Description:
The Casspir is a wheeled, mine-protected armored vehicle providing high mobility, easy handling and crew comfort. Other characteristics are the use of drive line units, ease of maintenance, high availability and cost effective operational employment. Its revolutionary design allows the crew compartment to withstand triple anti-tank mines under any wheel or double tank mines under the hull.
The Casspir's design also allows rapid field repair after a mine detonation. Ballistic protection up to 5.56mm and 7.62mm ammunition and artillery shells is also provided, with bulletproof glass to the same degree as the hull. The Casspir Mk 2C (I) is the current production model featuring a TATA drive line with excellent on and off road mobility.
In August 2004, Alvis OMC was awarded a R164 million contract by Armscor for the upgrade and Refurbishment of SANDF's Casspir Mk IIs. These Casspirs will be upgraded to the Casspir Mk III standard including structure modifications for increased mobility with more robust axles. The modification work will be completed by February 2006.
The Casspir all-mine protected armored vehicle was developed to meet the requirements South African Army and has been exported to many countries worldwide. To date, several hundred of Casspirs have been produced.
Specifications Performance: Top Speed 25 mps (49 kt)
Angola
Djibouti
India / 165 
Indonesia
Iraq
Italy
Mozambique
Nepal
Norway
South Africa
United States of America