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Defense & Security News - Nigeria
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Nigeria has received first batch of Streit Group Spartan & Typhoon 4x4 armored personnel carrier.
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Nigeria has received a first batch of 25 armoured vehicles including Typhoon and Spartan armoured personnel carrier designed and manufactured by the Company Streit Group. A total of 177 armoured vehicles has been ordered for the Nigerian army.
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A picture released by the Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) shows Streit Group Typhoon and Spartan 4x4 armoured personnel carrier vehicles at the Tin Can Island Port in Lagos.
Streit Group is one of the world's largest armored vehicle manufacturing companies. With offices in the Middle East, Canada, the United States and Russia Streit Group conduct business in over 100 countries. The Company is engaged in all aspects of the industry including research and development, production, marketing and logistics and our production capabilities are more than 160 armored vehicles per month. Streit Group hard work and dedication to produce high quality armored vehicles has saved countless lives since our formation in 1996. The Spartan is a 4x4 LAV (Light Armoured Vehicle) designed and manufactured by the Company Streit Group. The vehicle is based on the FORD F550 with fully re-designed and chassis-mounted body by Streit design and development. The hull of the Spartan is of all-welded steel armour construction that provides a protection for the crew against 5.56 x 45 assault rifle, sniper rifle 7.62 x 51 and shell splinters. The Streit Group Spartan 4x4 APC can be fitted with an armoured open top glass turret. The turret can be mounted with a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun or 40mm automatic grenade launcher. The glass turret provides 360° view for the gunner's position, while offering all round protection from enemy fire. |
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The Typhoon is a 4x4 multi-purpose armoured personnel carrier in the category of MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected) designed and manufactured by the Company Streit Group.
The Streit Group Typhoon MRAP features a monocoque hull, which is V-shaped. Armor of the Typhoon consists of all welded ballistic grade steel construction. Opaque and transparent five sided armoring of personnel compartment to provide protection against 7,62 mm x 39 API BZ, 5,56 x 45 M193, 5,56 x 45 SS109 NATO,7,62 x 51 NATO Ball ammunition and tested to meet STANAG 4569 Level 2. The vehicle can be fitted with add-on armour to reach a protection Level 3 STANAG 459. For its self-protection, the Streit Group Typhoon 4x4 MRAP vehicle can be armed with a 7.62 or 12.7 mm machine gun mounted on a rotatable platform on the roof of the vehicle. The gunner can be protected by armour plates on 360°. As all modern military vehicles, a lightweight remotely controlled weapons station can be mounted on the roof of the Typhoon armed with a 7.62 or 12.7mm machine or an automatic grenade launcher. |
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