Pandur I (6×6) Explained

Pandur 6×6 APC
Origin:Austria
Type:Armoured personnel carrier
Is Vehicle:yes
Service:1996-present
Used By:See Operators
Design Date:1980s
Manufacturer:Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Weight:13.5 tonnes
Length:5.7m (18.7feet)
Width:2.5m (08.2feet)
Height:1.82m (05.97feet)
Crew:2 + 8 passengers
Armour:protection against 12.7mm rounds in the 30° frontal arc and against 7.62mm rounds everywhere else
Primary Armament:1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning heavy machine gun (other options available)
Engine:Steyr 6-cylinder turbo-charged diesel
Engine Power:194 kW (260 bhp) at 2,400 rpm
Vehicle Range:700km (400miles)
Speed:100km/h

The Pandur is an APC developed and produced by the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (SSF). It was developed during the 1980s as a private venture. In 2003, General Dynamics took over Steyr-Daimler-Puch which is now part of General Dynamics European Land Systems (GD ELS), which is also the parent company of MOWAG, Santa Bárbara Sistemas and GDELS – Germany.

Armament

The baseline vehicle is armed with a 12.7 mm (.50 cal) heavy machine gun. Its modular design allows it to be fitted with a variety of weapon systems, including a 20 mm autocannon and an armored two-man 90 mm gun turret. Some Slovenian Pandur 1 (Valuk) are armed with a 40mm automatic grenade launchers with different ammunition like HE, HEDP, smoke and so on.

Variants

Operators

Current operators

Pandur I

Austria (71 purchased new, 7 purchased second-hand)
  • Purchases by the Austrian Armed Forces
    Belgium (60 purchased new, 7 sold second-hand)
  • 60 built in Belgium between 1996 and 1998 under licence. Purchase:

    6 Pandur Recce & Observation (ISTAR) and 1 ambulance were sold second-hand to the Austrian Armed Forces in 2016, used for spare parts

    Gabon (1)
  • 1 purchased by the Gabonese Army[5] [6] [7]
    Kuwait (70)
  • Ordered for the Kuwait National Guard (70 in 6 versions, produced by AV Technology).
    Slovenia (85 purchased, 20 donated)
  • 85 Pandur produced locally under license, known as LKOV Valuk. 20 donated to Ukraine.[8] The variants are:
    Ukraine (20 second-hand)
  • Donated by Slovenia to the Ukrainian Ground Forces in April 2023.[9]
    United States (50)
  • Purchased for the US Army (50, produced by AV Technology as the Armored Ground Mobility System for USASOC Special Forces/Special Operations Forces units).[10]

    Pandur EVO 6×6

    Austria (325 ordered, 64 delivered)
  • Austrian Armed Forces (325 ordered)

    Future operators

    Pandur EVO 6×6

    The US Department of Defence announced at the end of June 2022 the order of the Armored Ground Mobility System Heavy Platform Vehicles (AGMS) for USD $55.85 million. The procurement should be completed by mid-2025. The vehicle will equip the USASOC Special Forces/Special Operations Forces, and is meant to replace the Pandur I Armored Ground Mobility System.[23]

    Potential operators

    Pandur EVO 6×6

    Germany
  • The Pandur Evo 6×6 is in competition for 3 programmes:
    Slovenia (14)
  • Slovenian army requested 14 new Pandur EVO in late 2019. Austria is offering a government to government contract with Slovenia as GDELS is willing to offer the 14 Pandur EVO to the army. Currently waiting for the new government to decide for the purchase. Estimated cost is around 40 million Euro.

    Related designs

    External links

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: 2017-02-01 . Neue Radpanzer für das Österreichische Bundesheer . 2024-05-13 . milnews . de-DE.
    2. Web site: GmbH . Typoheads . Sanitätspanzer "Pandur" . 2024-05-13 . www.bundesheer.at . de.
    3. https://www.bmlv.gv.at/cms/artikel.php?ID=739
    4. Web site: Landmobilität und Fahrzeugbeschaffungen . 2024-05-16 . Truppendienst . de-DE.
    5. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294234247_Gabon_buys_one_Pandur
    6. Web site: Pandur 6×6 Wheeled Armoured Vehicles . Army Technology.
    7. Web site: 2022-08-24 . Gabon parades Norinco VP11 MRAPs . 2024-07-30 . Default . en.
    8. Web site: LKOV Valuk: the Slovenian 'relative' of the Spanish BMR delivered to the Ukrainian Army . 2024-07-30 . Counting Stars . en.
    9. Web site: Slovenski Valuki na ukrajinsko fronto . 2023-04-26 . www.24ur.com . sl.
    10. Web site: Pandur 6x6 Wheeled Armoured Vehicles . 2024-07-30 . Army Technology . en-US.
    11. Web site: Felstead . Peter . 2024-02-19 . Austrian MoD orders 225 more Pandur 6×6 Evo armoured vehicles - European Security & Defence . 2024-02-19 . euro-sd.com . en-US.
    12. https://www.bmlv.gv.at/cms/artikel.php?ID=11569
    13. Web site: GmbH . Typoheads . 2024-02-19 . Bundesheer beschafft 225 neue Radpanzer . 2024-05-14 . www.bundesheer.at . de.
    14. Web site: 2024-03-04 . Austria buys additional Pandur EVO armored personnel carriers and Skyranger 30 anti-aircraft systems . 2024-05-14 . ВПК.name . en.
    15. Web site: admin . 2024-02-20 . Elbit Systems Awarded $300 Million Contract To Supply Armored Vehicle Systems To Austrian Army - MilitaryLeak.COM . 2024-05-14 . militaryleak.com . en-us.
    16. Web site: Felstead . Peter . 2024-05-08 . Elbit Systems to supply Crossbow Unmanned Turreted 120 mm mortar systems for a European Pandur 6×6 user - European Security & Defence . 2024-05-13 . euro-sd.com . en-US.
    17. Web site: Höller . Linus . 2024-02-26 . Austrian Pandur vehicles to schlep slimmed Skyranger air defense gun . 2024-05-15 . Defense News . en.
    18. Web site: Doppeladler . 2024-02-19 . Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet DOPPELADLER.COM . 2024-05-14 . de-DE.
    19. Web site: Doppeladler . 2024-02-19 . Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet DOPPELADLER.COM . 2024-05-14 . de-DE.
    20. Web site: Doppeladler . 2024-02-19 . Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet DOPPELADLER.COM . 2024-05-14 . de-DE.
    21. Web site: Doppeladler . 2024-02-19 . Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet DOPPELADLER.COM . 2024-05-14 . de-DE.
    22. Web site: Doppeladler . 2024-02-19 . Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet DOPPELADLER.COM . 2024-05-14 . de-DE.
    23. Web site: redaktion . spartanat . 2022-06-27 . Nun auch Panduren für die US Army . 2024-07-30 . SPARTANAT . de-DE.
    24. Web site: 2023-04-17 . Germany and Sweden take next steps in the joint armoured vehicle CAVS programme . 2023-04-17 . Patria . en.
    25. Web site: 2023-06-22 . Heer sieht Bedarf für NEMO-Mörser auf 6x6-Radplattform . 2024-05-20 . soldat-und-technik.de . de-DE.

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