VAB Mk3 armored vehicle from Renault Trucks Defense
Renault Trucks Defense presented its Mk3 VAB 6х6 - medium armored vehicle - at the recent Eurosatory exhibition in Paris. This is described on the resource armyrecognition.com.
The Mk3 VAB is designed with 30 years of experience with the well-known VAB family, but this is a completely new car. He retained the time-tested overall VAB architecture, but became slightly longer and taller, thereby increasing the internal volume for the crew. It has retained its width - 2,55 m, convenient for movement in urban and strategic conditions.
Gross weight Mk3 VAB - 20 tons. The armored car offers enough utility for various missions and can be equipped with different weapons systems. It is designed with a high level of crew survivability: NATO ballistic protection to 4 level (STANAG 4569) and mine protection to MRAP level.
The company "Renault Trucks Defense" has provided several options. Thanks to the modular platform, the Mk3 VAB can be: an armored personnel carrier, an infantry fighting vehicle, an ambulance, a reconnaissance, surveillance and targeting vehicle, an 120-millimeter mortar transported, a command post ... (to be continued).
The Mk3 VAB is supplied with Renault 320 or 340 engines. with. (also 400 hp, but it will be available later). It is equipped with independent suspension, all-wheel drive (6x6), an automatic transmission and central tire system (CTIS) to give the vehicle all-terrain mobility. This vehicle is capable of crossing half-meter vertical obstacles or trenches up to a depth of 0,9 m. The car has a maximum speed of 105 km / h. The Mk3 VAB can also be transported by land and transported by air (to C-130 in some of its configurations).
The VAB Mk3 is positioned as an ideal candidate to replace the previous generation of multi-purpose vehicles: the French VAB, the American M113 or the Russian BTR. The car gives a high level of protection - to the level of MRAP - but with much higher off-road mobility and full multifunctionality. The Mk3 VAB is also much more affordable than the 8x8 armored vehicles on the market ...
The VAB Mk3 prototype, demonstrated at Eurosatory, was equipped with a remote-controlled TRT-25 tower from BAE Systems. Having a TRT-25 or any other tower (controlled by one person or remotely), the Mk3 VAB is capable of carrying three crew members plus seven infantrymen, thus becoming a real infantry fighting vehicle.
The Mk3 VAB is designed with 30 years of experience with the well-known VAB family, but this is a completely new car. He retained the time-tested overall VAB architecture, but became slightly longer and taller, thereby increasing the internal volume for the crew. It has retained its width - 2,55 m, convenient for movement in urban and strategic conditions.
Gross weight Mk3 VAB - 20 tons. The armored car offers enough utility for various missions and can be equipped with different weapons systems. It is designed with a high level of crew survivability: NATO ballistic protection to 4 level (STANAG 4569) and mine protection to MRAP level.
The company "Renault Trucks Defense" has provided several options. Thanks to the modular platform, the Mk3 VAB can be: an armored personnel carrier, an infantry fighting vehicle, an ambulance, a reconnaissance, surveillance and targeting vehicle, an 120-millimeter mortar transported, a command post ... (to be continued).
The Mk3 VAB is supplied with Renault 320 or 340 engines. with. (also 400 hp, but it will be available later). It is equipped with independent suspension, all-wheel drive (6x6), an automatic transmission and central tire system (CTIS) to give the vehicle all-terrain mobility. This vehicle is capable of crossing half-meter vertical obstacles or trenches up to a depth of 0,9 m. The car has a maximum speed of 105 km / h. The Mk3 VAB can also be transported by land and transported by air (to C-130 in some of its configurations).
The VAB Mk3 is positioned as an ideal candidate to replace the previous generation of multi-purpose vehicles: the French VAB, the American M113 or the Russian BTR. The car gives a high level of protection - to the level of MRAP - but with much higher off-road mobility and full multifunctionality. The Mk3 VAB is also much more affordable than the 8x8 armored vehicles on the market ...
The VAB Mk3 prototype, demonstrated at Eurosatory, was equipped with a remote-controlled TRT-25 tower from BAE Systems. Having a TRT-25 or any other tower (controlled by one person or remotely), the Mk3 VAB is capable of carrying three crew members plus seven infantrymen, thus becoming a real infantry fighting vehicle.
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