Four SUV for Latvia. Ministry of Defense holds a tender for armored cars for the army

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Exactly a week ago, on Monday, 14 of May 2018, the armed forces of the Republic of Latvia started testing military off-road vehicles of four manufacturers, in order to select the most suitable for the tasks of the Latvian army and terrain. According to the results of the tests, a contract will be concluded for the supply of these vehicles to the National Armed Forces, reports the Latvian edition Delfi with reference to the Latvian Ministry of Defense.

At the same time, this is the second stage of tests, in which six manufacturers participate, and only four of them provided their equipment for testing. The first stage involved 12 vehicles.



In the final stage, a special commission of the Latvian Defense Ministry will test four cars: GTP 4 × 4 from Sisu Auto (Finland), HUMVEE from AM General (USA), Marauder LAV from Paramount Group (South Africa) and Cobra from Otokar (Turkey).

Four SUV for Latvia. Ministry of Defense holds a tender for armored cars for the army

GTP 4 × 4 from Sisu Auto (Finland)


SISU GTP is a modular armored vehicle with a maximum combat weight of 14 tons and a maximum payload weight of up to 4500 kg (including the mass of possible additional reservations). Levels of ballistic and mine protection are not disclosed. In order to enhance the mine protection, the combat / airborne detachment is made hung separate from the vehicle frame - providing a V-shaped battle / airborne detachment with a flat bottom of the machine itself (which ensures good snow passability). To protect the crew and assault, an unbreakable set of measures, called SISU Crew Body technology, is used. Capacity together with the crew reaches 16 people. The length of the hull is 6 m, the height is 2,5 m, the width is 2,5 m. The machine is equipped with an independent suspension of all four wheels and a differential locking mechanism for both axles. The diesel engine of unnamed type in combination with a six-speed automatic transmission provides a maximum speed of more than 100 km / h. Power reserve up to 700 km. Used tires 365 / 80 R20.
Finnish company Sisu Auto developed GTP 4 × 4 specifically for the Latvian tender


HUMVEE from AM General (USA)


American Army off-road vehicle. The car has a high maneuverability, suitable for transportation by air and dropping by parachute method. Its development began in the 1979 year, and already in the 1981-m army concluded a contract with AM General, although only the first version of the prototype was ready. For thirty years, the 281 000 "Humvee" was built, and this is not to mention the civilian development of the model - the famous "Hammer". Humvee exists in more than a hundred versions and is in service with 76 countries of the world. Currently, the United States is replacing the Humvee with a more modern model of the Oshkosh L-ATV armored car, and the rest of the cars are "attached" wherever they can.


Marauder LAV from Paramount Group (South Africa)


The Marauder is a multipurpose armored car with the outstanding ballistic and mine protection of Paramount Group from South Africa. In addition to this country, it is produced under the relevant agreements in Azerbaijan, as well as in Jordan. The three-door Marauder with a station wagon is designed for a crew of 10 people: 2 in front (driver, commander) and 8 fully equipped soldiers in the back. It can be configured as a simple armored personnel carrier or as an effective combat military vehicle on wheels by adding appropriate weapon systems, which makes it ideal for conventional and non-traditional missions. It can be supplied in standard or elongated versions, which offer additional space for the transportation of a larger number of troops and an additional arsenal. There are various options for cardan transmission, available depending on customer requirements. Patrol APC, armored ambulance, anti-tank, staff, fire support of infantry are Marauder modifications. It can accommodate a wide range of weapons systems, starting with a 7.62 mm machine gun on a simple swivel and ending with remotely controlled 12.7 or 14.5 mm heavy machine guns with anti-tank missiles installed. Turret designs and capabilities will vary depending on customer requirements, including the caliber of the weapon system, the presence of a mechanical or electric drive, or even remote control of the weapon. The range of further improvements can be unified in order to connect missile systems and a set of defensive aids.


Cobra from Otokar (Turkey)


The armored body of the Cobra II armored car provides protection against 7,6-mm ammunition and artillery shell fragments. The bottom of the crew compartment is equipped with a removable parabolic plate to reflect the blast wave. The machine also protects the crew from debris and improvised explosive devices. The Cobra II armored vehicle is equipped with a 6,7-liter six-cylinder diesel engine paired with an automatic transmission (six forward gears and one reverse gear), as well as water-cooled, turbocharged and battery-powered systems. The engine produces power in 281 l. with. at 2500 rpm The engine complies with Euro-3, an environmental standard that regulates the content of harmful substances in the exhaust gases of vehicles with diesel and petrol engines, and is compatible with military fuel for F-34 aircraft engines and F-54 diesel fuel.
Armored car "Cobra II" provides excellent progress over rough terrain under the most difficult climatic conditions. The fully independent suspension of the machine is equipped with a spring and a shock absorber, and the air-hydraulic brakes are equipped with anti-lock braking systems. The car is also equipped with a system of centralized pressure control in tires and tires with run-flat technology for all-terrain. May be landed from NATO transport aircraft.

