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Pandur II

The Pandur II is an improved modular all-wheel-drive version of the Pandur 6x6 APC wheeled armoured vehicle. It was developed as a private venture by the Austrian company Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge. Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge is part of General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDELS), which is also the parent company of MOWAG of Switzerland and Santa Bárbara Sistemas of Spain.

Pandur 8X8 APC

Armoured personnel carrier

Austria

2001–present

See Operators

See Variants

Steyr-Daimler-Puch and Czechoslovak Group (licensed production for Central and Eastern Europe + Asia)

2001–present

14,500 kg (32,000 lb)

7,350 mm (289 in)

2,670 mm (105 in)

2,080 mm (82 in)

2 + 12 (APC version)

  • 7.62 mm FN MAG machine gun
  • or
  • 0.50 in (12.7 mm) M2 Browning heavy machine gun
  • or
  • Spike LR anti-tank guided missile
  • or
  • TOW anti-tank guided missile

6-cylinder in-line liquid-cooled turbo-charged intercooled diesel
335 kW (449 hp)

8,500 kg

Approx. 700 km

  • 105 km/h (65 mph) (road)
  • ≤11 km/h (6.8 mph) (water)

Military aspects[edit]

The Pandur II has an all-welded steel body with optional armour upgrades. The basic armour package is designed to protect against 7.62 to 14.5 mm (0.300 to 0.571 in) armour-piercing rounds (customers may choose the armour thickness). The vehicle is designed to be transportable in a Lockheed Martin C-130 Hercules transport aircraft. The driver is seated on the left at the front and the engine is to the right. The driver is provided with a single piece hatch cover as well as three-way periscopes, one of which can be replaced by a passive periscope for night missions. The vehicle is designed to take a number of turret systems (such as the SP 30 turret also mounted on the ASCOD AFV of the Spanish and Austrian Armies), or it can be used as a standard APC with a mounted machine gun. With the turret, the vehicle can carry 6 infantry. Without the turret, it can carry 12.

Production[edit]

The Pandur 8x8 APC is manufactured in Austria while export versions are also built in the Czech Republic. Between 2007 and 2012, licensed versions were built by Fabrequipa in Portugal.[10][11]

Pandur II 8x8

Pandur II 6x6

105 Infantry Carrier Vehicles with a 12.7 mm machine gun

7 Infantry Carrier Vehicles with a 12.7 mm machine gun installed in a

Protector M151 RWS

16 Command Vehicles

7 Recovery Vehicles

8 Medical Evacuation Vehicles

5 Anti-tank Guided Missile Launchers – variant with ITAS (Tube-launched, Optically tracked, Wire-guided Improved Target Acquisition System) missile launcher

TOW

30 Infantry Fighting Vehicles – variant with SP30 turret with 30 mm gun.

6 Signalling Vehicles

4 Surveillance Vehicles

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge