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Day 3 for Arm and Recognition editorial team at Sofeck, the Special Forces Operation Exhibition and Conference
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Today we have the chance to make a tour about the Jordanian defense industry
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I'm the chairman and founder of the Paramount Group, which is today South Africa's
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probably Africa's largest privately owned aerospace and defense company. The group is more than 22 years old, and we are a major player in the naval environment
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in the land forces environment, and in the aerospace environment, not only in Africa, but in the world today
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We've been working with the Jordanian Armed Forces for many years, and we consider them to be a very important partner of ours
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They have selected Bombay Six by Six which is one of the most advanced infantry fighting vehicles in the world is their primary infantry fighting vehicle We very proud of this We worked very closely with them to refine
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the vehicle for their operational conditions. Today they are on the front line of the fight
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against fundamentalism. And even though Paramount has been involved in developing equipment
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for asymmetrical warfare for many years, the threats and the level of threats are evolving
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and today we, together with the Jordanian Armed Forces, we have evolved a vehicle, evolved a system
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that is custom designed for today's operational threats. The collaboration with Jordan extends way beyond just them as a customer
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We will be producing these vehicles in Jordan. We will be making them available to other customers in the Middle East
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And this industrial partnership is an extension of other industrial partnerships we've had in the past with them
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The vehicles will be produced here in one of the Cadby factories, and a lot of other Cadby partners will be incorporated into the process
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Assul-San's been a partner of Cadby's for some time. They're also a partner of some of our other partners around the world, so we respect them very much as a component supplier
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and in Jordan we will be using Asselan equipment on the vehicles
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The standing behind us is the Jordanian Bombay 6x-by-6. This vehicle is probably the first ever certified flat floor mine-protected vehicle in the world
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This is very revolutionary. Mine-protected vehicles have been produced for nearly 40 years
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all with the same basic technology, which is the V-shaped hull. The V-shaped hull is very effective in terms of mine protection
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but makes the vehicle stand very high, and as a result they become very high
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big target. It's also very difficult to put a turret onto a V-shaped hull vehicle because it stands
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so high. This vehicle has a low profile. It allows it to carry a heavy turret, can carry up to
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12 people in the rear of the vehicle as well as the turret. So it's very, very versatile. It can
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operate as both an infantry fighting vehicle as well as a troop carrier all within the same system The Cadby turret is a great advancement for Cadby This naked turret is a relatively simple turret but very well produced
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It is cost effective, very, very efficient, and Cadby have put a lot of effort into this
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We're going to be incorporating this not only onto the Jordanian vehicles, but also onto
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vehicles that we're supplying elsewhere in the world. We launched Parabot in South Africa a little while ago as our contribution to celebrating the role that special forces and soldiers play in protecting our civilization
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You know, today the world has many, many threats, threats that affect the lives of every single citizen of the world
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And I don't think enough is done to celebrate the role that the soldiers that go out onto the front line and protect our democracies and our civilization are playing
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And we develop Parabot to humanize the defense industry, to show the importance of the industry
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Parabot is also a testimony to the technology that exists in the defense industry today
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It attracts a lot of attention and it has worked very well to focus the attention on the importance of technology and security
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We brought it to Sophix because we wanted to present it in solidarity with the special forces of Jordan that are playing a huge role to protect the front line for Europe
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for Africa, for the Middle East. I don't think enough is done to acknowledge the role that Jordan
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plays in this very important activity. This is a small country with limited resources and it performs
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it punches way above its weight in the global special forces and defense environment And we very proud to be associated with Jordan and we wanted to have Parabot here too to celebrate that There is an entire order dedicated for the Jordanian defense and security industry
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exhibiting latest innovation and technology about armweight vehicles, weapons and anti-tug missile
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can be present a full range of new combat armoured vehicle at Sofex 2016 including the Alwashak
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using the engine and the transmission of Toyota I-Lux. But the design and the development of the vehicle was made by Cadby
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The armor level is B6, which provides protection for the crew against firing of small arms 7.62mm caliber
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Another new product at the Catby booth is the Alwash, a new armored personal carriers APC
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The vehicle is fitted with a remotely weapon station from Azalzan Middle East, which is
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armed with four anti-tank launcher. One of the main highlight of the show is the new Aloash self-properate gun system designed
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and manufactured by Cad-B. The vehicle is based on a TATRA 4x4 truck chassis
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The front of the vehicle is fitted with an armoured cabin. TANAC 4569 Level 1 protection level
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The rear of the vehicle is fitted with a 105mm towet gun from China
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The vehicle can carry a total of 16 ammunition with two boxes located at the rear of the vehicle
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with eight ammunition on each box
