Friday, September 26, 2014

VBTP-MR Guarani 6x6 amphibious armored vehicles reaches production milestone...new 8x8 vehicle in the works.

All photos via Defesanet...




via Janes.
The Brazilian Army is expected to purchase a new batch of VBTP-MR Guarani 6x6 amphibious armoured vehicles from Iveco Latin America.
An order for 56 vehicles is scheduled to be finalised by early 2015 for about BRL200 million (USD83 million), which was allocated in Brazil's planned budged for 2015.
This new contract is to be awarded by the Logistics Command instead of by the army's Department of Science and Technology, which contracted for previous vehicle sets, as the project moves from a develop stage to procurement.
On 26 September the 100th vehicle was delivered to the army, with 128 vehicles purchased so far and scheduled to be completed by December 2014.
Amazing.

Brazil is moving with speed on this project...but before this one is even completed they're working on an 8x8 based on the same vehicle.  Consider me impressed.