IDEX 2019: NIMR Launches new AJBAN 447A Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle.

NIMR Automotive LLC, a military vehicle manufacturer based in Abu Dhabi, UAE and a member of the Emirates Defence Industries Company (EDIC), launches its latest vehicle variant, the AJBAN 447A, during IDEX 2019. The AJBAN 447A Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle designed for use in a wide range of specialist military roles, offering high levels of survivability, mobility and firepower.

New NIMR Ajban 447A (Picture source Army Recognition)

The 447A is a forward-facings even crew (2+5) military tactical vehicle featuring a highly configurable armoured cabin designed for different units such as Tactical Response, Border Patrol, Reconnaissance, Counter-Insurgency and Special Forces teams.The vehicle offers a modular design, featuring scalable levels of ballistic, mine blast and IED protection based on aconventional powertrain layout. The independent suspension system provides excellent ride comfort and handling characteristics even in the most arduous terrains.

General ManagerAli Al Mansoori stated “We are delighted to unveil the new addition to the ever-growing family of NIMR vehicles. Building on NIMRs reputation ofoutstanding manoeuvrability, the Ajban 447A excels across all terrains and diverse operational environment supporting awide range of mission requirements. This 4x4 complements our existing range, allowing NIMR to expand beyond our current 4-crew light-to-medium weight vehicle configuration into anincreasedcrew capacity with multi-role capability.”

In addition to the driver and commander, the 4x4’s optimised internal layout provides five dismounts seated on individual blast-attenuating seats.Four doors provide ease of ingress and egress. The large ballistic protected windscreen and side windows offer excellent all-round situational awareness. The 447A ergonomics provides high levels of crew-comfort thereby reducing fatigue during extended operations. These considerations extend beyond crew-comfort; providing easy vehicle access and offering space for mission specific, or User defined, controls and instrumentation.

This highly adaptable platform, can be configured to meet a variety of end-user mission requirements through the integration of various mission equipment and systems, provides a compact, low-profile platform without compromising on protection, internal volume and capability. At IDEX the vehicle is displayed with the Platt M550 weapon mount, Dillon Aero’sMinigun and Lacroix’s Automated Obscurance System (AOS).