Description
Transportpanzer 1 Fuchs (German: fox) is a modern German armored wheeled transport on a three-axle chassis. The first prototypes of the vehicle were created in the 1960s, and serial production began in 1979, which has been continued intermittently to the present (2017). The Fuchs is powered by a Mercedes-Benz engine OM402A with 320 hp.
The Fuchs was created in response to the Bundeswehr’s demand for a new wheeled APC from 1963. After many years of competitions and detailed analyzes, it was decided to accept the vehicle into service, developed by the Daimler-Benz company. Fuchs is characterized by a high maximum speed (over 100 km / h), good maneuverability, mobility and a relatively low failure rate. However, it is a highly complex structure that requires a high technical culture and good logistics facilities from the user. A certain disadvantage is also the lack of permanent weapons, for example in the form of a machine gun. Several versions of the Fuchs vehicle were created, such as the commander version (FuFu), the sanitary variant and the airport security variant. In 2001, the tests of the Fuchs 2 vehicle, undertaken by Rheinmetall Landsysteme, also began. One of its versions is the contamination recognition truck (NBC). Fuchs 2 vehicles were delivered to the United Arab Emirates in 2007, and Kuwait also ordered vehicles of this type in 2015.
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