Ural Typhoon

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Ural Typhoon
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Ural-63095 Typhoon MRAP
Type MRAP
Place of originRussian Federation
Service history
In service2014-present
Used by Russian Armed Forces
Production history
Designer Military Industrial Company
Designed2010
Manufacturer Ural Automotive Plant
Produced2014-present
Specifications
Mass24 tons
Length9.5m
Width2.60m
Height3.50m [1]
Crew3+16

Engine YaMZ-5367 turbodiesel
450 hp
Transmissionautomatic
Suspension6×6 wheeled
Operational
range
1120 mi (1800 km)
Maximum speed 65mph (105 km/h)

Ural Typhoon is Russia's multi-functional, modular, armoured, mine resistant vehicle family. The chassis consists of the car bonnet, frame, three-axle drive, bonneted frame and chassis. [2] The Typhoon is part of Russia's large vehicle Typhoon program.

Contents

Versions

Can be used as reconnaissance, command and staff vehicles, machinery EW / RTR or communications, ambulance or to conduct engineering, radiation, chemical and biological reconnaissance of transportation.

Operational history

A Ukrainian military intelligence report has the truck to offer “weak protection against damage by small arms” [3]

Features

Two variants have been identified thus far: [4]

Ural-63095

Ural Typhoon passenger compartment Ural-63099 armored vehicle inside-2012-07.jpg
Ural Typhoon passenger compartment
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Ural Typhoon rear module

Ural-63099

Ural-63099 Typhoon MRAP Ural-63099 armored vehicle-2012-04.jpg
Ural-63099 Typhoon MRAP

Operators

Current operators

See also

Notes

  1. At full weight and ground clearance= 4.20m
  2. http://old.redstar.ru/2011/09/14_09/1_01.html (Yuri Avdeev The attraction of Nizhny Tagil "Red Star" (14 September 2011). Retrieved October 12, 2012)
  3. Miriah Davis (August 11, 2022). "Russian weapons are old and ineffective, new report from Ukraine's Ministry of Defence says". www.skynews.com.au. Retrieved August 13, 2022.
  4. "«Группа ГАЗ» представляет перспективные".

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