June 23, 2019

AFV-420P Equipped with ASELSAN SARP Turret







AMV-420P Mosquito 4x4 armored vehicle developed by Panus Assembly Co Ltd. Thailand that has been tested at the driving training and test vehicles Department of Army Transportation of the Royal Thai Army Ordnance Department.

Royal Thai Army Ordnance Department visited at the end of the year 2018 has been developed and tested recently by installing the SARP turret remote control of ASELSAN Turkey with a heavy machine gun cover .333 Browning M2HB .50cal (12.7x99mm) size on the AMV-roof.

The AMV-420P is a 4x4 wheeled armored vehicle that has been updated according to the evaluation and opinion from the Royal Thai Army from the HMV-420 4x4 armored vehicle that has been completely redesigned in Thailand.

The Panus company has developed from the HMV-150 4x4 armored vehicle that is based on the modernization of the Cadillac Gage V-150 Commando 4x4 that is stationed in the Royal Thai Army, Thai Navy, Thai Air Force and the National Police Office. Panus Company, gave the prototype HMV-150 wheeled vehicle to the Marines of the Royal Thai Navy has tried to work at the southern border since the end of the year 2017.


ASELSAN SARP (Stabilized Advanced Remote Weapon Platform) Turkey is a remote turret without a fortress that can be equipped with weapons ranging from a 12.7mm heavy machine gun with 400 rounds of ammunition, 40 mm automatic grenade launchers with 96 of  ammunition and 7.62mm machine guns with 1,000 rounds of ammunition.

The turret has less weight 165kg (excluding weapons, ammunition and armor) has a height of only 70cm. The turret has a tilt angle at -30 degree to +60 degree. Day-night detection system, laser distance measurement and aiming, shooting while moving by the SARP turret, equipped with Turkish armored vehicles and exported to many other foreign armored vehicles such as armored vehicles Ejder Yalcin 4x4 wheeled armor for Qatar and armored vehicles, Turranga 4x4 wheeled special combat units for Paskhas of Indonesian Air Force, etc.

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