Shaun Connors

At Eurosatory 2024 BMC of Turkey showed for the first time its 8×8 truck chassis with armoured four-door cab. The chassis is in production as part of Turkey’s Arpan 8×8 155 mm Self-Propelled Howitzer (SPH) project, but according to BMC the chassis is suited for a wide variety of other roles When used to mount the Arpan’s 155 mm/52 cal ordnance the truck has dimensions of 13 × 3.2 × 3.4 m (L × W × H) and combat weight varies depending on configuration between 32- and 38-tonnes.

Covering the last part approach silently, moving swiftly on an all-electric motorbike, can be a plus for Special Forces of reconnaissance units. This should be the niche market for the STRiX, a Slovenian-made dirt bike available in a military version The military is traditionally quite late to many technologies that cross over between the civil and military environments – arguably with good reason. Whatever the technology may be, it needs to be proven.

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