Engineering:Alvis Tactica
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 Tactica of the Indonesian BRIMOB | |
| Type | Armoured vehicle |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 13,500 kg (Gross) 10,000 kg (empty) [1] |
| Length | 4 m |
| Crew | 14 max |
| Engine | Mercedes-Benz 906 series or Mercedes-Benz OM 906LA turbo-charged diesel engine |
| Power/weight | 176 hp / 129kW [1] |
| Suspension | 4 × 4 wheeled |
Operational range | 650 km [1] |
| Speed | 120 km/h |
The Alvis Tactica is a 4x4 or 6x6 wheeled military vehicle produced by GKN Defense, Alvis plc and later by BAE Systems Land Systems. The vehicle was designed by Glover Webb and introduced in 1988.[2] It comes in a number of variants including APC and Internal Security and Riot Control. The platform is no longer produced by BAE Systems.
Users
Never an armed military vehicle,[citation needed] the Tactica is also suited for civilian use, namely by police forces. Ideally suited as an armoured personnel carrier the first Tacticas were based on Stonefield chassis and latterly by Mol chassis designed in-house at Glover Webb Limited of Hamble, Hampshire, UK. Variants included ambulances, APCs, water cannons, crowd control, perimeter control, and IEDD.
Variants are in service with the following nations:
Argentine Army: 10 deployed at United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
Ghana Army[3]
Indonesia (12 deployed by police force)
Mauritius (14 deployed by military)
Norway - (Norwegian Army, 3 in service as ambulances)
Saudi Arabia - (Saudi Arabian National Guard and Ministry of Interior)
- British Army beginning in 1993 in Northern Ireland; now all retired
Ukraine 1+
See also
- Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle
- RG-12
- M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
- TPz Fuchs
- Véhicule de l'avant blindé
- BOV M11
- BRDM-2
- WZ551
- Anoa
- Ratel IFV
- Fahd
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 http://www.etb.nl/detail.php?vehicleID=692[yes|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
- ↑ "Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis: IHS Jane's - IHS". http://articles.janes.com/articles/Janes-Armour-and-Artillery/BAE-Systems-Global-Combat-Systems-Tactica-armoured-personnel-carrier-United-Kingdom.html.
- ↑ "Trade Registers". http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php.
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