, the blast wave hits from a greater distance and at a sharper angle. That is, less affected by the explosion of the same power.
Well, by the hatch you can estimate how covered the side is (this despite the fact that the forehead holds a 30mm shell).

[phantom359]

Riveted iron with six wheels. The British (and the French) do not know how to make wheeled armored vehicles. It would be better if they bought from the Swiss LAV25. There will be more sense.

[Mikhado]

It’s really not clear what prevented them from the full armor, especially the arrow from the main caliber. No review is worth it. The battle buggies are at least small and nimble, and this ...
Still, the small British approach to armored vehicles is somehow too special. feeling that it would just be "not like everyone else"

[vylvyn]

On the second photo, dust is not sickly swallowed. There is no time for reconnaissance and war. The developers made a wheelbarrow exclusively for the summer, just for the velvet season. And the rear body, along the way, is designed to carry a butterfly-tied "tongue" so that blood from a broken nose does not stain the interior where special forces soldiers are sitting.

[Sergeev]

not for Russia with its frosts

[Kir]

Most likely the prototype was "stolen" from some science fiction film, not otherwise!

[evening]

We used a strongly forced engine - 200 Nm per liter, with a relatively low power for such a mass of the machine (especially if more than 2 axles). This will not last long, given the constant heavy load - this is how to operate a truck constantly loaded.