Survivor R

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"Survivor R"
Vehicle at the "Eurosatory 2016"

Vehicle at the " Eurosatory 2016"
General properties
crew 10 men (driver, commander, gunner, 2 close guards)
length 6.5 m
width 2.5 m
height 2.7 m (top edge of roof)
Dimensions 15 t
Armor and armament
Armor Armored steel / composite armor according to STANAG 4569 Level 3
up to 7.62 × 51 mm and artillery fragments at 90 m
Main armament Depending on the variant: Overhead weapon station (type 1530) as well as FLW 100
MG3 7.62 × 51 mm and GMW 40 × 53 mm
agility
drive
243 kW
Top speed > 100 km / h (road)
Power / weight

Survivor R is the manufacturer's name for an MRAP military truck from Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles , the military vehicle division of Rheinmetall Defense.

vehicle

Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles is a joint venture between MAN Nutzfahrzeuge AG and Rheinmetall AG . The Survivor R was developed in cooperation with the Austrian manufacturer Franz Achleitner Fahrzeugbau und Reifenenzentrum GMBH, which has been marketing its PMV Survivor II vehicle since 2009.

The vehicle should be able to transport people protected through rough terrain and barricades.

In order to save costs and because of the availability of spare parts, the vehicle was developed on the basis of a commercial MAN TGM off-road truck with a total mass of up to 17 tons. The original driver's cab is dismantled by Achleitner, and a protected monocoque cab is placed on the resulting rolling chassis.

The "Survivor R" is powered by a water-cooled 6.9 liter 6 cylinder diesel engine from MAN. This is available in the EURO 3 emissions standards and EURO 6 standards and has an output of 243 kW at 1250 Nm torque. A MAN Tipmatic gearbox is installed as standard.

The vehicle is designed such that it through a C-130 Hercules luftverlegbar is. The “Survivor R” is almost twice as heavy as the Mowag Eagle, which was designed for military use .

  • Rheinmetall "Police configuration"

  • Special car 5 of the Saxon State Police

  • Survivor R "ambulance configuration"

Armor and other security

The vehicle has a monocoque cabin. The armor is designed to withstand fire from an AK-47 assault rifle . A protective ventilation system protects the occupants against nuclear, biological and chemical warfare agents. A large number of options such as a clearing blade are available from the manufacturer.

Armament

A launching system for smoke grenades or tear gas as well as a modular weapon station with double armament that can be operated and reloaded inside can be upgraded. With the special task force of Saxony in December 2017 police unit has been equipped with a launcher system for fog and irritants at Survivor R.

variants

Vehicle variants are extensions as

  • Ambulance vehicle
  • Armed vehicle with machine gun hatch

Areas of application

In Rheinmetall's marketing, the vehicle is recommended for a number of military and police applications. As a police vehicle, it is intended to "fight riots", as an armored ambulance vehicle, as a logistics vehicle, as a command vehicle or as a transport vehicle.

costs

The vehicle costs between 300,000 and 500,000 euros , depending on the specification . RMMV advertises that the use of MAN standard parts allows the vehicle to be serviced in normal MAN truck workshops. Competitors in the same area of ​​application are e.g. B. the US Cheetah MMPV , the French Bastion Patsas and the South African Casspir .

customer

The following Survivor R have currently been put into service or ordered

PMV Survivor II (name of the Austrian manufacturer Achleitner)

RMMV Survivor R (designation by the German state police: Sonderwagen 5)

criticism

In the case of the execution with "irritant gas or smoke grenades" and "modular weapons station with double armament", it is questionable whether the police may be equipped in such a way with armaments against the population. The police union saw this in early 2018 without concern.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gerhard Hegmann: Berlin police are now arriving in a tank SUV. In: Welt Online . November 10, 2017, archived from the original on November 13, 2017 ; accessed on December 16, 2017 .
  2. ↑ The Survivor R 4 × 4 Police Edition from Rheinmetall. In: sek- Einsatz.de. Archived from the original on November 4, 2016 ; Retrieved November 4, 2016 .
  3. ↑ A specially protected vehicle Survivor R for the SEK Sachsen. In: sek- Einsatz.de. Archived from the original on December 18, 2017 ; Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
  4. ↑ - ( Memento from January 5, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ This is what Berlin's new anti-terror vehicle looks like . ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed on November 14, 2018]).
  6. ↑ Interior Minister hands over armored group vehicle to special units. Police Brandenburg, November 10, 2017, accessed on June 12, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Brandenburg elite police receive new "Survivor" tank. November 10, 2017, accessed June 12, 2018 .
  8. ^ Anti-terror fight: Hamburg's police are arming. NDR, November 14, 2016, archived from the original on November 14, 2017 ; accessed on June 12, 2018 .
  9. ↑ - ( Memento from December 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  10. ↑ - ( Memento from December 18, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ - ( Memento from April 11, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
  12. ^ Report of the Westfälische Nachrichten of December 17, 2018
  13. ↑ German Bundestag (2008): Limits to the arming of the police and administrative assistance by the Bundeswehr (PDF, 133 kB) ( Memento from June 1, 2018 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ Hessische / Niedersächsische Allgemeine , February 15, 2018 : Union wants special vehicles for all police headquarters in Hesse, test in Kassel: The "Survivor R" police tank can do that ( Memento from February 15, 2018 in the Internet Archive )