Pandur I (6×6)

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Pandur 6×6 APC
Pandur I in use with the Austrian Army
TypeArmoured personnel carrier
Place of originAustria
Service history
In service1996-present
Used bySee Operators
Production history
Designed1980s
ManufacturerSteyr-Daimler-Puch
Developed intoPandur II (8×8)
Specifications
Mass13.5 tonnes
Length5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Width2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height1.82 m (6.0 ft)
Crew2 + 8 passengers

Armorprotection against 12.7mm rounds in the 30° frontal arc and against 7.62mm rounds everywhere else
Main
armament
1 x 12.7mm M2 Browning heavy machine gun (other options available)
EngineSteyr 6-cylinder turbo-charged diesel
194 kW (260 bhp) at 2,400 rpm
Operational
range
700 km (430 mi)
Maximum speed 100 km/h (62 mph)

The Pandur is an APC developed and produced by the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (SSF). It was developed during the 1980s as a private venture. In 2003, General Dynamics took over Steyr-Daimler-Puch which is now part of General Dynamics European Land Systems (GD ELS), which is also the parent company of MOWAG, Santa Bárbara Sistemas and GDELS – Germany.

Armament

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The baseline vehicle is armed with a 12.7 mm (.50 cal) heavy machine gun. Its modular design allows it to be fitted with a variety of weapon systems, including a 20 mm autocannon and an armored two-man 90 mm gun turret. Some Slovenian Pandur 1 (Valuk) are armed with a 40mm automatic grenade launchers with different ammunition like HE, HEDP, smoke and so on.

Variants

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Pandur IFV of the Kuwait National Guard.

Operators

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Map of Pandur 1 operators in blue with former operators in red

Current operators

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KFOR-MSU Pandur I near the Ibar Bridge, in Mitrovica, Kosovo. Note the special "blue light" system on the back.(2011).

Pandur I

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 Austria (71 purchased new, 7 purchased second-hand)
Purchases by the Austrian Armed Forces
  • 68 APC ordered in the 1990s, and it entered service in 1996[10]
  • 3 ambulance purchased for €3.8 million and entered service in 2003[11][12]
  • 6 Pandur Recce & Observation (ISTAR) and 1 ambulance were purchased second-hand from the Belgian Army in 2016, used as spare parts[13]
 Belgium (60 purchased new, 7 sold second-hand)
60 built in Belgium between 1996 and 1998 under licence. Purchase:
  • 46 Pandur Recce & Observation (ISTAR)
  • 10 Pandur Ambulance
  • 4 Pandur Maintenance
6 Pandur Recce & Observation (ISTAR) and 1 ambulance were sold second-hand to the Austrian Armed Forces in 2016, used for spare parts[13]
 Gabon (1)
1 purchased by the Gabonese Army[14][15][16]
 Kuwait (70)
Ordered for the Kuwait National Guard (70 in 6 versions, produced by AV Technology).
 Slovenia (85 purchased, 20 donated)
85 Pandur produced locally under license, known as LKOV Valuk. 20 donated to Ukraine.[17] The variants are:
 Ukraine (20 second-hand)
Donated by Slovenia to the Ukrainian Ground Forces in April 2023.[18]
 United States (50)
Purchased for the US Army (50, produced by AV Technology as the Armored Ground Mobility System for USASOC Special Forces/Special Operations Forces units).[19]

Pandur EVO 6×6

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Pandur EVO MTPz SGrW (Elbit Crossbow 120mm mortar turret)
 Austria (325 ordered, 64 delivered)
Austrian Armed Forces (325 ordered)

Future operators

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Pandur EVO 6×6

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 United States
The US Department of Defence announced at the end of June 2022 the order of the Armored Ground Mobility System Heavy Platform Vehicles (AGMS) for USD $55.85 million. The procurement should be completed by mid-2025. The vehicle will equip the USASOC Special Forces/Special Operations Forces, and is meant to replace the Pandur I Armored Ground Mobility System.[18][32]

Potential operators

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Pandur EVO 6×6

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 Germany
The Pandur Evo 6×6 is in competition for 3 programmes:
  • A new multi role vehicle as a successor to the TPz Fuchs.[33] The main variant will be an armoured personnel carrier, and specialised variants are expected to be purchased as well. The vehicles in competition are:
  • A new mortar carrier is part of the German renewal of the indirect fire support programme. It is known as "Zukünftiges System Indirektes Feuer kleiner Reichweite" (ZukSysIndF kRw), and up to 120 such systems are expected to be purchased, and based on the TPz Fuchs successor, so potentially the Pandur Evo 6×6.[34]
 Slovenia (14)
Slovenian army requested 14 new Pandur EVO in late 2019. Austria is offering a government to government contract with Slovenia as GDELS is willing to offer the 14 Pandur EVO to the army. Currently waiting for the new government to decide for the purchase. Estimated cost is around 40 million Euro.
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Notes

