| The Dozor-B is a 4x4 light armoured vehicle personnel carrier designed and manufactured in Ukraine by the Company by Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (KMDB). The Dozor-B was presented for the first time in live demonstration in 2007 at IDEX defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. In January 2015, a new version of the Dozor-B was demonstrated to the President of Ukraine. A Czech Company has also adapted the Dozor-B to NAT standards. This vehicle was presented at the Defense Exhibition IDET in Czech Republic. In January 2015 Lviv Armored Plant of Uklraine unveiled the first production vehicle of the new armored personnel carrier for Ukrainian army. In April 2016, the Ukrainian army has received a first batch of Dozor-B designed in Ukraine by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (SOE KMDB) and produced by State Enterprise “Lviv Armored Plant”. Following our coverage at DSA 2016, the Defence Services Asia exhibition in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), it was announced that the Dozor-B is now ready for production and can be exported in any part of the world. |
| The DOZOR-B series can be configured in various variants, including: an armored personnel carrier, armored car, NBC reconnaissance vehicle, command vehicle, medical evacuation vehicle, scout vehicle or utility automobile. |
| Armament | | The Dozor-B is fitted with a remotely weapon station mounted at the front top of the hull which can be armed with NSVT or KT 12.7mm heavy machine gun. The weapon station has an elevation of +68º, a depression of -3º and the turret can be traversed through a full 360º. It has also a PZU-5 or PZU-7 optical periscopic sight with rotating head with magnification of 1.2 and field view of 50°. The machine gun can engage static target up to 1,500 m and aerial targets at maximum range of 2,000 m. The vehicle can carried a total of 700 ammunition for the 12.7mm machine gun. The vehicle can be also fitted with eight smoke grenade dischargers mounted at the rear of the roof.
| | Design and protection | | The layout of the Dozor-B is based on a standard civilian car to offer high mobility and ensure cross-country mobility with good level of protection. The vehicle is divided in three main compartments with the powerpack at the front, the crew in the middle and the troops compartment at the rear. The driver and the commander are located at the front of the hull. There is nine additional seats behind driver and commander with three at the front including gunner position and six seats facing inwards at the rear for infantrymen. The steel armour of the DOZOR-B provides protection against firing of small arms 7.62mm B-32 armour piercing bullets. The vehicle floor is made on a special steel offering protection of mine explosion equal to 0.5 kg of TNT. The front of the vehicle is fitted with two windows offering same level of protection as the hull. Each side of the vehicle has one large doors, which open forward with one small bulletproof window. There is two firing ports on each side of the hull and two at the rear. There is one more large door in the rear that opens to the right and has a bulletproof window. The hull of the Dozor-B can be fitted with an armour kit to offer more protection against ballistic and mine threats which increases the weight of the vehicle from 6,900 kg to 8,000 kg.
| | Mobility | | The Dozor-B can be motorized with either IVECO 8142.38.11 or DEUTZ BF 4M 1013 FC engine which is coupled to a gearbox with 5 forward and 1 reverse gears. The powerpack is located at the front of the vehicle and is separated from the crew compartment by an air-tight vibration/noise-isolating bulkhead. It has an independent, lever-type, torsion bar suspension including telescopic two-side action shock absorbers. The Dozor-B can run at a maximum road speed of 110 km/h with a maximum cruising range of 790 km. The vehicle is able to negotiate 31° gradient and 25° side slopes. It can cross a vertical obstacle of 0.4 m, and can ford to a depth of 1 m. | | Accessories | | Standard equipment of the Dozor-B includes communication devices, central tyre inflation system, a coupling and towing device, and a self recovery winch mounted at the front of the hull. There is two TNP-165A day vision observation device on each side at the top rear of the troops compartment. The driver has a TNV-5 night vision device which can work in passive and active mode with a maximum vision range of 180 m. The communication systems include one R-173M radio, one R-173PM radio receiver and one AVSK-1 crew intercom system. In option the Dozor-B can be equipped with GPS (Global Positioning System), heating system, and air conditioning system | | | | Specifications | | Back to top | | Armament | | One NSVT or KT 12.7mm heavy machine gun.
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a | | Country users | | Ukraine | | Designer Country | | Ukraine
| | Accessories | | Communication devices, central tyre inflation system, a coupling and towing device, self recovery winch. In ioption, GPS, heating system, and air conditioning system. | | Crew | | 2 + 9 | | | Armor | | Protection against firing of small arms 7.62mm B-32 armour piercing bullets and mine explosion 0.5 kg of
TNT | | Weight | | 6,900 kg | | Speed | | 110 km/h | | Range | | 790 km
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| | Dimensions | | Length: 5.68 m; Width: 2.4 m; Height: 2.7 m | | | | | | |