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MBT122B Evolution is recognized as one of best protected main
battle tanks in the world. |
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The
Swedish MBT122B Evolution has already been recognized as
one of the best protected main battle tanks in the world.
In a recent study program of the tank for the Swedish Defence
Material Administration (FMV) in Sweden, IBD Deisenroth
Engineering succeeded in the development of a further improved
protection dedicated to the tank. The concept is thereby
designed to protect against the actual and future threats
in theatre, especially in asymmetric and urban warfare.
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New
Swedish army main battle tank MBT 122B Evolution based on
Leopard 2 tank
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IBD's focus in this development was the optimization
of the protection against the actual threats in theatre:
new variants of RPGs, IEDs and EFPs as well as keeping
high protection against “conventional threats”.
A new light weight and highly efficient SLAT armour was
designed as an amendment of the protection concept. The
effectiveness of the new solutions has been verified against
all threats in a broad test campaign. Thanks to all these
efforts the concept provides an outstanding 360 degree
protection of the crew.
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New Swedish army main battle tank MBT 122B Evolution based
on Leopard 2 tank |
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completely modular design of the concept allows the use of
any mixture of old and new protection modules. This solution
is of great advantage in theatre with regard to maintenance
and repairs.
Despite
the improved overall protection level of the MBT 122B Evolution
the weight increase of about 350 kg is only minimal such
maintaining the high mobility of the tank. Also the width
of the vehicle could be kept to exactly 4.0 m which is also
an important factor for the use in urban environment.
The
new protection concept is the latest variant of similar
high level protection solutions (defined as Evolution Concepts)
from IBD for different platforms that have been developed,
where the kits based on the platform Leopard 2 A4 Evolution
have already been supplied to customers.
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