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My name is Nail Kurt. I'm the General Manager and CEO of FNSS
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This is PARS Alpha, the most recent version of PARS series of armored vehicles
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The reason we launched this vehicle here is that one of the two major programs
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that PARS Alpha is competing now is in Saudi Arabia. One is in Turkey, the other one is Saudi Arabia
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Because of the busy schedule of the vehicle, we decided to make the launching in here in World Defense Show
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because during the time of the IDF in Istanbul last year, the vehicle was busy with extensive testing
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So we decided to launch it here. The Alpha series is a little different in some ways from the PARS series and its heritage
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The main difference is the location and the placement of engine and transmission
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And we are this new approach. We achieved to come up with a shorter vehicle
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As you know, the newest 8x8s in the market are huge vehicles
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both in length and height, yet may not give you enough space inside
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to accommodate most state-of-the-art mission equipment. This one, with this new approach, we were able to maintain a lot of positives of the PARS series
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I would call them or list them as the balance between the axles, load balance, very important for us
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and also the front view of the vehicle being able to sit
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If the user wants to sit the commander and driver together, give them both the same 180 degrees plus situational awareness field of view, which was very important
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The big draw from the PARS series was that we had power pack located between the front compartment
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and the rear compartment where you would have dismount seat seated. So in this new configuration, everyone is together
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So we pushed the driver and commander from two seats back, still maintain the front view, angle of view, very good compared to its competitors
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Yet they sit all together with the dismount. So everyone is together, which is very, very critical from also command point of view
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and also maintain the contact between the crew and the dismount. Also, this provided us a gigantic inner volume
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I wouldn't talk about competitors, but with PARS 4, this vehicle's predecessor
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there's an additional 2.5 cubic meters of volume. As you can see, there is one single space inside in the front
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You can see two seats that allows driver commander to sit side by side
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still significantly behind the front nose of the vehicle because the power pack is in between
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So that also provides additional protection to the people sitting in the front
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It is higher than normal protection that the competitors are offering. And also the gunner sits behind, as you can see
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This configuration is a remote weapon station, remotely controlled from inside, but we have manned versions of these turrets as well
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And at the back, you see a tank crew can sit comfortably
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which is also an additional asset for the vehicle. In the meantime, we provided all the heritage of PARS series
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like all-wheel steering, of course all-wheel driving, and also the ride height control, which gives you additional safety and stability on the roads at very high speeds
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Whereas in an environment that mine threat is very critical, then you can higher the vehicle's bottom from ground up to 60 centimeters
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a little exceeding also, I think, 60 centimeters. That would give you very, very unusually high protection against mine threats
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This can accommodate 120-millimeter turrets to 120-millimeter mortar systems. Any anti-weapon tank system, air defense, 105 turrets again
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And, I mean, this volume, I mean, most of the vehicles can accommodate such weapon systems on it
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Agree, all right. But this internal volume would allow you to also carry the ammunition
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In such cases, a huge ammunition requirement that you would have if you deploy a 120-millimeter turret on this one
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Where are you going to replace it? It's not a main battle tank. It's nothing like that
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But still you would have a lot of space inside. Instead of the dismounts, you can accommodate ammunition as many as you require
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This has been already tested in the Turkish competition. I mean, it's not a one-week or two-week testing
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It's almost a year-long testing. The vehicles were subjected to very severe conditions in all terrain conditions
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I mean, we have successful results that give us enough confidence that the vehicle is ready for production
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Again, this is not a brand-new vehicle with all the components and everything, subsystems
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A lot of subsystems on this vehicle have been already used by the customers around the world
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from PARS-4, PARS-3 vehicles that we deliver to Malaysia, Oman, Turkey. So, they are ready for use, that I can say
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