Thursday, December 04, 2008

AMC

AMC 8x8

Origin
France

Program Status:
Under Development

Contractor/s
Renault Trucks Defense

Family Members
AMC 6x6

Description: The Renault Trucks Defense Armored Multi-role Carrier (AMC) is a 20-ton class armored vehicle family using a wheeled chassis and designed to serve as Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), weapon system (mortar, anti-tank missile and anti-aircraft missile system) carrier and Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV). This high mobility vehicle has been designed to incorporate a variety of protection kits depending on the mission's needs to defeat Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), ballistic threats, mines, Rocket-Propelled Grenades (RPGs), and Explosively Formed Penetrators (EFPs). It is powered by a Renault Trucks DXi 11 Euro 4/5 diesel engine (6 cylinder in line - 11 liters) developing 370- to 460-hp. The AMC's rear compartment is intended to accommodate a squad (8 to 10-man) of fully equipped infantry troops.

The AMC 8x8 variant has a basic combat weight of 23t and can accommodate 10 troops and a three-man crew. In addition to the AMC's primary roles, the vehicle can serve as command post, ambulance, forward observation, NBC (Nuclear, Bacteriological and Chemical) reconnaissance, decontamination center, mine clearing and scattering vehicle. The AMC 8x8 is longer than the 6x6 version and can be adapted for operations in the arctic climate.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 3, Troops 10

Guns: Main Gun Caliber 30 mm

Dimensions: Cabin Volume 14 metric ton, Ground Clearance 560 mm, Height 2.4 m, Length 7.5 m, Width 2.6 m

Weights: Payload 8.5 t, Weight 23 t

Performance: Fording Depth 1.5 m (5 ft), Max Range 750 km (405 nm), Side Slope 60 %, Step Climbing Ability 700 mm (27.56 in), Top Speed 100 kph (62 mph)

Power: Power 460 hp

Other: Wheel Drive 6, Wheels 6

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
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Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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