Made to protect against 155mm artillery fragments, 10-kilogram bombs
Nexter, the French land armaments maker, plans to unveil a pre-production model of a 12-ton, highly protected armored vehicle and a 20mm remote turret, both aimed at export markets, at the Eurosatory trade show on June 16.
Nexter will unveil a pre-production model of its 12-ton Aravis armored vehicle and a 20mm remote turret at the Eurosatory trade show. ( Nexter) The Aravis four-wheel-drive vehicle uses a patented Safepro modular appliqué armor, with NATO STANAG Level-4 protection against 14.5mm armor-piercing bullets, 155mm artillery fragments, 10-kilogram mines and roadside bombs, the company said. The vehicle has been tested against 50 kilograms of TNT.
Nexter CEO Luc Vigneron said the Aravis will be priced slightly below current products in the market but offer higher protection.
An armored crew citadel with a spall liner against internal shock waves is intended to protect the eight people in the vehicle, which uses a commercial Mercedes Unimog chassis.
The company developed the vehicle with its own funds.
The vehicle can carry a 20mm remote turret and a battlefield management system, and can be delivered as a field command post and ambulance.
Nexter claims a high level of crew comfort, with large internal volume, low noise and vibration, and air conditioning. A Mercedes four-cylinder diesel engine develops 218 horsepower through an automatic gearbox. The vehicle can be airlifted on a C-130 or A400M.
Nexter also launches a 20mm remote turret for land vehicles, using a low-recoil weapon originally developed for land applications but first found use aboard helicopters and extended to warships. The gyro-stabilized Arx 20mm gun has a range of up to 2 kilometers, and can be used day and night and fired on the move.
Combat experience in Iraq and Afghanistan has pushed force protection and mobility high on the list of armies' priorities, creating opportunities to industry to meet urgent operating needs. Roadside bombs have forced armies to put troops inside vehicles rather than expose them to harm by manning a gun turret.
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Quote:wow still a old fashion guy thinking that German build is more "reliable"
for more than 12 years germany machineries is far to build the more "reliable" stuffs !
get a look at stats!
but you are right for one thing, german is still better than brit engine manufacturing!
lol
Put simply it is. Do you know anything about a unimog? No, well shut up then you brainless tw*t. Everytime you open your mouth you're plain and simply wrong.
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France's DGA has awarded its annual prix Chanson to the developers of the ignition system for the Shark active protection system, on show here on the Nexter VAB armored vehicle demonstrator. The system was developed by the ISL research institute and Thales subsidiary TDA.
Shark uses radar to detect incoming missile or rocket threats at ranges of 50 feet or less. Electro-optical sensors track the threat, and a shaped charge is initiated to defeat it. What is unusual, though, is that the shaped charges arranged around the vehicle are ignited by an optopyrotechnic system, using laser pulses travelling along fiber-optic lines.
The laser system is fast and immune to radio-frequency interference, but more importantly makes it possible to time and shape the ignition pattern very accurately. Not only does this allow the system to intercept the threat at the optimum time, but it is even possible to steer the blast in azimuth, focusing it exactly on the target. Result: less energy is needed, reducing the danger to civilians or dismounted infantry.
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Dingo also protect its crew while running into an anti tank mine
and it did protect its crew against a giant 500kg IED even thru they forgot to lock the door wich was the cause that the pressure wave went into the vehicle.
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Dingo also protect its crew while running into an anti tank mine
What is dingo2 protection's level in the Heer?
level2 on the side and level 3 on the floor?
Quote:and it did protect its crew against a giant 500kg IED even thru they forgot to lock the door wich was the cause that the pressure wave went into the vehicle.
I didn't say dingo2 is a piece of crap, but the design is much more conventionnal with its four doors.
Lets hope Aravis ll enter in the French army, and not in ten years.
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Aravis is a 4x4 in the APC style, not the Dingo2, even this new version.
Quote:France's Nexter unveiled two new systems at Eurosatory: the Aravis multimission protected vehicle and a new 20 mm-armed remote-controlled weapon station called the ARX 20.
Nexter claims that the Aravis, which is based on a Unimog U5000 chassis, is the most protected multimission vehicle of its category. The programme manager for the Aravis, Emmanuel Fron, told Jane's that the vehicle had been designed from the start to protect against improvised explosive devices (IEDs) against the backdrop of international peacekeeping operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
"The protection is four, four, four, four," said Fron, referring to the protection levels of the Aravis: the vehicle conforms to NATO STANAG 4569 Level 4 for ballistic protection (resistance to attack by 14.5 mm machine gun fire), mine protection (able to withstand attack by a 10 kg mine under the belly or wheel) and artillery protection (able to protect against fragments from 155 mm artillery bursts).
The ARX 20 remote-controlled weapon station has been designed to increase an armoured vehicle's deterrent or actual firepower. "We noticed that forces wanted something more powerful than a .50 cal [machine gun]," explained Pierre Clouvel, Nexter's executive vice-president for equipment. "For example, we received orders recently for the P20 [a Nexter 20 mm-armed manned weapon mount] to be mounted on the Otokar Cobra [armoured personnel carrier]."
Aravis benefit from the experience of NEXTER in programs such as Leclerc and VBCI, the hull is made with SAFEPRO, a patented armor plate, it's a mix of metal and composite in a special geometrical configuration, the protection level regarding NATO standard is « 4,4,4 ».
There are two doors using a special NEXTER technology, one on each lateral side that give the same protection as the hull. After a test at Bourges where an 50kg TNT charge was detonated near one lateral door, there were no deformation and it was easy to open and to close it.
The seats are also NEXTER patented and give protection against mine.
The windows give the same level protection as the hull and some cameras aroud the vehicule give a unique awarness situation, the images are visible on interior color screens.
Like Aravis is modular it's easy to replace the rear line's seats and perform medics or comand task with the appropriate module.
Remote weapon station can be mounted on the roof, from different manufacturer and caliber.
Jammer can be fitted to defeat wireless IED.
For any customer placing a weighty order, Nexter is open for a local assembly line.
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