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| Iveco - oto Melara consortium (CIO) has announced its intention to offer its extensive range of proven armoured vehicles for the Land 400 program. |
LAND 400 –
Land Combat Vehicle System (LCVS) is the Army’s largest, most expensive and
most complex major capability equipment project to date. The project aims to
deliver the mounted close combat capability to the Land Force from 2025. (photo
: Militaryphotos)
Of
particular relevance to the program will be the very successful 8x8 range of
wheeled vehicles known as the Centauro family, all equipped with the same
mobility, ballistic protection features anda wide range
of turrets and each having a specific technology and state-of-the-art
performance.
The “father”
of the family is the Centauro 105/120 MGS, ostensibly a tank on wheels. The
Centauro armoured vehicle has been taken as a benchmark by all major Western
armies when issuing their operational specifications for the manufacturing of
armoured vehicles and it has immediately become an international success. The
vehicles have served with great success in Somalia, Bosnia, Kosovo, Iraq and
Lebanon.
The most
recent vehicle of the Centauro family is a troop transport and fighting
vehicle, called VbM Freccia, Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV). The
Italian Army confirmed an order for a further batch of 62 during Eurosatory
Exhibition this year - a total of 223 vehicles. A second medium brigade formed
with an additional 250 VBM Freccia vehicles is foreseen in the next few years.
The Italian
Army Freccia AIFV is fitted with a two-person turret armed with 25 mm or 30 mm
dual feed cannon.
(ADM)
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