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Online Show Daily News Eurosatory 2012 International Land Defence & Security Exhibition Paris, France 11 - 15 June 2012 |
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OTO Melara and Iveco at Eurosatory 2012 Press Release |
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| Friday, June 15, 2012, 12:50 AM | |||
| Iveco and OTO Melara present new range of armoured vehicles at Eurosatory 2012. | |||
At
Eurosatory the international Defense and Security exhibition, Italian
companies Iveco Defence Vehicles and OTO Melara present their latest technological
advances and display their most innovative developments in theirs product
range of wheeled armoured vehicles. |
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 VBM Freccia explorer 8x8 IVECO defence armoured vehicle with HITFIST Plus turret OTO Melara at Eurosatory 2012 |
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Centauro VBM Freccia Explorer is an 8 X 8 armoured wheeled vehicle which
combines the proven and highly reliable drive train of the Centauro Family
with a hull especially designed to ensure the maximum crew survivability.
The Oto Melara HITFIST Plus turret, mounting a 25 mm or 30 mm cannon,
provides the crew with the adequate firepower and protection while the
powerful Iveco engine driving an automatic gearbox and enhanced by the
3-axles steering ensures an outstanding mobility. |
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 Centauro VBM Armoured Revovery vehicle |
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Another
vehicle of the Centauro family to be displayed is the Centauro VBM Recovery.
This variant, besides providing the recovery of a same class vehicle with
the help of a complete towing set and a 20 tons winch, makes possible
to carry a complete power pack for “on-field” interventions
thanks to a nine tons crane. Iveco-Oto Melara will also exhibit the VBA, a combination of the SUPERAV of Iveco D.V. and the HITFIST OWS weapon station turret of Oto Melara, developed to match the requirements of the new Italian Amphibious Brigade. With outstanding mobility on land and in the water and airtransportability in a C130, the VBA provides an optimum blend of tactical, operational and strategic mobility. Its HITFIST OWS weapon station incorporates the latest technologies in the fields of electronics, signature and Man Machine Interface (MMI) with outstanding performances in terms of lethality, survivability and fightability. |
 VBA IVECO SUPERAV armoured vehicle with HITFIST OWS Oto Melara turret at Eurosatory 2012 |
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The
Dardo, state of the art in terms of mobility, crew protection and firing
power, will be displayed in its mortar carrier version fitted with a 120
mm rifled bore mortar, TDA type and 2R2M semiautomatic mode. The vehicular version of this mortar offers many advantages in terms of shooting range and celerity thanks to the semiautomatic loading, the electrically powered movement and the computer assisted ballistic. This capabilities allow the vehicle to be used as support for the combat units since the weapon is employed in security conditions with the possibility to move quickly. |
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 Dardo tracked armoured vehicle 120 mm mortar carrier variant |
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