The Latvian Ministry of Defense has only to choose!
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  1. +2
    21 May 2018 15: 24
    The idea is to decide the price .. If the Americans do not push their own, I think they will choose a Finnish car.
    1. 0
      21 May 2018 16: 03
      Quote: Razvedka_Boem
      The idea is to decide the price.

      Must . But not the fact that this will be a decisive factor. Let's not forget about the “familiarity” of the machine and the proprietary ability of mattresses. Although not great scum ... wink
      1. +3
        21 May 2018 16: 09
        hi the striped ones have already given humvee, and it’s difficult to blame them for the lack of desire to “wave”. Moreover, they will certainly ask for funding. The choice is obvious
        1. +1
          21 May 2018 16: 12
          Hobo, hello! hi I just hinted, and you - a forehead with a mop. lol
          1. +2
            21 May 2018 16: 14
            Pasha, well, I'm sorry, I didn’t have to have a fan at hand. lol
            They and the first batch of "dashing dashing", but who are interested in their opinion ..
            1. +1
              21 May 2018 16: 16
              Quote: Pete Mitchell
              who are interested in their opinion ..

              Gold words ! good drinks
              1. +2
                21 May 2018 16: 26
                Quote: bouncyhunter
                Quote: Pete Mitchell
                who are interested in their opinion ..

                Gold words ! good drinks

                They drove themselves into this position in order to hang out beautifully. How long they will be allowed to "hang out" is a question, and not to them. Although we have figures here who claim that the “well beautiful marquise” is in the Baltic states, specifically Latvia. Well, I'm not sure if they allow you to have fun on the edge of the abyss: is it good or not
                1. +1
                  21 May 2018 16: 27
                  Quote: Pete Mitchell
                  if they allow you to have fun on the edge of the abyss: is it good or not

                  If you do not turn down - ask. wink
                  1. +2
                    21 May 2018 16: 37
                    Quote: bouncyhunter
                    If you don’t turn down, ask

                    Pavel, you are a joker lol but I suppose that we will see soon: financing from the EU is being curtailed, transit is being curtailed, there really isn’t one, plus there are problems with demographics - we’ll take a look
                    1. +1
                      21 May 2018 16: 42
                      Quote: Pete Mitchell
                      we will look

                      I do not like sliders and bibs. soldier
                      1. +2
                        21 May 2018 16: 48
                        Quote: bouncyhunter
                        I do not like sliders and bibs. soldier

                        He also says that I
                        Quote: bouncyhunter
                        - forehead with a mop
                        ha ha three times.
                        In fact, all this is sad, "waving" and the desire to spoil a neighbor cannot be the goal of the state
                    2. +1
                      21 May 2018 16: 51
                      Quote: Pete Mitchell
                      In fact, all this is sad, "waving" and the desire to spoil a neighbor cannot be the goal of the state

                      Excuse me, but where did you see the state in the troebaltics ??? request
    2. 0
      21 May 2018 18: 56
      I think all the Fshists will decide by tapping the "Hammers"
    3. 0
      21 May 2018 18: 57
      Quote: Razvedka_Boem
      The idea is to decide the price .. If the Americans do not push their own, I think they will choose a Finnish car.

      Poland, Romania, Bulgaria, the Baltic countries live at the expense of the EU, and Washington decides, so who will win the tender for the purchase of weapons? The United States does not just sell weapons, it protects regimes, the question is not even considered in my opinion
  2. +3
    21 May 2018 15: 28
    As far as the Finnish car is concerned, there is little information to judge, the Humvee is the so-so machine, the worst on the IMHO list. The Turkish Cobra is also so-so, in Georgia the Russian forces managed to ridicule it by no means indulge. The only worthy candidate is this Marauder, and especially South Africans have more experience in this segment of weapons. Mine action is excellent, although Fin slightly surprised me.
  3. +2
    21 May 2018 15: 38
    At the current price of gasoline and diesel, they'd better have something muscularly driven
  4. 0
    21 May 2018 15: 42
    Not so Baltic and completely dependent on the United States once such competitions are organized. They buy equipment by the criterion of benefit for themselves, and not what Washington orders for its benefit. And this applies not only to armored vehicles, but to everything else.
  5. +2
    21 May 2018 15: 45
    It will do. And the spirit is close.
  6. +1
    21 May 2018 15: 45
    Whoever rolls back more will choose
  7. +2
    21 May 2018 15: 46
    As V. S. Vysotsky sang “Where is the money Zin?” ....... Will they be able to afford the purchase of this equipment?
    1. +1
      21 May 2018 15: 55
      Quote: AVGUST
      Will they be able to afford the purchase of this equipment?

      Why not? Their economy is showing steady growth of around 5%.
      1. +1
        21 May 2018 16: 12
        Quote: Thunderbolt
        steady growth of about 5%.

        You are sorry, of course, but 5% of the Baltic states is not at all the same as 1% of Germany, for example. And with steady growth, too, not everything is clear
  8. +4
    21 May 2018 15: 55
    An interesting machine at the Finns turned out ...





