Russia will promote Typhoon-K KAMAZ-53949 4x4 MRAP vehicle on foreign markets TASS 12108161

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Russia will promote Typhoon-K KAMAZ-53949 4x4 MRAP vehicle on foreign markets.
Russia will promote Typhoon-K (KAMAZ-53949) 4x4 resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) vehicle on foreign markets. The press service of Rosoboronexport arms trader said a corresponding program was inked by its Director General Anatoly Isaikin and Faiz Khafizov, the director general of Remdiesel enterprise which produces the vehicle.
     
Russia will promote Typhoon-K (KAMAZ-53949) 4x4 resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) vehicle on foreign markets. The press service of Rosoboronexport arms trader said a corresponding program was inked by its Director General Anatoly Isaikin and Faiz Khafizov, the director general of Remdiesel enterprise which produces the vehicle. Typhoon-K (KAMAZ-53949) 4x4 resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) during a live demonstration in KADEX 2014, defense exhibition in Kazahstan.
     
"The implementation of the program for 2017-2018 has already begun. Rosoboronexport marketing plans as well as international exhibitions and shows will get corresponding themes and events as well as demonstrations of Typhoon-K with 4x4 wheel arrangement which has to be produced by Remdiesel in export version by the end of 2016," it said.

Isaikin said Typhoon-K may be marketed in Northern Africa, the Middle East, Central and Southeast Asia, Latin America and the CIS.

The press service said Typhoon-K is designated for army and special forces, including peacekeepers. It can transport personnel and cargoes and can also be used as a basic chassis for mounting technical systems and armaments.

The KamAZ-53949 is a Russian-made 4x4 mine resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP) designed and developed by the Company KAMAZ. The vehicle was unveiled for the first time to the public in 2014 during the defense exhibition KADEX in Kazakhstan.

This vehicle can carried a total of 10 military personnel including driver and commander. It has a payload capacity of 2,000 kg. It offer high level of protection against ballistic and mine threats.
     
     
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