Thursday, March 13, 2014

High Mobility Multi-Purpose Vehicles worldwide...


I was chasing what I now believe is a mythical amphibious assault vehicle based on the TulPar IFV when I came across the Otokar Ural.  That led me to wonder...while we've been struggling to get a replacement to the Humvee into service, what have our allies and potential foes been doing?

The Brits have put the Ocelot into service...


The Italians have the Iveco LMV (also used by the Brits and Russians)...


The Japanese have Komatsu LAV...


The Russians have the GAZ Tigre...


Meanwhile we can't even get the JLTV into LOW RATE production!  Amazing!
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  1. UnknownThursday, March 13, 2014 6:46:00 AM

    Australia has this one entering production

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawkei

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  2. Jem YildizThursday, March 13, 2014 7:49:00 AM

    Picture you have post is an otokar cobra mk.II, successor to otokars cobra. Otokar Cobra Mk.II is based of General Motors ECV II chassis.
    Otokar Ural is based off Mercedes unimog chassis and it's intended purpose is to be used by internal security forces, thus a light vehicle.

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    1. SolomonThursday, March 13, 2014 8:13:00 AM

      no. you are wrong.

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    2. AnonymousThursday, March 13, 2014 8:31:00 AM

      What is the difference between the two? Help files for those who can't figure out the difference rather than a "no"?

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    3. Jem YildizThursday, March 13, 2014 9:18:00 AM

      Daniel OP has clearly mistaken Ural for Cobra II, a simple google search would of set him straight however he has decided not to heed a polite correction from myself and has accused me of being 'wrong', which is fine.
      Here are some official brochures from Otokar,
      Ural - http://www.otokar.com/en/products/product_detail.aspx?urun=125
      Cobra II - http://www.otokar.com/en/products/product_detail.aspx?urun=124

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    4. AnonymousThursday, March 13, 2014 8:39:00 PM

      Ok Solomon, this time you are wrong. His reference links comes from the manufacturer and even has the exact same picture. It's a Cobra II.

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  3. SuperrhinocerontThursday, March 13, 2014 8:23:00 AM

    Don't forget the French

    http://www.military-today.com/apc/vbl.htm

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    1. NICOThursday, March 13, 2014 7:43:00 PM

      Thanks Super! I thought the same thing, where's the French Panhard VBL?

      I always liked the design. Not sure if the short length version is this in production, I think they are only producing the longer version but I could be wrong.

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    2. SuperrhinocerontFriday, March 14, 2014 9:22:00 AM

      I like the design too.
      www.army-technology.com/projects/panhard-vbl-vehicle/

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    3. fabstherMonday, March 17, 2014 4:52:00 AM

      Both are poducted and used, dependingon the need of space : i.e RECO = short, COMMAND = long

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  4. MHalblaubThursday, March 13, 2014 10:58:00 AM

    "Oh Lord, won't you buy me ..."

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LAPV_Enok
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ATF_Dingo (just a Merceds-Benz diesel engine)

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