Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier

Bronco at a parade on National Day in Singapore

The Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier is a ST Kinetics ( Singapore Technologies Kinetics Ltd ) manufactured and designed for difficult terrain, buoyant multi-purpose vehicle. The rubber crawler has a bottom pressure of 60 KPa, and consists of two parts. It looks the Bandvagn 206 confusingly similar to, but larger and heavier. As this is also the Bronco a split into a front and rear chassis vehicle that is steered by a hydraulic articulated steering. They changed each other, the position of the front and rear section and allows steering of the vehicle combination. In addition, a two-axle trailer can be coupled to the rear of vehicle.

The vehicle is for some years in the armed forces of Singapore in use, different versions have been developed:

  • Ambulance
  • Repair and recovery vehicle
  • Armored transport
  • Troop ship
  • Vehicle for fuel supply
  • 120 - mm mortar vehicle

Overall, perform over 600 pieces in Singapore service.

Purchase by United Kingdom

In December 2008, ST Kinetics was awarded by the Defence of Britain a £ 150 million contract to build 100 heavy vehicles to replace the BvS10 in combat. The vehicle is ( German: Warthog ) as referred Warthog. The following variants are to be built:

  • Troop ship
  • Ambulance
  • Recovery vehicle with crane and 18 -ton winch
  • Lead vehicle

Deliveries began with the unveiling of the first vehicle on 19 November 2009, when the British adapted to needs of multi-purpose vehicle of Thales UK has been introduced in West Wales. The changes include an add-on armor, British radios and jammers. The mission in Afghanistan began in early 2011 in units of the Royal Armoured Corps, the Bronco where it replaces the previously used BvS10 Viking. It came in the spring of 2011 to IED attacks on eleven Warthogs. Two occupants were seriously injured. The Royal Marines still use the BvS10.

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