Defense News - Azerbaijan |
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Wednesday,
May 4, 2011, 08:15 AM |
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| Azerbaijan
could be interested by the Turkish wheeled armoured vehicle
personnel carrier PARS. |
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Azerbaijan
showed interest for the Turkish vehicle PARS, produced and
manufactured by the Defence Company FNSS.
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Turkish
wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier PARS 8x8 at IDEF
2007
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The
Pars is an Amphibious 6x6 wheeled armoured vehicle family,
there is also an 8×8 version. Pars 6x6 is being
proposed to the Turkish Army and in 2006 the 8x8 vehicle
was tested by the Malaysian Army against the Swiss Piranha
IIIC and the Finnish Patria AMV. In 2010 FNSS Savunma
Sistemleri Inc. has signed a letter of intent for Malaysia's
8x8 Armored Vehicles Program for 257 8x8 Pars vehicles
to be manufactured locally in Malaysia.
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Turkish
wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier PARS 6x6 at IDEF
2007 |
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The
full range of PARS vehicles will be presented at the International
Defence Industry fair in Istanbul, which will be held from
the 10 - 13 May 2011. According to Turkish sources, Azerbaijan,
Jordan, Vietnam, Algeria and other states have already displayed
interest in buying the vehicle. |
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