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Mbombe Paramount Group Armoured fighting vehicle
   


General information
At the International Aerospace and Defence Exhibition AAD 2010, the South African Company Paramount Group unveils a new wheeled armoured fighting vehicle, the "Mbomber". Being unveiled for the first time at AAD will be the Mbombe – a brand new armoured vehicle of innovative design offering better protection against IEDs than many vehicles currently used by NATO forces in Afghanistan. Coalition forces have thousands of armoured vehicles in Afghanistan and Iraq, but Paramount Group has designed a groundbreaking new vehicle that is set to take the market by storm. Mbombe is a six-wheeled infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) with a revolutionary mineresistant flat hull (rather than v-shaped). This means that it has a lower profile than typical MRAP vehicles, a solution which has been sought for many years. Ivor Ichikowitz, Executive Chairman of the Paramount Group, the largest independent defence and aerospace contractor in Africa, said: “Named after a famed African warrior, we believe that with Mbombe Paramount Group has developed a groundbreaking new vehicle that will take the international market by storm. The Mbombe is a mine-protected, high-mobility, armoured fighting vehicle, which can be easily adapted for a wide range of operational roles.
 
Variants:
Depending on the role MBOMBE can be configured as an Armoured Personnel Carrier or as a highly effective Armoured Combat Vehicle mounting a heavy machine gun or autocannon. The vehicle provides ample space for the driver, commander, gunner and 8 fully equipped infantrymen, but it can also be fitted out as a Command Vehicle, Ambulance or any other variant.

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http://www.armyrecognition.com/south_africa_african_army_wheeled_armoured_vehicle/mbombe_paramount_group_wheeled_armoured_fighting_vehicle_technical_data_sheet_specifications_uk.html