140 repair plant » Defender

At the 9th International Exhibition of Arms and Military Equipment “MILEX — 2019”, 140th Repair Plant showed a prototype of the new MRAP called “Defender”.

The armored car is made on the reinforced chassis of the MAZ-631708 truck. The armored body is mounted on top of the frame and has the 4th class of protection. The armor protection of glasses and frontal projection corresponds to the 5th class. The bottom is V-shaped and designed to disperse the blast wave.

The “Defender” is equipped with a 294 kW / 400 hp YaMZ-7511 diesel engine connected to a YaMZ-239 gearbox. The maximum speed is 90 km/h. Two fuel tanks with a total capacity of 200 or 350 liters provide a range at least 1000 km at 60 km/h.

The MRAP is designed to carry 16 fully equipped fighters, 14 of which are located in the rear passenger compartment. Boarding is carried out through a hinged door in the rear end of the body with hydraulic drive. There are also swing doors on each side. Gross weight — 19.8 tonnes. It can overcome a steep slope of 30 degrees and a ford depth of 1.5 m.

It can be equipped with various combat modules of various classes, both with conventional and heavy machine guns. The equipment includes air conditioning, video cameras and an automatic fire extinguishing system.

The design is developed on a modular basis, which implies the manufacture of a wide range of unified vehicles for various tasks.