AIFV AEV

Notes: This vehicle is designed to carry a combat engineer squad and their equipment into battle and to do their tasks. In this role, the AIFV has its turret removed. On the roof of the vehicle is a crane with a capacity of 3.09 tons, and the vehicle also has a winch with a capacity of 9.07 tons and 100 meters of cable. The AIFV AEV generally carries a case of plastic explosive, an engineer's demo chest, power tools, basic tools, excavating tools, an air compressor, a jackhammer, and welding and cutting tools. A 5 kw generator is provided on the rear deck to power these tools when the engine is off. This vehicle is used by Belgium and the Netherlands, and a similar vehicle is used by Turkey, which is identical in all respects except for the contents of the engineer demo chest (which contains equipment to defuse and disable the explosives and mines that Turkish soldiers might encounter).

Price

Fuel Type

Load

Veh Wt

Crew

Mnt

Night Vision

Radiological

$162,646

D, A

1 ton

14.1 tons

3+8

9

Active/Passive IR, WL/IR Spotlight

Shielded

Tr Mov

Com Mov

Fuel Cap

Fuel Cons

Config

Susp

Armor

102/71

20/15/2

416

108

Stnd

T2

HF6Sp HS4Sp HR4

Fire Control

Stabilization

Armament

Ammunition

None

None

M-2HB

2000x.50

AIFV Recovery Vehicle

Notes: This recovery vehicle is based on the AIFV chassis. The turret has been removed to make room for the crane. This crane has a lifting capacity of 1.36 tons, and is mounted on the rear left side. A winch is mounted in the rear of the vehicle that has 91.4 meters of cable and a capacity of 9.07 tons. The winch's mechanism makes sure the cable is always wound tightly and evenly around its drum. A spade is lowered on each side of the vehicle during heavy winching and crane operations. The AIFV RV has extra flotation devices in certain spots to make sure it floats evenly during amphibious operations.

Price

Fuel Type

Load

Veh Wt

Crew

Mnt

Night Vision

Radiological

$135,539

D, A

1 ton

13.75 tons

3

8

Active/Passive IR

Shielded

Tr Mov

Com Mov

Fuel Cap

Fuel Cons

Config

Susp

Armor

115/80

25/15/2

416

123

Stnd

T2

HF6Sp HS4Sp HR4

Fire Control

Stabilization

Armament

Ammunition

None

None

M-2HB (C)

2000x.50

BLG-67 M-2

Notes: This joint venture between the former East Germany and Poland is their version of the Russian MTU-2. The Bulgarians also use this vehicle, as well as India and Iraq. The Germans no longer use it; they sold theirs off after the reunification. The vehicle is based on the T-55 chassis, and on the whole looks very similar to the Czech MT-55A. The main differences are the plastic-covered bridging surface, the 20-meter maximum span of the bridge, its 50-ton capacity, and the two anti-current anchors carried by the vehicle. Each anchor is connected to the vehicle with 40 meters of cable, and they allow the BLG-67 M2 to be used in a current of up to 0.5 meters per second. The bridges can be laid in series of up to 3 spans. The bridge takes 3 minutes to lay and 3-8 minutes to recover. It weighs 6 tons.

Price

Fuel Type

Load

Veh Wt

Crew

Mnt

Night Vision

Radiological

$105,932

D, A

500 kg

37 tons

2+1

16

Headlights

Shielded

Tr Mov

Com Mov

Fuel Cap

Fuel Cons

Config

Susp

Armor

109/76

25/15

812

214

CiH

T6

TF4 TS4 TR4 HF67 HS16 HR8