ℹ️ --- The VBTP-MR Guarani is a 6×6 armoured personnel carrier developed by Iveco and the Brazilian Army as part of its "URUTU-III" modernization program aimed to replace all EE-11 Urutu by 2015. The 8x8 version of the VBTP-MR is the base of Iveco's Superav armoured personnel carrier. In the program, other Brazilian Companies also participated, such as IMBEL (Communications), ELBIT (Armaments), Usiminas and Villares (development of national ballistic structural steel). The 📑 ➖➖➖ Brazilian Army has signed with Iveco a contract worth about €2.5 billion for supplying armoured personnel carriers of the VBTP-MR model. The vehicles will replace the old Urutu armoured vehicle employed today by the Brazilian armed forces. The contract covers the delivery of 2,044 vehicles and logistical support for a period of 20 years. Deliveries are expected to begin in 2012 and continue for 18 years. In March 2014, the 33rd Motorized Infantry Battalion of the 15th Mechanized Infantry Brigade will receive the first 13 vehicles.[1] It will be the first regular army unit to be issued the new vehicle. It will be part of trials using the initial 86 vehicles to figure out a doctrine for its use in service.

▪️🛠 Manufacturer Iveco
▪️⬇️ Mass 16.7 t
▪️📏 Length 6.9 m (23 ft)
▪️↔️ Width 2.7 m (8.9 ft)
▪️↕️ Height 2.34 m (7.7 ft)
▪️👤 Crew 2 (+ 9 passengers)
▪️⚔️ Main armament 12.7 mm M2HB MG
▪️🗡 Secondary armament 7.62 mm FN MAG MG M2HB
▪️⚙️ Engine Iveco Cursor 9 diesel engine 383 hp
▪️🔂Suspension Hydropneumatic
▪️🛢 Operational range 600 km (370 mi)
▪️⏩ Maximum speed 110 km/h (68 mph)

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