Sweden, Germany and the UK, the three European champions seem to have one taste in the procurement of the all-terrain vehicle (ATV), where the three countries agreed to jointly acquire the BvS10 tracked amphibious ATV rantis. BAE Systems Land Systems Hagglunds production.
Quoted from Janes.com (20/12/2022), Sweden, Germany and the UK announced in mid-December that they had jointly acquired BvS10. The Swedish Defense Materiel Administration (FMV) on 16 December 2022 announced the purchase of 436 units of BvS10.
Meanwhile, the German Federal Office for Bundeswehr Equipment, ordered 140 units of BvS10. Then the British Ministry of Defense ordered 60 units of BvS10. Deliveries of hundreds of BvS10 units will be completed in 2029.
In fact, apart from the order above, England and Sweden are already operating the BvS10 fleet. In addition, BvS10 has also been operated by Austria, France and the Netherlands. Given the best-selling BvS10, it becomes interesting to discuss about the ideal range for the Marine Corps and combat engineering units to operate.
At first glance, the BvS10 is similar to the previous Hägglunds, namely the Bandvagn 206 or Bv 206 – the type of tracked ATV rantis used in Indonesia by the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI), Kopassus, Marines and Police.
However, the BvS10 is much larger than the Bv206, the BvS10 features a more powerful twin-cab with a more powerful engine, increased ground clearance, reinforced chassis, power train and a newly developed steering unit which provides a much higher vehicle speed (up to 65 km per hour from the previous BvS10 only 51.5 km per hour on the road).
The BvS10 can also carry a larger payload (up to 5 tons) and the ability to add various modular sub-systems such as armor protection layers, gun mounts and cargo.
The BvS10 standard package is equipped with basic hull protection (STANAG 4569 level 2) to withstand small caliber projectiles and artillery shrapnel. Meanwhile, additional protection can withstand a 14.5 mm caliber projectile (STANAG 4569 level 4).
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| BvS10 Beowulf Design |
The BvS10 is powered by a 210 kW (285 hk/970 Nm) 5.9 liter in-line six-cylinder Cummins Cummins diesel engine and an automatic transmission from Allison (6 forward/1 reverse). With full fuel, this rantis can explore up to 500 km.
The maximum speed on the highway is 70 km per hour and the maximum speed in the water is 5 km per hour. The BvS10 has a crew of one driver and four passengers in the front vehicle, and eight passengers in the rear vehicle.
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Speaking of weaponry, the BvS10 has a main weapon in the choice of a 7.62 mm to 12.7 mm machine gun, or a 40 mm caliber automatic grenade launcher. In general, BvS10 comes in troop transport, medical evacuation, logistics, command-and-control and recovery variants.
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