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  1. ^ ES&T editorial team (21 February 2024). "The Austrian Armed Forces will receive another 225 Pandur EVOs". esut.de. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  2. ^ GmbH, Typoheads. "Mannschaftstransportpanzer "Pandur Evolution"". www.bundesheer.at (in German). Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k admin (20 February 2024). "Elbit Systems Awarded $300 Million Contract To Supply Armored Vehicle Systems To Austrian Army - MilitaryLeak.COM". militaryleak.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  4. ^ Felstead, Peter (8 May 2024). "Elbit Systems to supply Crossbow Unmanned Turreted 120 mm mortar systems for a European Pandur 6×6 user - European Security & Defence". euro-sd.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  5. ^ a b "FMS 2024: Austria confirmed as first Crossbow turreted mortar customer". Default. 31 October 2024. Retrieved 31 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Flakpanzer Skyranger – Österreich wird Erstkunde" (in German). 23 February 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  7. ^ "Rheinmetall". Rheinmetall. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  8. ^ a b c d e Doppeladler (19 February 2024). "Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet | DOPPELADLER.COM" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  9. ^ "9. KSK-Symposium Rüstung: GDELS zeigt Spezialkräfte-Variante des Pandur Evolution" (in German). 11 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
  10. ^ "Neue Radpanzer für das Österreichische Bundesheer". milnews (in German). 1 February 2017. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  11. ^ GmbH, Typoheads. "Sanitätspanzer "Pandur"". www.bundesheer.at (in German). Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  12. ^ https://www.bmlv.gv.at/cms/artikel.php?ID=739 [bare URL]
  13. ^ a b "Landmobilität und Fahrzeugbeschaffungen". Truppendienst (in German). Retrieved 16 May 2024.
  14. ^ https://www.researchgate.net/publication/294234247_Gabon_buys_one_Pandur [bare URL]
  15. ^ a b "Pandur 6×6 Wheeled Armoured Vehicles". Army Technology.
  16. ^ "Gabon parades Norinco VP11 MRAPs". Default. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  17. ^ "LKOV Valuk: the Slovenian 'relative' of the Spanish BMR delivered to the Ukrainian Army". Counting Stars. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Slovenski Valuki na ukrajinsko fronto". www.24ur.com (in Slovenian). Retrieved 26 April 2023.
  19. ^ "Pandur 6x6 Wheeled Armoured Vehicles". Army Technology. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  20. ^ a b c Felstead, Peter (19 February 2024). "Austrian MoD orders 225 more Pandur 6×6 Evo armoured vehicles - European Security & Defence". euro-sd.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  21. ^ https://www.bmlv.gv.at/cms/artikel.php?ID=11569 [bare URL]
  22. ^ GmbH, Typoheads (19 February 2024). "Bundesheer beschafft 225 neue Radpanzer". www.bundesheer.at (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  23. ^ "Austria buys additional Pandur EVO armored personnel carriers and Skyranger 30 anti-aircraft systems". ВПК.name. 4 March 2024. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  24. ^ admin (20 February 2024). "Elbit Systems Awarded $300 Million Contract To Supply Armored Vehicle Systems To Austrian Army - MilitaryLeak.COM". militaryleak.com. Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  25. ^ Felstead, Peter (8 May 2024). "Elbit Systems to supply Crossbow Unmanned Turreted 120 mm mortar systems for a European Pandur 6×6 user - European Security & Defence". euro-sd.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
  26. ^ Höller, Linus (26 February 2024). "Austrian Pandur vehicles to schlep slimmed Skyranger air defense gun". Defense News. Retrieved 15 May 2024.
  27. ^ Doppeladler (19 February 2024). "Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet | DOPPELADLER.COM" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  28. ^ Doppeladler (19 February 2024). "Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet | DOPPELADLER.COM" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  29. ^ Doppeladler (19 February 2024). "Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet | DOPPELADLER.COM" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  30. ^ Doppeladler (19 February 2024). "Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet | DOPPELADLER.COM" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  31. ^ Doppeladler (19 February 2024). "Vertrag für 225 PANDUR Evolution unterzeichnet | DOPPELADLER.COM" (in German). Retrieved 14 May 2024.
  32. ^ redaktion, spartanat (27 June 2022). "Nun auch Panduren für die US Army". SPARTANAT (in German). Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  33. ^ "Germany and Sweden take next steps in the joint armoured vehicle CAVS programme". Patria. 17 April 2023. Retrieved 17 April 2023.
  34. ^ "Heer sieht Bedarf für NEMO-Mörser auf 6x6-Radplattform". soldat-und-technik.de (in German). 22 June 2023. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
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