NEXTER's TITUS armored vehicle tested in the Middle East

The TITUS armored vehicle (tactical infantry carrier and general purpose system - Tactical Infantry Transport and Utility System), created by Nexter, is being tested in two unnamed countries of the Persian Gulf. Denis Pinoto, vice president of marketing for the company, said that the test BTR TITUS 6x6 is being tested in one of the countries of the Persian Gulf since early April. BTR is expected to move to the second country of the region in the second half of the year.

The shipment agreement for the two countries was signed in February after TITUS was first introduced at DSEI in September 2013.

Pinoto also confirmed that a second TITUS machine is being manufactured, a more powerful engine with an 500 horsepower capacity will be installed on it. It is clear that this will be just a modification.

He said that the car will be finished at the end of this year, and the inclusion of any additional modifications will be based on the test results in the Persian Gulf. The Nexter team accompanies the machine to assist in testing and data collection.

With a base weight of 17 tons, the TITUS machine has a combat weight of 23 tons, but with an additional payload of 4 tons it can reach 27 tons. The BTR has a width of 2,55 m, a height of 2,73 m and a length of 7,55 m, an internal volume of 14,4 m 3, which allows for different layout solutions of the internal compartments.

The capacity of the storage compartments is inside the 2,4 m3 and outside the 1,5 m3, the modular concept of the machine and its electronic architecture allows you to install additional STANAG protection on the base BTR 2 level to STANAG 4 level.

Materials used:
Military Technology 2 / 2013Land Warfare International June / July 2014
www.nexter-group.fr
www.armyrecognition.com

Comments

[inkass_98]

It’s not very visible inside, but I didn’t notice the lining, and this is a standard thing even for a collection vehicle, especially for vehicles intended to participate in a combat zone.

[DesToeR]

A brightly decorated punitive limousine the size of a Central Russian house.

[cosmos111]

Quote: DesToeR

a decorated punitive limousine the size of a house in the middle Russian strip.

There was an article on VO about this device ...
someone praised the chassis with a backbone frame-tube and swinging axle shafts of the company "Tatra" ... on an independent suspension, axle shafts are attached ....
the articulation of the axles allows you to reduce the roll of the car during sharp turns and make it extremely insignificant, again thanks to the advantages of the design, the danger of the wheels coming off the road is minimal ...

actually it was developed for the countries of the Persian Gulf, and there are deserts and sand ...
and there, in cross-country ability, BTR6x6, "TITUS" from "NEXTER" showed not bad results precisely thanks to the independent suspension "Tatra" ...

[Horst78]

Soon in the west 3x floor equipment will begin to do. Comfort above all

[Bayonet]

Quote: Horst78

Comfort above all

Is it funny to you that they take care of their soldiers there?

[Victor-cort]

everyone always compares the MPI with the APCs ... I never understood this, the MPI is not a replacement for an APC but a replacement for a truck.

[416D]

It turned out to be too large. Dream grenade launcher)))

[Lich]

But there is anyway air conditioning, maybe even a 2-zone climate. The crew will spend the last hours of their life in comfort

[Victor-cort]

Quote: Lich

But there is anyway air conditioning, maybe even a 2-zone climate. The crew will spend the last hours of their life in comfort

even in Russia at +30 in such a closed piece of iron there is no sugar .... but imagine what will happen at +50 ..... most quickly any couple of hours there will be last :)
In the south, air conditioning is the same means of survival as our stove - in winter :)

[Stranger]

Not later than the day before yesterday I saw this device live. Only instead of a gentle gangway, steps were thrown behind and the door swung open to the side, and anti-cumulative protection grilles hung around. It gives the impression of a clumsy monster. I think that it was not created for Russian forests at all. For the desert of the Middle East, so that when shooting at the Bedouins, do not splash Coca-Cola ...

[cosmos111]

Quote: Stranger

For the desert of the Middle East, so that when shooting at the Bedouins, do not splash Coca-Cola ...

drag in the Bedouins, some bullshit, is unlikely to succeed, COMPETITION in B. Vostok is the strongest ...
and they themselves, not without the help of companies from South Africa and other countries, are creating quite modern armored vehicles !!!

Supacat has developed a modular armored vehicle for patrolling, reconnaissance, raid operations .. Supacat is armored for ....... for patrolling, reconnaissance, raid operations .. "SPV400", weight-7,5 tons, crew 3+ 6 ...

lost an armored car to The Force Protection company ... "Ocelot" ...

now "SPV400" is actively offered for export to the countries of the Pesit Gulf ...

[Akuzenka]

The bridges are completely unprotected, the usual antipersonnel is the kirdyk chassis

[cosmos111]

Quote: AKuzenka

The bridges are completely unprotected, the usual antipersonnel is the kirdyk chassis

not only, they have ("TITUS" 6x6), but also SMP2 (Tiger) and "Typhoon KU" ...

unprotected independent suspension "Typhoon K"

SMP 2 "Tiger M"armored hull, on a supporting frame that is completely unprotected

[Massik]

By the way, the wheels of all these trolleys, how many kg of blasting are protected?

[cosmos111]

precisely these, I know her ...
the thing is different, the simpler the suspension (bridges, valleys or springs))
that is, it’s cheaper and more convenient to repair, in South Africa they changed bridges at the blown-up MPI in 1-2 hours and again on the go ...
undermining under the front collision MRAP "Cougar" 4x4 ...

[Victor-cort]

They are not protected in any way, and this was done on purpose, so that the energy of the explosion was not spent on breaking armor but on flying away suspension.

[Massik]

So stopping these chariots is easy, and then it's up to the grenade launcher, pg-7VL what the doctor ordered ....

[Victor-cort]

Quote: Marssik

So stopping these chariots is easy, and then it's up to the grenade launcher, pg-7VL what the doctor ordered ....

harder than most armored personnel carriers - mine resistance is much worse (except for the latest ones, like Mbombe of South Africa) and certainly much harder than a regular truck, and the grilles help a lot against RPG-7 and its clones.

[Florist]

You can stop everything! But these are not just targets in the shooting range, they themselves carry 12.7 machine guns, 40mm grenade launchers, there may be models with 20-25mm guns. The grilles are quite effective in protecting against grenades. Machines also mostly do not run in one way) The main thing for MRAP is that after attacking the convoy, the crew will survive as a result (if the convoy as a whole fought off the attack).
And of course, you can destroy everything, and it’s more powerful to install a mine, and fire at the same time from 12.7 Cliff, 2-3 RPG-7, etc. But what are these resources on one machine? This operation is much more difficult to prepare secretly! Overuse of explosives, etc.

[Gronsky]

Quote: AKuzenka

The bridges are completely unprotected, the usual antipersonnel is the kirdyk chassis

That's what, what, and the axles and transmission components in general are much better protected here than on any other MRAP. It is thanks to the original Tatra spinal frame. The chassis is chosen the right one, as for me, the only right one. One can argue about the execution of everything else.

[Florist]

The chassis is really cool!

[Odin3489]

Its appearance speaks for itself!