American armored vehicles manufacturer Lenco has expanded production facility.

The American Company Lenco Armored Vehicles has expanded its production facility of Pittsfield Massachusetts to double the manufacturing of its range of security and military armored vehicles due to the increase of demands for that type of defense products.

Lenco BearCat with Mobile Adjustable Ramp System at SOFEX 2018, the Special Operations Forces Exhibition in Amman, Jordan. May 9, 2018. (Picture source Army Recognition)

Recently, the U.S. President Trump signed an executive order lifting the ban for the delivery of military gear and vehicles to national police departments that was decided in 2015 by President Obama. The result could be new order for that type of protected vehicle and especially after the recent school shootings in United Sates. Five months into 2018, there have been 16 shootings at US schools that have resulted in injury or death, based on data from campaign group Everytown for Gun Safety.

Lenco Armored Vehicles is one of the leading designer and manufacturer of armored police vehicles for U.S. Law Enforcement Agencies and State Police and Sheriff’s Department SWAT teams. Lenco also manufactures armored military vehicles for International Police Forces, the US Army, US Navy, US Air Force and US Marines.

Since 1981 Lenco has produced nearly 5,000 vehicles in over 40 countries around the world. Lenco tactical, armored response and rescue vehicles have driven into the Kill Zone and have defeated high caliber assault weapons, mortar frag, grenades and IED attack. Lenco’s line of tactical SWAT, M-ATV and MRAP vehicles are used for National Defense, Counter Terrorism and Homeland Security, as well as Private Security Details in Iraq and Afghanistan.

The BearCat is the most popular armoured vehicle developed, designed and manufactured by the Amarican Company Lenco Armored Vehicles. At present there are nine variants of the BearCat, some with unique features and others designed for specific purposes according customers requirements.

The BearCat armored family is based on the chassis of the Ford F-550 commercial truck. It features a V-shaped hull made of steel.

The BearCat is available in two- and four-door variants. The vehicle can be equipped with with a wide range of combat equipment and accessories including hydraulic RAM bar, RAM camera, gas injection unit, onboard self-contained breathing apparatus (SCBA), and chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) detection system.

The hull of the BearCat armoured provides protection B-7 Level able to withstand multiple rounds of 7.62x51mm armor piercing ammunition.