Sunday, March 1, 2015

IFV Šakal / BMP-M2 SKCZ

Bringing new life to old gear. With 3 days of supplies, 2 of these per squad?






BVP-M2 SkCz is an infantry fighting vehicle , which is the result of cooperation between the Czech and Slovak defense industry. A joint team of Czech society EXCALIBUR ARMY and Slovak companies VOP Trenčín and EVPÚ introduced this project modernized BVP at IDET 2013. The objective of this comprehensive modernization is to adapt to the new security environment and extend the life of vehicles for 20 years. The upgraded vehicle is also known as IFV The Jackal .

The exhibition Eurosatory 2014 the company introduced EXCALIBUR ARMY upgraded infantry fighting vehicle BMP-M2-EXCALIBUR , another version of the modernized BMP-M2 SkCz Jackal. Vehicle BMP-M2-EXCALIBUR uses the chassis BMP-1 and is armed Israeli bezosádkovou tower SAMSON MK II with 30mm rapid-fire cannon Mk.44 Bushmaster II and two anti-tank missiles Spike .
More info here.


H/T- SNAFU

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