Portuguese Army Uro ST5

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We go with ST5 for low-intensity conflitos (like RCA), even there we are allready using Pandur, they take the lead (just like we did in Angola/Moz). In case of use of heavy Antitank mines, the colums will be lead by special vehicles. In last option we have some "very old" Berliet-Tramagal GBA in service, and with the front filled with concrete they will do just fine like in 1961.
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Yup. Pandur cannot take most 8kg + mine blasts.

Mamba/RG3x series are idea for these tasks.

 

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Portuguese Army expands its expeditionary capability

Portugal is due to receive 50 VAMTAC ST5s in 2019 and 89 in 2020.

The Portuguese Army's Rapid Reaction Brigade is receiving 139 VAMTAC ST5 4x4 light armoured tactical vehicles from URO Vehículos Especiales (UROVESA) to meet the "Viaturas Táticas Ligeiras Blindadas" (VTLB) requirement.

The order was placed in July 2018 and an initial ten vehicles in the troop carrier variant were received in October. Fifty vehicles in total are scheduled for delivery in 2019, with the remaining 89 to be incorporated in 2020 and progressively replace High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles (HMMWVs), Major Ricardo Camilo of the Army High-Staff, told Jane's .

According to Maj Camilo, the fleet, purchased through NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA), cost EUR60.8 million and comprises 107 troop carriers, 12 special operations vehicles (three of which are fitted with a satellite communications [satcom] suite for a command role), 7 command post vehicles with satcom system, and 13 ambulances in three variants for the Commandos Battalion, 1st and 2nd Paratrooper Infantry Battalion, Special Operations Force, and Medical Battalion.

The command post, special operations, and ambulance versions are still being designed, Maj Camilo said. A two-year spares package, training, and camouflage nets from Saab Barracuda also are part of the contract (Saab Barracuda’s flexible Mobile Camouflage System (MCS). The integrated logistics support will be later contracted.

The troop carrier for Portugal is powered by a 245hp Cummins ISB 6.7 diesel engine, which is coupled to Allison Transmission S2100 6+1-speed automatic gearbox, and a four-wheel independent suspension. It has an EID PRC-525 software-defined radio with CDS-525 detachable console; MilDef Group's rugged tablet with GPS antenna for Critical Software's EyeCommand battle management system; air conditioning system; manual fire extinguishing system; 335/80 R20 Continental MPT81 tires with run-flat inserts and control tire inflation system; four fuel canisters; electric-powered recovery winch; removable wire cutter; and combat identification panels.

https://www.janes.com/article/92850/portuguese-army-expands-its-expeditionary-capability

Yup. Pandur cannot take most 8kg + mine blasts.

Mamba/RG3x series are idea for these tasks.

Its STANAG 4569 Level-4 protection "10 kg (explosive mass) Blast AT Mine"

The 107 VAMTAC ST5 4x4s being received by the Portuguese Army will include weapon ringmount with shield designed by UROVESA and fitted out with ballistic protection panels by Composhield and ammunition transport boxes. It can be armed with MINIMI MK3, M2 and GMG weapons.

The 139 VAMTAC ST5 4x4 lightweight armored tactical vehicles for the Portuguese Army will be progressively fitted out with MilDef Group DT10 rugged tablet. The tablet will run Critical Software EyeCommand battle management system.

Army Begins Reception Process for New VAMTAC ST5 Armored Light Tactical Vehicles

(Source: Portuguese Army; issued Oct. 15, 2019)

(Unofficial translation by Defense-Aerospace.com)


The Portuguese Army has begun the inspection, technical compliance check and track tests of the operational capabilities of its new tactical armored vehicle, the locally-developed VAMTAC. (PT Army photo)

The Portuguese Army, through the Army General Matériel Support Unit in Benavente, has begun the process of receiving VAMTAC ST5 Armored Light Tactical Vehicles (VTLB), following the arrival of the first four vehicles from the first batch of ten due to arrive by the end of the week.

The acceptance process of the first VAMTAC ST5 consists of the inspection and verification of technical compliance of the VTLB by the Multidisciplinary Inspection Team, consisting of members of the Material and Transport Directorate, the Rapid Reaction Brigade and the Communications and Systems Directorate. of information.

As part of this process, vehicles are also subjected to a series of tests and tests of their operational capabilities on the UAGME Aberdeen Proving Ground type test track.

The acquisition of a new family of vehicles imposes the need to qualify drivers to drive them, so the 1st VTLB VAMTAC ST5 Driver Trainer Training Course was held yesterday at UAGME.

http://www.thefifthcolumn.xyz/Forum/viewthread.php?tid=42&page=19






Belgium and Portugal Join ROSY Customer List

Rheinmetall continues to expand its market share in the smoke/obscurant force protection systems market, with Belgium and Portugal both opting for the ROSY system to protect new vehicle families in orders worth several million Euros, according to a company statement on 17 April.
Delivery of 126 ROSY systems to URO Vehículos Especiales (UROVESA) in Spain is set to begin in April 2019. UROVESA will be installing these systems in 126 of the 139 VAMTAC protected patrol vehicles purchased by the Portuguese armed forces in July 2018 via the NATO Support and Procurement Agency (NSPA). Delivery of the systems will be completed in March 2020.

Pre-series delivery in response to the Belgian order begins in May 2019. Here, Rheinmetall is acting as subcontractor to the British company Jankel, which is supplying the Belgian Army with its Light Troop Transport Vehicle (LTTV). All 199 of the vehicles are being prepared for integration of the ROSY system, in addition to the supply of control units and launchers for 167 vehicles. Series production commences in February 2020 and will be completed by the end of the same year.

These two orders brings to 11 the number of countries operating ROSY. The system provides protection from surprise attacks by creating a wall of smoke/obscurant that renders vehicles invisible to the enemy. Unlike conventional smoke/obscurant systems, it not only produces an instantaneous, extensive, multispectral interruption in the line of sight, but also generates a dynamic smoke screen that provides moving assets with long-lasting protection.

Assuring 360° protection, the system’s multi-mission capability offers a strong defence against multiple assaults, including stream and wave attacks. Thanks to effective screening measures in the visual and infrared spectrum, including integrated IR jamming and decoying effects, ROSY reliably wards off all TV-, EO-, IR-, IIR-, laser- and SACLOS-guided weapons.

ROSY is available in a number of different versions. Fundamentally suitable for vehicles of all types, ROSY_L encompasses a basic system, consisting of one control unit per vehicle as well as one to four launchers which, depending on the model, can hold two or three magazines each. The modular variant ROSY_Mod lends itself to small weapon stations and small vehicles of the kind used by special forces, for example. ROSY_Mod can be directly and invisibly integrated into the vehicle without a launcher. ROSY_N was specially developed to provide small naval and coast guard vessels with effective protection.

https://www.monch.com/mpg/news/land/5338-belgium-portugal-join-rosy.html