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| General
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LEGATUS is an armored 4x4 High Mobility Multi-Purpose
Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV or Humvee) built for various
customers' reconnaissance needs. The production
of the LEGATUS is a joint association with the companies
Elbit Systems Ltd. , Plasan and AM General. The
LEGATUS was presented for the first time during
the Defense Exhibition Expomil, November 2009 (Bucharest,
Romania) to the booth of the Israeli Company Elbit
Systems. The Legatus is based of the light wheeled
vehicle HUMVEE from AM General. The LEGATUS is air
transportable and greatly maneuverable vehicle proves
itself to provide vital vision-based terrain scouting
and target acquisition, while operating in harsh
terrain and every weather condition, at long range,
day and night. |
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| Armament |
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LEGATUS is fully armed to fend for itself
in the battlefield and offers a vast array
of protective electronic devices, while
performing its main task of providing mobile,
real-time, supportive intelligence to its
allocated land units and to the headquarters.
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| Protection |
LEGATUS
is equipped with a full protection and detection
suit, primary including the following latest
generation Elbit Systems made systems: second
generation 12.7 mm ORCWS-M weapon station,
Mast-mounted Stabilized Observation System,
Thermal Driving Camera, GPS Navigation and
North Finding System, Digital Crew Intercom,
VHF\UHF Radio, Laser Warning System combined
with protective Smoke Grenade Launchers,
full spectrum Camouflage Net and other features.
The protection suit of LEGATUS or of any
other similar version of this tactical vehicle
can upon request be reinforced by the installation
of the successful EJAB counter-IED Jammer
displayed at the Elbit Systems stand by
Elisra (subsidiary of Elbit Systems). The
Humvee's Armor Protection suit and cabin's
collapsible seats are designed and produced
by Plasan and can be tailored to meet the
needs of different missions and threat environments.
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| Mobility |
The
LEGATUS is air transportable and greatly
maneuverable vehicle proves itself to
provide vital vision-based terrain scouting
and target acquisition, while operating
in harsh terrain and every weather condition,
at long range, day and night.
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| Accessories |
Each
of the vehicle's four crew members uses
a tactical computer or a display based on
a color flat LCD screen. These four operating
stations are linked to each other and share
and distribute the intelligence to the external
world using the cabin electronics and the
Elbit Systems' well proven Weapon Integrated
Battle Management System (WINBMS) software.
LEGATUS is also equipped with a Life Support
Systems made by Kinetics (a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Elbit Systems) consisting
of a NBC protection systems combined with
air conditioning and an Automatic Fire Suppression
System.
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