BOV (armored transport)

BOV-VP
	Croatian BOV
General properties
crew	2 (commander, driver) + 8 infantrymen
length	5.70 m
width	2.53 m
height	2.33 m
Dimensions	5.7 t
	Armor and armament
Armor	Steel armor
Main armament	1 × 7.62mm machine gun
Secondary armament	no
agility
drive	Deutz diesel engine F6L413 ; 110 kW (148 PS)
suspension	Wheel suspension (4 × 4)
Top speed	95 km / h
Power / weight	19 kW / t
Range	500 km

The BOV (Borbeno Oklopno Vozilo) is a four-wheeled (4 × 4), all-wheel drive , amphibious armored transport vehicle from Yugoslav production.

description

The all-wheel-drive BOV troop transport with the 4 × 4 drive formula was developed in the former Yugoslavia in the early 1980s. The armored transport vehicle can accommodate up to eight men. The armored car is powered by a six-cylinder diesel engine from Deutz, which generates an output of 148 hp at 2,650 rpm. The armor can withstand fire from 7.62mm NATO ammunition. The vehicle is used both in the military and in the civil sector. The militia of the Yugoslav Ministry of the Interior also had BOV-M armored vehicles, which were equipped with machine guns, water and tear gas cannons, in order to counteract serious riots.

The BOV is used by Bosnia and Herzegovina , Croatia , Serbia and Slovenia .

variants

BOV-1 : equipped with six 9M14 Malyutka anti-tank missiles

BOV-3 : anti-aircraft tank , with three 20 mm automatic cannons M55 A4 B1

BOV-30 : anti-aircraft tank equipped with a 30 mm gun

BOV-M : Police vehicle for CRC operations

BOV-M : Croatian version, equipped with the TAB-71 tower

BOV-P : Transport tank prototype
BOV-SN : ambulance vehicle
BOV-VP : armored transport , basic version
POLO M-83 : BOV-1 of the Croatian Army
BOV M10 : fire control vehicle for artillery in armored BOV-1
BOV M11 : reconnaissance tank
BOV M15 : variant for the military police with remote-controlled weapon platform M-15 with 12.7 mm machine gun
HS M09 BOV-3 : Anti-aircraft tank based on the BOV-3, additionally equipped with eight 9K32 Strela-2 anti-aircraft missiles