General Dynamics Land Systems at IDEX 2011 |
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Tuesday,
21 December 2010, 16:36 PM |
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General
Dynamics Land Systems with Piranha 5, New Eagle and DONAR
howitzer at IDEX 2011. |
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General
Dynamics European Land Systems will present the latest member
of the PIRANHA family of armoured wheeled vehicles, the
PIRANHA Class 5, and the new artillery system DONAR at IDEX
2011 exhibition in Abu Dhabi from 20-24th February 2011.
Also on display will be the new light tactical vehicle EAGLE
with a Remote Control Weapon (RCW) station. General Dynamics
European Land Systems will be located at the General Dynamics
Stand No. 04-A10
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The
latest member of the PIRANHA family of armoured wheeled
vehicles, the PIRANHA 5, will be displayed in a Desert
Piranha configuration with the Kongsberg .50 cal. Remote
Control Weapon Station. This advanced new vehicle will
raise the benchmark in the areas of survivability, mobility
and firepower, marking unprecedented progress in the development
of armoured wheeled vehicles.
PIRANHA 5 provides the highest levels of survivability
against conventional and asymmetric threats, while having
the capacity to fill all battlefield roles such as APC,
Electronic Warfare, Ambulance, Reconnaissance, Command,
Mortar and even Direct Fire with turrets up to 120 mm
calibre. The vehicle on display at IDEX is an example
of what can be achieved with PIRANHA 5, an APC with an
internal seating capacity for eleven soldiers.
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DONAR is a new generation, air-deployable, autonomous and
remotely operated 155mm artillery system that addresses
the growing need for precise indirect-fire capabilities
that can augment or even replace close-air-support operations
previously conducted by costly fixed- or rotary-wing aircraft.
The total systems weight is less than 31 metric tons, allowing
the transport with the future European Transport Aircraft
A400M or similar aircraft with payload capacities in this
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To
meet the increasing demand in protection and payload, General
Dynamics European Land Systems offers the new EAGLE vehicle.
Due to its high payload capacity, it can either carry more
equipment or heavier protection solutions, depending on
the customer’s requirements. The vehicle will be shown
with the FN light Remote Control Weapon Station, armed with
a 7.62 mm MAG machine gun. |
