![]() ![]() ![]() The weight has not been announced, but if it's power by a 500-600 horsepower engine (like other PARS variants), the PARS 6圆 Scout would weigh around 22-27 metric tons. The combat weight of the PARS Scout has yet to be made public, however it has a power-to-weight ratio of 22 horsepowers per ton and can reach a road speed of up to 100 kilometres per hour. A SARP remote weapon station ontop of the roof of the vehicle serves as main armament. The biggest change compared to other variants of the PARS 6圆 is the two-seat cabin at the vehicle front, which now features large windscreens made of ballistic glass, that allow a 230° horizontal viewing angle. The PARS Scout is also known as Special Purpose Tactical Wheeled Armoured Vehicle (SPTWAV) and is competing in the Turkish tender for a special purpose vehicle (SPV) against an offering from Otokar (probably a version of the Arma vehicle). This is probably one of the main reasons for it's lack of sales, being not able to compete in performance (payload, protection, mobility and features) with more modern European designs such as the GTK Boxer, the Patria AMV and General Dynamic's Piranha 5.Īt IDEF 2017, three new versions of the PARS were presented. In terms of weight and protection level, the PARS 6圆 and PARS 8x8 are more comparable to the previous generation of wheeled vehicles including AFVs such as the German Fuchs, the Swiss Piranha III, the French VAB and the US Army's Stryker interim armored vehicle (IAV). (GPV Inc., previously GPV LLC.), but failed to gain any orders by the US Army and USMC. The PARS design was originally developed by the the US company General Purpose Vehicles Inc. There are three main variants of the PARS: a light-weight 4x4 vehicle suited only for scouting, a slightly larger 6圆 variant and a large 8x8 version. The company FNSS Defence Systems, a joint-venture of the Nurol Holding and BAE Systems, has presented a number of vehicles from the wheeled PARS family of vehicles (FoV) and the tracked Kaplan-20 and Kaplan-30 armored fighting vehicles (AFVs). ![]()
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