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| Description
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Eurosatory 2010, the International Land Forces Exhibition,
the Italian Company IVECO Defence Vehicles present
the MPV, Medium Protected Vehicle. The new family
of vehicles known as MPV (Medium Protected Vehicle)
fits between the highly successful Light Multirole
Vehicle (LMV) and the Centauro/Freccia 8x8 armoured
wheeled vehicles. MPV is based on an off-the shelf
high mobility chassis which is widely used in the
Trakker product line. The variant displayed at Eurosatory
2010 is the VTMM, the Italian army configuration.
This not only provides outstanding mobility but
also allows the customer to exploit Iveco’s
worldwide logistic support system. This ensures
spare parts availability and allows automotive support
to be on hand worldwide, contributing to the reduction
of life-cycle costs. Fully developed in Europe,
the MPV design exploits the technical expertise
of two of the major European companies involved
in armoured vehicles production, Iveco DV and Krauss-
Maffei Wegmann (KMW) of Germany. An agreement was
signed between the two companies in June 2008, enabling
each company to respond to specific national capability
requirements. Thus, KMW are taking the lead on the
German requirement for a 6x6 vehicle with a 25 t
combat weight while Iveco DV are leading the development
of a 4x4 platform in the 18 t class to meet an Italian
requirement. Both 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 versions of MPV
have already undergone very extensive trials and
have proved to be an excellent match for the particular
demands of the users.Iveco Defence Vehicles announces
that on December 20th, 2010 the Italian Army placed
order for a batch of 12 MPV in the Ambulance version
(named VTMM Ambulance by the Italian Army) to be
delivered between 2011 and 2012. |
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| Variants: |
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MPV-VTMM platform, due to this flexibility, can
be declined in several other versions, while maintaining
the level of protection of basic configuration.
Some of the possibilities already under study and
development are:
- Advanced Combat Recce Team (ACRT);
- Explosive Ordnance Devices Disposal (EODD)
- Electronic Warfare (EW-RCIED);
- Command Post (CP);
- Communications;
- Logistic. |
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| Armament |
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Iveco MPV roof structure is can be accept
a variety of weapons depending on customer
requirements, including 7,62mm or 12,7mm
machine gun and 40mm grenade launcher. |
| Protection |
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crew compartment is based on the “citadel”
concept, providing a high level of survivability
to the occupants against ballistic and mine
threats. Besides its class leading levels
of protection, MPV also possesses one of
the best volume. The base steep armour of
the crew cell, produced by KMW, provides
a high level of ballistic protection. This
can be further enhanced to meet the predicted
threat trough the use of appliqué
protection developed by IBD. The base steel
armour of the crew cell provides a high
level of ballistic protection and this can
be further enhanced through the use of appliqué
protection to meet the predicted threat.
Protection against mine and IED attack up
to STANAG 4569 Level 3 is provided both
through the dewsing of the hull, with its
large stand-off, under body deflector plates
and blast energy management system, and
through a series of design features.
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| Propulsion |
The
MPV uses a 4x4 chassis. The MPV-VTMM 4x4
is equipped with the Cursor 8 engines coupled
with semiautomatic gearbox and differential-locking
system, permanent all-wheel drive with automatic
tyre-pressure regulation and run-flat tyres.
The MPV family can effortlessly take on
slopes of up to 60% and ride along side
slopes up to 30% – at a range of more
than 700 km, or 430 miles, without refueling. |
| Accessories |
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tyres fitted with run-flat inserts optimise
absorption of blast energy, whilst deflector
plates lining the whell arches maximise
energy dissipation. All occupants are provided
with specially designed shock dampened seats
which are suspended on elastic mounts, avoiding
direct transmission of blast shock to the
crew. |
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| Specifications |
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Armament |
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7,62
mm or 12,7 mm machine gun
and 40 mm grenade launcher |
Country
users |
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Italy |
Designer
Company |
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IVECO
Defence Vehicles
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
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Accessories |
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Tyres
fitted with run-flat, anti-mine
seats |
Crew |
2
+ 4 soldiers |
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Armor |
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Stanag
4569 Level 3
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Weight |
15,000
kg |
Speed |
90
km/h on road
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Range |
700
km
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Dimensions |
Length,
6,5 m; Width, 2,53 m; Height,
2,85 m |
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