URO VAMTAC

Infobox Weapon
name= URO VAMTAC


caption= Spanish Army's URO VAMTAC equiped with a Mistral missile.
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type= Multi-purpose armoured vehicle
is_ranged=no
is_bladed=no
is_explosive=no
is_artillery=no
is_vehicle=yes
is_missile=no
is_UK=no
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used_by=Spanish Army
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designer= UROVESA
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weight= 3.0 - 3.5 tonnes
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engine=I3: 4 cylinders 2.998 cm³ 380 Nm
S3: 6 cylinders 3.200 cm³ 410 Nm
engine_power=I3: 166 HP
S3: 188 HP
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propellant=diesel
fuel_capacity=110 l
vehicle_range=>600 km (consumption: 15 l/100km)
speed=I3: 126 km/h
S3: 135 km/h
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transport=The URO VAMTAC (Vehículo de Alta Movilidad Táctico) is a 4-wheel drive military vehicle manufactured by the Spanish company UROVESA. The concept is similar to the Humvee.

Variants

The principal difference between the 2 variants is the engine:

*URO VAMTAC i3 [http://urovesa.com/pdf/Vamtac_I3.pdf]

*URO VAMTAC S3 [http://urovesa.com/pdf/Vamtac_S3.pdf]

Operators

*flagicon|Spain Spain
** Spanish Army
** Spanish Air Force
** Grupo Especial de Operaciones
** Bomb squad
*flagicon|Belgium Belgium
** Belgian Army: NBCD decontamination vehicles
*flagicon|Romania Romania: 60 VAMTAC S3 and 2 VAMTAC S3 EOD (bomb disposal) [ [http://www.infodefensa.com/noticias/noticias.asp?cod=308 infodefensa.com] ]
*flagicon|Morocco Morocco: 1,200 VAMTACs sold November 2006 [ [http://www.belt.es/noticiasmdb/home2_noticias.asp?id=2775 España vende a Marruecos 1.200 blindados como los usados en Afganistán] ]
*flagicon|Malaysia Malaysia: 85 VAMTAC purchased 23 April 2008 [ [http://www.infodefensa.com/noticias/noticias.asp?cod=434 infodefensa.com] ]
*flagicon|Portugal Portugal
*flagicon|Dominican Republic Dominican Republic
*flagicon|Ireland Ireland: 4 vehicles

*flagicon|Venezuela Venezuela
** Policía y bomberos

References

External links

* [http://urovesa.com/ UROVESA home page]