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135 km/h. The vehicle has armour protection up to CEN Level SR6/ nance disposal, communications, and 107 mm
SR7 and is available in many variants, including ambulance and fire rocket launcher. Built to seat the driver, com-
support. Weighing 8 000 kg and capable of carrying 2,500 kg of mander and three crewmembers in the patrol
payload, the ST-500 is 5.65 metres long, 2.4 metres wide and 3.15 version and eight in the attack and interven-
metres high. While the standard configuration accommodates a tion version, the optional extras for the ST-100,
driver, commander and five passengers, the ambulance version which has a has a top speed of 100-115 km/h
is designed to carry three crew members and two patients on and range of 700 km, include a soft kill active [ LAND SYSTEMS ]
stretchers. protection system, sniper detection system,
and a battle management system.
Bearing a resemblance to the Russian BMP tracked armoured vehi-
cle, the Sinai-200 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) provides protection Also attracting plenty of attention is the Temsah
of STANAG4569 / Level4B protection against mines. Equipped (crocodile in Arabic) family of armoured vehi-
with a 12.7mm remote control weapon station (RCWS) as well as cles, which has grown to include six vehicles
a Q-Net to provide protection from RPG attacks, the vehicle has after the Egyptian Armed Forces fielded the
been reportedly built with an eye on the export market as well. original Temsah, now known as Temsah 1, in
2015. The 4×4 MRAP, which has a gross vehicle
With a curb weight of 14,500 kg and payload of 3,500 kg, the weight of 13.3 tonnes and is capable of carrying
mine-resistant ambush-protected vehicle (MRAP) 4×4 ST-100 has a payload of 2,200 kg, is designed produced by
different variants, including command and control, ambulance, the Kader Factory for Developed Industries in
patrol, 81 mm mortar, anti-tank (with six missiles), explosive ord- Cairo, part of the Egyptian Ministry of Defence
Industrial Engineering Complex. The Temsah
family comprises Temsah 2 (Temsah Bus), the
smaller Temsah 3 Protected Patrol Vehicle
(PPV) that was unveiled as a prototype at EDEX
2018, Light Temsah, Temsah 4, and Temsah
5. Temsah 5, the latest in line, was unveiled in
February this year.

China Makes a Move
In October this year, the Nigerian army took
delivery of 60 Type 85 (YW531H), a tracked
amphibious APC produced by China North
Industries Group Corporation (Norinco). The
vehicle, which has a maximum road speed of
66 km/h and a maximum cruising range of 500
km, has a hull made of all-welded steel that
provides ballistic protection against the firing
of small arms and artillery shell splinters. Able
to accommodate a crew of three and up to 13
infantrymen in the rear part of the hull, the vehi-
cle is propelled in the water by its tracks at a
maximum speed of 6 km/h.

At the Zhuhai Air Show earlier this year, Norinco
also unveiled the VN22, a new 6×6 wheeled
armoured vehicle that looks strikingly similar to
the eight-wheeled US Stryker but has greater
maneuverability due to its smaller pivot radius.
The VN22 has the engine compartment on the
right side of the hull, the driver on the left, an
unmanned turret mounted in the center of the
hull and the troop’s compartment at the rear.
The front of the hull is built to provide ballistic
protection against the firing of 25 mm caliber
ammunition while the remotely operated turret
is fitted with additional armor protection to
increase protection against anti-tank missiles
and RPGs.

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