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AMV 8x8

IOC: 2004
Total Production: 1,259
Total Program's Cost: USD$96 million

AMV AMOS

IOC: 2006
Production: 24
Unitary Cost: USD$4.0 million

Also Known As
AMOS-AMV

Origin
Finland

Contractor/s
Patria

Family Members
AMV 8x8

Guns & Missile Launchers:
AMOS

Description: The AMV 8x8 (Armored Modular Vehicle) is a medium-weight, wheeled, modular vehicle designed to carry out a wide range of missions related to mechanized units. The first AMV 8x8 vehicles will be operational with the Finnish Army in 2004.

The AMV 8x8 vehicles have excellent on/off road mobility with low life cycle costs due to parts commonality, while offers high protection against ballistic threats and land mines.

Its high modularity has made possible three models of the AMV vehicle: basic model, system platform and module carrier. The AMV basic model includes APC, IFV, C2, ambulance, reconnaissance, AMOS, FCV, ATGM and MGS. The AMV SP (System Platform) features a larger and higher rear compartment which allows to work inside the vehicle. The AMV SP is suitable for C3, large ambulance and workshop. The AMV MC (Module Carrier) mounts on the same AMV chassis ready containers/modules containing weapons or other logistic payloads.

The AMV vehicles weight varies between 14 and 24 tons depending on the selected configuration. They are powered by a single Scania Diesel engine DI 12 rated at 480-hp, nevertheless other engines can be negotiated. Reduced signatures and add-on armor are the keys of the AMV vehicle survivability. They feature ballistic protection against up to 30mm rounds. These vehicles are enabled to integrate guns ranging 7.62mm up to 105mm, and 120mm mortar (AMOS).

The AMV AMOS is an advancer mortar-carrier vehicle designed to carry out offensive indirect fire missions as well as direct fire missions. It combines the AMV chassis with the impressive AMOS mortar-turret. In 2003 the Finnish Defense Forces ordered 24 AMV AMOS worth 100 million Euro to be delivered between 2006 and 2009.

Specifications
Guns: Main Gun Caliber 120 mm

Number of Weapons: 90

Dimensions: Height 2.3 m, Length 7.3 m, Width 2.9 m

Weights: Max Weight 24,000 kg (52,910 lb), Min Weight 14,000 kg (30,864 lb)

Performance: Cruise Speed 28 mps (54 kt), Max Range 800 km (432 nm), SetUp Time 30 sec, Top Speed 33 mps (120 kph)

Other: Max Rate of Fire 26 rounds per minute, Wheels 8

News
Sweden Orders AMOS Mortar System

AMOS AMV Roll-Out

AMOS NAD Successfully Tested

Operators

Finland / 24

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Last Updated: Saturday, October 25, 2008

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