Engineering:Tusan armoured vehicle

The Tusan AFV (also known as Tosan) is an Iranian eight-wheeled armoured fighting vehicle, with variants that can serve as either an IFV and as an APC.

Short description: Type of armored fighting vehicle

Tusan AFV
Iranian Tusan 8x8 APC. The APC variant is armed with a DSHK 12.7mm HMG instead of the turret of the BMP-2
Type	Infantry fighting vehicle Armored fighting vehicle Armored personnel carrier
Place of origin	Iran
Service history
In service	2015-Present
Used by	Iran
Production history
Manufacturer	Research and Self-Sufficiency Jihad Organization
Produced	Unknown-Present
Specifications
Length	7.64 m (25 ft 1 in)
Width	3.20 m (10 ft 6 in)
Height	2.98 m (9 ft 9 in)
Crew	2-3
Passengers	7-9
Main armament	30mm Shipunov 2A42 auto-cannon
Secondary armament	7.62mm PKT coaxial machine gun 9M133 Kornet
Speed	Estimated between 80 and 100 km/h

Variants

Variants

2 known variants exist. The IFV variant is equipped with the turret of the BMP-2. It is armed with a Shipunov 2A42 30mm auto-cannon, a PKMT 7.62mm machine gun, and a rail to place a single 9M133 Kornet launcher on. The APC variant has no BMP-2 turret, and instead has a DShKM 12.7mm machine gun. An armored shield provides protection for the DShKM gunner.

Tusan IFV variant

See also

Comparable ground systems

• Stryker
• LAV III/LAV AFV/LAV-25/ASLAV
• K808 Armored Personnel Carrier
• Boxer
• Freccia IFV
• BTR-90
• CM-32
• Type 96 Armored Personnel Carrier/Type 16 maneuver combat vehicle
• Patria AMV
• BTR-4
• Saur 2
• VBCI
• KTO Rosomak
• FNSS Pars
• MOWAG Piranha