AMZ Tur

Tur

Early Tur prototype
Type Infantry mobility vehicle
Place of origin Poland
Specifications
Weight 4.8 tonnes
Length 4.87 metres (191.7 in)
Width 2.23 metres (87.8 in)
Height 2.35 metres (92.5 in)
Crew 1+4

Armor level 2,2a,3 STANAG 4569
Engine Iveco Aifo
122 kW (166 PS)
Suspension leaf spring, rigid axle
Operational
range
600 km

Tur (Tur 1) (Polish: Aurochs) is a light armoured patrol car (light infantry mobility vehicle), designed by the Polish factory AMZ-Kutno in 2007. The Tur was designed for intervention and patrol tasks behind front lines, especially equipped for operations in danger areas and has 5 person transport capacity.

The vehicle was developed especially for the Polish military contingents in Iraq and Afghanistan in response to requests of the soldiers stationed there. Its design and armour allows it to withstand an explosion equal to 6 kg (13 lb) of TNT.[1] It may be fitted with a remote turret. Mechanical part comes mostly from IVECO (engine, transmission, suspension).[2]

It is designed as a safer and more modern alternative to the Humvee operated by the Polish Army.[1] Despite needs of military contingents, as for 2009 no orders were made, and a contest for a light armoured patrol car (LOSP in Polish) was not settled (its main counterpart is Iveco LMV). As of 2008, five prototypes were made, two of them were destroyed in tests. The last, fifth one has modified look of a forward part, and minor improvements.[2] In 2008 AMZ-Kutno developed new, bigger variant Tur 2, being a different car in fact.

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Technical specification

Vehicle ballistic armouring

Vehicle Dimensions and Weight

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References

  1. 1 2 (Polish) Grzegorz Hołdanowicz: Czas kupić pojazdy na misje in Raport-WTO 09/2007, ISSN 1429-270X, p. 42
  2. 1 2 (Polish) Mateusz J. Multarzyński, Tur gotów do udziału w programie LOSP in: nowa Technika Wojskowa, June 2008, p.22

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