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Ukraine's armed forces receive batch of Spartan APCs equipped with Sarmat turrets.
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Defence & Security News - Ukraine
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The Ukrainian army has received six Spartan armored personnel carriers equipped with the Sarmat Remote Controlled Turret. The Streit Group Spartan-APC is a multi-functional LAV (Light Armored Vehicle) designed and built by the Streit Group’s Canadian Manufacturing Facility in Innisfil, Ontario, Canada and KrAZ (Kremenchuk Automobile Plant) in Kremenchuk, Ukraine.
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 Streit Group/KrAZ Spartan armored personnel carrier equipped with Sarmat remote controlled turret |
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Ukrainian KrAZ company started the production of KrAZ Spartan 4×4 Light Armored Personnel Carriers Vehicles (LAV) for the Ukrainian army, in collaboration with Canadian Streit Group, in August 2014. According to the press-service of the National Guard, 21 such vehicles were then ordered, with the first delivered in October 2014.
Minister of Interior Affairs of Ukraine added last year that a new contract for 40 vehicles worth of $7mln was being prepared. “For us, KrAZ is a main and strategic supplier for the future, as long as it keeps the competitive price & quality parity as it is the case now.” – Ukrainian Minister of Interior Affairs underlined.
The Sarmat turret system is designed to equip a wide range of combat vehicles, light ships and coast guard motorboats. It is used to hit static and moving modern armoured targets that have combined, spaced or monolithic armour, including explosive reactive armour, as well as pinpoint targets like permanent fire positions, tank in a trench, lightly armoured objects, hovered helicopters, waterborne targets and manpower of enemy at any time of day or night. The Sarmat system comprises first a combat module consisting of a rotating platform with a "Korsar” anti-tank missile module, a power unit, guidance device, thermal imager, at customer’s request, guided missiles in transport and launching containers; a machine gun; and a remote control panel. |
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