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Fahd
240 with 30 mm cannon turret armoured personnel carrier |
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The
Fahd is a wheeled armoured vehicle personnel carrier manufactured in
Egypt by the local Company Kader Factory to replace old Egyptian armoured
personnel carrier as the BTR-40 or the Egyptian-made Walid. The first
Fahd vehicle was based on the chassis of a German truck Mercedes-Benz
LAP 1117/32 truck (4 × 4) fitted with armour crew cabin and troop's
compartment. The production of the first Fahd began in 1985, with the
first production vehicles being completed in 1986 for the Egyptian Army.
The latest production model is the Fahd 240 which uses the chassis of
the Mercedes-Benz truck LAP 1424/32 4x4 and a powerful Diesel engine.
Currently it is estimated that more than 1000 vehicles Fahd in different
versions are in service in the Egyptian army forces, including 740 Fahd-240
fitted with a Russian-made BMP-2 turret armed with a 30 mm automatic
cannon.
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| Variants |
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Fahd-240 APC: armoured personnel carrier vehicle with troop's
compartment at the rear of the chassis for 10 soldiers.
- Fahd-240 Kader 208 turret: the top of the hull is
equipped with a small turret armed with one 12.7 mm and one 7.62 mm
machine gun.
- Fahd-240/30: equipped with a BMP-2 turret armed with
one automatic 30mm cannon
- Fahd-240 Command Post: the rear of the troop's compartment
is equipped with navigation set, gyroscopic compass, wireless communication
system, and 10 line telephone exchanges.
- Fahd-240 mine laying system: the rear part of the
vehicle is fitted with seven carriers containing 250 anti-tank mines.
- Fahd-240 ambulance: the rear part of the vehicle
is able to carry 4 laying patients, 4 sitting patients and one medical
team.
- Fahd-240 recovery vehicle: The armoured recovery
and repair workshop vehicle Fahd is designed to carry out recovery and
repair field mission. The vehicle is equipped with a 2.5 tons hydraulic
crane.
- Fahd-240 anti-riot vehicle: The vehicle is equipped
with a twin-man turret with search light aiming and vision devices.
A dozer blade is mounted at the front of the chassis. |
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| Technical
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| Armament |
The Fahd-240/30
with a Russian-made BMP-2 two-man turret which is armed with
a 30 mm 2A42 dual-feed cannon, a 7.62 mm PKT machine gun mounted
coaxially with the main armament and a roof-mounted AT-5 'Spandrel'
ATGW (anti-armour guided weapon) missile launcher. The AT-5
can also be deployed away from the vehicle if required by
the tactical situation and has a maximum range of 4,000 m
(with time of flight to this range being 20 seconds). The
launcher has a traverse of 360º, elevation +15º
and depression -5º. The AT-5 has a single HEAT warhead
and will penetrate 550 mm of RHA. In addition to the one missile
in the ready to launch position, a further four missiles are
carried internally, two either side of the hull. Mounted either
side of the turret is a bank of three 81 mm electrically operated
grenade dischargers that fire to the front of the vehicle.
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| Design
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layout of the Fahd-240/30 is similar to a light truck with the
engine at the front, the crew cabin in the middle and the troop's
compartment at the rear. The vehicle is fitted with an armoured
hull which provides a protection for crew and the soldiers against
firing of small arms 7.62 x 54 mm AP rounds and shell splinters.
The troop compartment is at the rear of the hull with the infantry
entering via a door in the rear, the upper part of which folds
upwards and the lower part downwards to form a step. Each side
of the rear door is equipped with vision block and firing ports.
Each side of the hull is fitted with three vision block and
circular firing port in the lower part. The driver and the commander
have a single door that opens to the front with one bullet-proof
window. Two large bullet-proof windows are mounted to the front
of the crew cabin which can be covered by a shutter hinged at
the top. On additional door is mounted to the right side of
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| Propulsion |
The
Fahd-240 uses a Mercedes-Benz 4+4 truck chassis LAP 1424/32.
The vehicle is motorized with a Mercedes-Benz Diesel engine
OM 366 LA four-stroke turbocharged diesel developing 240 hp
at 2,600 rpm coupled to a manual transmission. The Fahd-240/30
can run at a maximum road speed of 81 km/h with a maximum cruising
range on road of 700 km. The Fahd can negotiate a maximum vertical
slope of 70% and side slope of 30%. It can cross a trench of
up to 0.8m width and vertical obstacle of 0.5m. The Fahd can
ford a depth of 0.7m without preparation. Two armoured steel
fuel tanks are placed in the bottom of left and right sides
of the vehicle, with enough capacity and fully protection.
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| Accessories |
The
Fahd is fitted with a central tyre pressure regulation system
allowing the driver to adjust the tyre pressure to suit the
terrain being crossed. The driver can select front or rear tyres,
or both together. The central tyre pressure system stops automatically
after reaching the maximum or minimum tyre pressure selected
by the driver. Low-pressure, run-flat tyres are fitted as standard
and allow the vehicle to travel a distance of 50 km at 30 km/h
in the event of a puncture. Standard equipment includes air-conditioning
and NBC protection systems. The Fahd-240 is air transportable
by military transport aircraft C-130. The gunner has a day/night
binocular periscopic sight with a day magnification of ×6
and a 10º field of view, and a night magnification of ×5.5
and a 7º field of view, and four day periscopes, three
to the front and one to the rear of the vehicle. An single infra-red
searchlight is mounted coaxially to the right of the 30 mm 2A42
cannon and the commander also has a roof-mounted infra-red searchlight
Model OU-3GA2.
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| Specifications |
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Armament |
| One
30 mm cannon, one coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun
and AT-5 anti-tank missile launcher. |
Country
users |
| Egypt,
Kuwait, Oman, Sudan Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Designer
Country |
| Egypt
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Accessories |
| Infrared
night vision, NBC protection system, air conditioning,
central tyre pressure regulation system |
Crew |
2
+ 2 in turret + 6 soldiers |
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Armor |
| Protection
against firing small arms 7.62 x 54 mm AP caliber
and shell splinters. |
Weight
vehicle |
13,500 kg
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Speed
vehicle |
81
km/h maximum road speed |
Range |
700
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Dimensions |
Length,
6.00 m; Width, 2.45 m; Height, 2.85 m |
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