Bronco (tank)

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Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier
Bronco at a parade on Singapore's National Day

Bronco at a parade on Singapore's National Day

General properties
crew 16 (6 front + 10 rear)
length 8.6 m
width 2.2 m
height 2.30 m
Dimensions 16 tons
Armor and armament
Armor Armor steel
Main armament FN MAG
Secondary armament Smoke throwing system
agility
drive Caterpillar 3126B
350 hp
Top speed 60 km / h
Power / weight 21.8 hp / t

The Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier is a buoyant multi-purpose vehicle manufactured by ST Kinetics (Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd) and designed for difficult terrain. The rubber track vehicle has a ground pressure of 60 KPa and consists of two parts. It looks confusingly similar to the Bandvagn 206 , but is bigger and heavier. Like this, the Bronco is also a vehicle that is divided into a front and a rear section, which can be steered by hydraulic articulated steering. It changes the position of the front and rear sections in relation to one another and thus enables the trailer to be steered. In addition, a two-axle trailer can be coupled to the rear vehicle.

The vehicle has been in service with the Singapore Army for several years , different versions have been developed:

  • ambulance
  • Repair and recovery vehicle
  • Armored transport
  • Troop transport
  • Fuel supply vehicle
  • 120 mm mortar vehicle

A total of over 600 are in service in Singapore.

Purchase by the UK

In December 2008, ST Kinetics won a £ 150 million contract from the UK Department of Defense to build 100 vehicles to replace the BvS10 in combat missions. The vehicle is called a Warthog (German: warthog ). The following variants are to be built:

  • Troop transport
  • ambulance
  • Recovery vehicle with crane and 18 ton winch
  • Lead vehicle

Delivery began with the unveiling of the first vehicle on November 19, 2009, when the multi-purpose vehicle, adapted to British needs, was presented by Thales UK in West Wales. The changes include additional armor, British radios and jammers. The mission in Afghanistan began in early 2011 in units of the Royal Armored Corps , the Bronco replaces the BvS10 Viking that had previously been used there . In the spring of 2011, IED attacks on eleven Warthogs took place. Two inmates were seriously injured. The Royal Marines continue to use the BvS10.

Web links

Commons : Bronco ATTC  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Warthog vehicle arrives in UK for Afghan modifications . UK Department of Defense press release 22 November 2009
  2. Thomas Harding: Taliban 'don't want to know' in Warthog fight . In: Telegraph of Aug 5, 2011.
  3. Double-Jointed & Popular: The Bv Family of Infantry Support Vehicles . In: Defense Industry Daily, Jan. 8, 2012.