via APA.az
Armored patrol vehicle Pit-Bull VX, newly produced by Turkish Katmerciler company, will be presented in Azerbaijan, company representative Ramazan Dincer told APA.Interesting for a couple of reasons.
The vehicle designed for police and patrol operations was produced at Ford-550 chassis. Its maintenance is easy: “Net weight – 7530 kg, Pit-Bull VX is designed to carry 9 persons (2+7). The vehicle can move at a speed of 12 km / h and turn the area of 9 meters. We think that this vehicle will be more favorable for the border guards”.
According to the company representative, earlier, Katmerciler sold TOMA vehicles to Azerbaijan’s Interior Ministry. At the same time, the company exported various types of vehicles to SOCAR. The company, which produces various equipments deployed on fire engines to extinguish fire in multi-storey buildings, is seeking opportunities for cooperation with the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
*This is another Turkish firm that is selling "combat"/military style vehicles.
*Azerbaijan is following the US style of policing by buying this vehicle instead of the European version. I'm not sure if thats a good or bad thing. The Europeans have been fighting terrorism alot longer than we have and although the results were ... slow, they did win in the end.
*This truck looks like a BEARCAT clone which is essentially a MRAP that has been SLIGHTLY de-militarized. For good or bad it looks like these type vehicles are here to stay.
