{"id":1719,"date":"2017-02-14T09:33:30","date_gmt":"2017-02-14T12:33:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nachodelatorre.com.ar\/mosconi\/?p=1719"},"modified":"2017-02-14T09:33:30","modified_gmt":"2017-02-14T12:33:30","slug":"1719-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fie.undef.edu.ar\/ceptm\/?p=1719","title":{"rendered":"VBTP Guarani: A New APC for Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"

La empresa israel\u00ed ELBIT Systems ha sido contratada por el Ej\u00e9rcito del Brasil para proveer sus RCWS (Remoted Controlled Weapon Station) que equipar\u00e1n al nuevo Veh\u00edculo Blindado de transporte de tropas, motorizado a ruedas (VBTP-MR Guarani<\/a>). El VBTP Guaran\u00ed es un blindado a ruedas de 18 Tn, con capacidad anfibia, para 10 hombres y dimensiones que le permiten ser aerotransportado en aviones C130 o KC 390. El veh\u00edculo puede ser equipado con variedad de sistemas de armas, desde ca\u00f1ones de 30mm hasta ametralladoras livianas o pesadas y \u00a0armas antitanque. Todas las plataformas aut\u00f3nomas provistas por ELBITt est\u00e1n equipadas con c\u00e1maras de visi\u00f3n nocturna y t\u00e9rmica de alta resoluci\u00f3n, que proporcionan imagen panor\u00e1mica para los operadores. Lo anterior est\u00e1 enmarcado en el \u00a0Proyecto de \u201cMovilidad estrat\u00e9gica<\/u>\u201d que el Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnolog\u00eda del Ej\u00e9rcito del Brasil lleva adelante con IVECO (Italia) como desarrollador y proveedor de la plataforma. El acuerdo prev\u00e9 que proceso de producci\u00f3n se realice en la planta de IVECO \u201csete lagoas\u201d (Brasil).<\/p>\n

In December 2009, Brazil signed a EUR 2.5 billion deal with Italy\u2019s Iveco that aims to renew its wheeled armored personnel carrier fleet, and revive Brazil\u2019s land vehicle defense industry in the bargain. The 6\u00d76 Guarani Viatura Blindada Transporte de Pessoal, Media de Rodas (VBTP-MR) is envisaged as a vehicle family that can replace Engesa\u2019s wheeled vehicles. Their EE-9 and EE-11 have suffered from age-related problems, questionable protection levels, and a shortage of ready spares since Engesa\u2019s 1993 bankruptcy.<\/p>\n

Iveco is best known around the world for its trucks, but its Iveco Fiat Oto Melara joint venture has designed and fielded the core of Italy\u2019s tank, wheeled APC, and tracked IFV fleets. The firm already has the new Puma wheeled 6\u00d76\/ 4\u00d74 APC<\/a> \"external in its offering set, but the VBTP will offer them a new market, a new joint venture, and new export opportunities.<\/p>\n

VBTP: The Need<\/strong><\/p>\n

Brazil\u2019s armored vehicle fleet is currently dominated by a set of Engesa\u2019s vehicles. The EE-11 Urutu<\/a> \"external wheeled 6\u00d76 APC was popular with a number of foreign clients, as well as Brazil\u2019s own forces. It is named after a local pit viper, per Brazilian tradition (bothrops alternatus<\/em>, also known as Jararaca and Yarara). The EE-9 Cascavel<\/a> \"external 6\u00d76 armored vehicle is easily recognizable by its 90mm gun, and was produced for Brazil and for numerous foreign<\/a> \"external clients. That warning silhouette is replicated in its choice of name, which refers to the South American Rattlesnake (crotalus durissus<\/em>).<\/p>\n

By the early 1990s, however, Engesa\u2019s main client was Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The 1991 Gulf War, and subsequent international embargoes on weapon sales to Iraq, destroyed the firm. With its main client gone, no orders of consequence forthcoming in its home market, and its innovative Osorio medium tank elbowed aside by Saudi Arabia in favor of the American M1, Engesa went bankrupt in 1993. When it did, Brazil\u2019s impressive local defense industry lost the heart of its advanced vehicle capabilities.<\/p>\n

It also lost the main source of parts and maintenance for Brazil\u2019s armored vehicle fleet. Brazil continues to operate its vehicles, and despite the EE-11\u2019s weakness against some armor-piercing small arms rounds, it has been used in missions like the UN operation to stabilize Haiti. Even so, it was clear to the Brazilians that a replacement was needed. The combination of a rising resource economy and local threats have also driven 2 key trends<\/a> in Brazil. One is a very significant increase in Brazil\u2019s defense budgets, which have led to recapitalization programs for fighter jets, helicopters<\/a>, air transports<\/a>, and submarines<\/a>. The other is a determination to restore Brazil\u2019s decayed local defense industry, now that the Cold War\u2019s inherent geo-political advantages for NATO and Warsaw Pact affiliated defense firms have vanished.<\/p>\n

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Fuente:<\/strong> http:\/\/www.defenseindustrydaily.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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