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  10. -1
    21 May 2018 16: 09
    Very beautiful cars.
  11. +2
    21 May 2018 16: 09
    hi ... TTX BTR Cobra
    • Length 5,32 m, width 2,24 m, height 2,1 m
    • Weight 6,3 t
    • Crew 2 + 8 people
    • Wheel formula 4x4
    • Base 3,3 m
    • Track 1,82 m
    • Ground clearance (clearance) 365 mm
    • Powerplant: General Motors V-8 8-cylinder V-twin turbocharged diesel engine rated at 190 hp (140 kW) at 3400 rpm
    • Maximum speed of 115 km / h on the highway
    • Cruising range of 550 km on the highway
    • Fuel tank capacity 145 l
    • Armament: 12,7 mm machine gun
    • Ammunition: 2000 rounds of 12,7 mm
    • Obstacle to be overcome: wall 0,3 m high, ford 0,6 m deep, 2,4 m wide ditch, elevation angle 50 °, roll 35 °.
    Marauder - Paramount Group Technical Specifications Paramount Marauder
    Under the hood, Paramount Marader installed a 6.7l Cummins turbodiesel. Yes, 300l.s is not so much, for such a colossus. But 1 Nm of thrust is what really impresses. Such a diesel “six” easily drags an African armored car and is even able to disperse it to 100km per hour.
    The armored car from Paramount is designed to overcome the ford with a depth of 0.9m; able to move a trench 0.85m wide; climb a vertical wall 0.5m high; and climb a slope of 60 degrees.
    Of course - there are all the locks and downshifts here. The power reserve with additional canisters is 700km.
    1. 0
      21 May 2018 16: 16
      It’s good that the power reserve is large. You can drape all the way to Berlin
  12. +2
    21 May 2018 16: 37
    The choice will be difficult



  13. +1
    21 May 2018 16: 39
    Cobra took a good picture! "Chervlena lips, eyebrows allied!" (WITH)
  14. 0
    21 May 2018 16: 42
    and ours that didn’t come up for fun?
  15. +1
    21 May 2018 17: 04
    Hmm, after reading the headline - I decided that we are talking about a tender for FOUR SUVs .... I was even surprised .... Let them take the Chinese - they will serve for a long time with the mileage of their aircraft. And not expensive ....
  16. +1
    21 May 2018 18: 52
    yes, in any way, the old restored Humvees will be boiled up, and if they don’t want to take it for good, they will be “asked” ... although the Humvee, the only one of the 4 cars presented, has no mine protection at all, but did the Papuans ever care about mattresses?
  17. 0
    21 May 2018 18: 58
    Quote: san4es
    hi ... TTX BTR Cobra
    • Length 5,32 m, width 2,24 m, height 2,1 m
    • Weight 6,3 t
    • Crew 2 + 8 people
    • Wheel formula 4x4
    • Base 3,3 m
    • Track 1,82 m
    • Ground clearance (clearance) 365 mm
    • Powerplant: General Motors V-8 8-cylinder V-twin turbocharged diesel engine rated at 190 hp (140 kW) at 3400 rpm
    • Maximum speed of 115 km / h on the highway
    • Cruising range of 550 km on the highway
    • Fuel tank capacity 145 l
    • Armament: 12,7 mm machine gun
    • Ammunition: 2000 rounds of 12,7 mm
    • Obstacle to be overcome: wall 0,3 m high, ford 0,6 m deep, 2,4 m wide ditch, elevation angle 50 °, roll 35 °.
    Marauder - Paramount Group Technical Specifications Paramount Marauder
    Under the hood, Paramount Marader installed a 6.7l Cummins turbodiesel. Yes, 300l.s is not so much, for such a colossus. But 1 Nm of thrust is what really impresses. Such a diesel “six” easily drags an African armored car and is even able to disperse it to 100km per hour.
    The armored car from Paramount is designed to overcome the ford with a depth of 0.9m; able to move a trench 0.85m wide; climb a vertical wall 0.5m high; and climb a slope of 60 degrees.
    Of course - there are all the locks and downshifts here. The power reserve with additional canisters is 700km.

    the cobra should have been called "Lenya" - the curly eyebrows were painful !!! smile
  18. +1
    21 May 2018 19: 21
    Pictured is Cobra 1

    here is the cobra 2
    1. 0
      21 May 2018 19: 22
      view from the feed Cobra 2
    2. 0
      22 May 2018 11: 14
      On such beauty, yes with women in taverns, but on European highways. More beautiful than SAXON AT-105.
  19. +1
    21 May 2018 22: 52
    Quote: bouncyhunter
    where did you see the state in the troebaltics ??? request

    You have driven me into a dead end with this question, everything seems to be there: borders, governments, flags, a history which is rooted godlessly, but there are no states. You are probably right, with brainless ideas it's just ...
  20. 0
    22 May 2018 11: 08
    And what they do not like SAXON AT-105? No other car inspires such horror. Aesthetic at least.
  21. +1
    22 May 2018 19: 04
    If you choose, then Paramount. But who will let them choose.
    As I understand it, the competition for the show off to comply with the procedure.
  22. 0
    24 May 2018 21: 58
    Do not go to fortuneteller mattresses in priority ... Finns from SISU good logging trucks stamp

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