ASCOD2 "Pizarro" - Infantry/ Cavalry Fighting Vehicle

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ASCOD2 "Pizarro" - Infantry/ Cavalry Fighting Vehicle

Description The ASCOD2 is one of the best Infantry/Cavalry fighting vehicles in the world today. It is the result of development and cooperation at Santa Bárbara Sistemas (Pizarro) and the Austrian company Steyr Daimler Puch (Ulan) in Austria, as the Spanish and Austrian Government requirements coincided. The first prototype was ready in 1992 and four years later, the Spanish Government awarded a contract to Santa Barbara Sistemas to produce a first phase of 14 units (123 Infantry/Cavalry - VCI/C - and 21 Command - VCPC-, extended in a second phase by a further 212 units (356 in total). Advantages The VCI/I ASCOD2 is an tracked armored vehicle with a monocoque armour steel plates hull with capacity for a combat group of seven riflemen and three-man crew, with a high power/weight relationship, thanks to its combat weight of 28 tones. Characteristics The power pack and running gear with seven wheels, three supporting rollers and wide steel track make a high mobility vehicle with maximum speeds of 70 km/h forward and 35 km/h in verse. It is equipped with an automatic Mauser MK 30 cannon for 30/173 mm ammunition with double feed. As far as protection is concerned, it is a low silhouette vehicle, with steel armor plating, and has SABLIR reactive armour, NBC overpressure protection systems in the combat chamber and explosion and fire fighting systems. It also has heating and air conditioning system. Versions In September 2003, the Spanish Government awarded a contract to Santa Bárbara to develop a second phase of the Pizarro which increased this vehicle family by developing special models such as the Advanced Surveillance Vehicle (VCOAV), Recovery Vehicles (VCREC) and Sappers (VCZ). General Data Crew 3+7 men. Combat weight: 28 tones (MLC 28). Power/weight relationship: 21.4 HP/tm. Length: 6,920 m. Width: 3.02 meters. Height: 2,673 meters. Automatic hydro-mechanical transmission at 6 speeds forward and 3 backwards. Hydrostatic steering and disk brakes. Electrical torret drive and stabilization system. Features Maximum speed on road 70 km/h. Slope: 60 %.Vertical obstacle: 800 mm. Gap: 2000 mm.¿? 1.2/1.5 meters. Cruising range: 500 Km. Engine: MTU-8V-183-TE22 diesel with 600 HP.Climatization: diesel-air heater, air conditioning with individual outlets. Fire Control System: digital calculator. Armaments Main weapon: automatic canon Mauser MK 30- 2 with double feed. Firing sector: horizontal 360º, vertical -10º to 50 º. Ammunition Box 173 mm., 402 rounds. Secondary weapons: 1 machine gun MG-3 7.62 mm coaxial and eight smokelaunchers. Protections Reactive armour and spall liner on hull and turret. NBQ protection, fire and explosive systems.