The Fahd is a wheeled armored personnel carrier manufactured in Egypt by the local Kader Factory to replace older Egyptian armored personnel carriers, such as the BTR-40 or the Egyptian-made Walid. The first Fahd vehicle was based on the chassis of a German Mercedes-Benz LAP 1117/32 truck (4 × 4) fitted with an armor crew cabin and troop 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 Fahd vehicles 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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- Fahd-240 APC: armored personnel carrier vehicle with a 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 a navigation set, a gyroscopic compass, a wireless communication system, and a 10-line telephone exchange.
- 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 lying patients, 4 sitting patients, and one medical team.
- Fahd-240 recovery vehicle: The armored recovery and repair workshop vehicle Fahd is designed to carry out recovery and repair field missions. 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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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-armor 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 on 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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The 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 armored hull that provides protection for the crew and soldiers against small-arms fire, 7.62 x 54 mm AP rounds, and shell splinters. The troop compartment is at the rear of the hull, with infantry entering via a door that folds up at the top and down at the bottom to form a step. Each side of the rear door is equipped with a vision block and firing ports. Each side of the hull is fitted with three vision blocks and a circular firing port in the lower part. The driver and the commander have a single front-opening door with one bulletproof window. Two large bulletproof windows are mounted to the front of the crew cabin, which can be covered by a shutter hinged at the top. One additional door is mounted to the right side of the hull.
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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 reach a maximum road speed of 81 km/h and a maximum road cruising range 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 in width and a vertical obstacle of 0.5m. The Fahd can ford a depth of 0.7m without preparation. Two armored steel fuel tanks are placed at the bottom of the left and right sides of the vehicle, with enough capacity and full protection.
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The Fahd is fitted with a central tire pressure regulation system, allowing the driver to adjust tire pressure to suit the terrain. The driver can select front or rear tires, or both together. The central tire pressure system stops automatically when the selected maximum or minimum tire pressure is reached. 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. A 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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Armament
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One 30 mm cannon, one coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun, and an AT-5 anti-tank missile launcher.
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Country users
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Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Sudan, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Designer Country
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Egypt
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Accessories
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Infrared night vision, NBC protection system, air conditioning, central tyre pressure regulation system
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Crew
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2 + 2 in turret + 6 soldiers
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Armor
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Protection against firing small arms, 7.62 x 54 mm AP caliber, and shell splinters.
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Weight vehicle
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13,500 kg
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Speed vehicle
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81 km/h maximum road speed
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Range
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700 km
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Dimensions
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Length, 6.00 m; Width, 2.45 m; Height, 2.85 m
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