To add to the range of tactical and logistic products produced by Iveco Defense Vehicles there is a new and top secret super 4x4, a vehicle that engineering would unite the undisputed versatility of the VTLM 2 Lince with the loading and operating capacities of the larger VTMM Bear, staying in the Ptt range of the 12 tons.
The range
Roles and tasks are currently identified by a scale where the smaller MUV 70 is ascending in ascending order. 20 - the Military Utility Vehicle that in Italy is still delaying for military entry, in favor of the VM90 M40E15 -, the next more technical and protected VTLM Lynx, the largest VTMM, a versatile operator, the Trakker, the undisputed and known truck with no limits and the largest in all its conformations; the ACTL logistic tactic.
Not by chance, according to this scale of roles and competences, the new born of Iveco Defense, should stand hierarchically between the VTLM and VTMM, going even further to perfect the tactical availability of operations and logistics in a modern context of European Armed Forces.
The 8x8 rubber armored vehicles, the VBMs, the Super AVs and the 6x6 VBTP made in collaboration with Oto Melara Consortium clearly join this pseudo-road segment.
A technical production with deserving and interesting numbers, even if currently, at least from how it can be deduced from the web, several units like MUV and the Trakker have long found operational use in other countries.
What is it about
The news that circulates are very few, but what is certain is that it is an interesting order for the new IDV MTV even if for now reserved for the Dutch Armed Forces.
The 1275 units of the MTV Medium Tactical Vehicle, destined for the Netherlands would fall into the 12kN program for a replacement of the rotated - DVOW - Defensiebrede Vervanging Operationele Wielv Oertuigen - which should take place and be completed between the 2022 and the 2026. A tender for the supply of the rotated wheels, which saw Italy as the winner compared to an important French competitor.
It comes to mind that the mysterious MTV will have to be officially presented in the upcoming Eurosatory Parisian show, which we remember to be scheduled for next June 2020.
Many curious assumptions could be made and, for fairness of the news, under the cloth an efficient 6x6 could be hidden in spite of all the forecasts that they would favor for an 4x4. However, it could not be excluded, perhaps with a little imagination, that the IDV secretissimo could have amphibious features and marine propulsion; a novelty for a medium or even an absurd idea.
Turret with remote control and different conformations should be details now confirmed, but there would seem to be more.
Platform and news
In the course of the articles, thanks to authoritative experts in the field, we talked about the conversion procedures of military vehicles in civilians, the related legal limitations and the protocols to follow before an official go-ahead for civil sale, even for a simple AR90.
Il Medium Tactical Vehicle it should have two distinct morphologies: an armored one and an unprotected one. A detail, if confirmed, that would suggest a possible diffusion also on our roads, perhaps for police and civil protection, as well as military uses. Pick up, hard top, personnel carrier rather than ambulance variants or for use by the Fire Brigade, may be the intuitive mutations of the new tactical medium.
If the VTLM contains some details already known on Iveco euro Cargo and the VTMM the unquestionable strength of the Trakker - alias ACTL -, an adequate sensation could favor a super mechanical review of theeuro Cargo. Not bad if the thing was confirmed, a means that for Defense Online I wanted to amply try.
It should be noted that all Fiat 4x4s, with Panda and Campagnola and Iveco, Massif euro Cargo, Trakker ACM80 etc, they have always been brilliantly distinguished in their uses off road. In no uncertain terms they are among the best in the world, even if sometimes little understood.
The vehicle is designed to combine the high mobility of an off-road vehicle with a large payload, whether it is operational or exclusively logistic. With simplified maintenance and diagnosis - probably Can bus - the vehicle could turn out to be revolutionary. Security for the military dictated by the armored cell is also the basic element on which classified wheeled vehicles gravitate today Armored.
A lower weight and bulk compared to the VTMM, would make it much faster in the various tactical contexts but above all more practical and even more versatile. To think, with an optimization perspective, that an MTV could replace the use of two VTLMs.
In short, an ambitious project that could also interest other established armies and is not new when we talk about the Italian military product.
The wish to both readers and to us that we always want to offer up-to-date news and free points of view on the world of defense is in the greater and constant availability of the press offices in charge of wanting to keep us promptly informed.
Electronic and cannibalization
Militarily, some elderly marshal on leave, lets himself go to some understandable outburst after forty years of absolute obedience and silence: "With the advent of the control units, the vehicles are more delicate and with few spare parts it is not difficult to have to use a vehicle in full efficiency as a spare parts warehouse for others".
How to blame the non-commissioned officer? Unfortunately, several civil companies are also forced into this technique known as "cannibalization". After all, it could be a good and acceptable policy to listen to the experts before subscribing to public investments.
A division of guessed masses; Great the VM90
Recently I had the pleasure of returning to the legendary guide and, I would dare to call it timeless, Iveco VM90 to carry out a useful task in favor of the population. More I can not report on the activity, but surely it had rained enough in those days to make swampy all the dunes scattered in the green vegetation rich of crickets, grasshoppers and nice frogs.
I admit that it was a bit noisy but I confirm the most important detail: it is a great off-road vehicle! Although the stretch to be performed was all in 4x4 with reduced (selector in 4R) using mostly the 3 ° gear, I arrived in a sunken area where I stopped, to try safely with its rear-wheel drive. I inserted the 2N without aids and after a certain noticeable uncertainty of its 2.5cc, the VM90 started to move. A stress of a few seconds due to clutch and joints, considering its 2.7 tons of PTT, but it has not betrayed expectations.
Soon after I reinserted the 4x4 and the 50% of the couple moved to the front, and our chameleon - as I call it - has continued to start as if it were on the asphalt. In addition to a well-deserved tribute to Iveco VM90, I am pleased that our work has translated into security for the citizens
I dedicate the article: To the commander and to all the boys of the X rgt genius guastatori of Cremona - "To my valor the aspiccimento is sprone"
To all civilian drivers of heavy vehicles, often poorly represented although distinguished by hard work and professionalism; a sector where victims at work make one think.
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