Singapore Airshow 2016: ST Kinetics unveils finalised Bronco New Generation tracked carrier design

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The prototype vehicle at a ST Kinetics facility, clearly showing the single-door crew entry/egress and modular rear track unit, which the company says enables its mission package loadout to be exchanged within 30 minutes. Source: ST Kinetics
Key Points

• Singapore's ST Kinetics has unveiled a nearly production ready prototype of its Bronco New Generation All-Terrain Tracked Carrier
• The new vehicle features a higher level of protection and modularity than the current Bronco platform

Singapore Technologies (ST) Kinetics, the land systems division of defence prime ST Engineering, has shown a production-ready example of its amphibious Bronco New-Generation (New-Gen) All-Terrain Tracked Carrier (ATTC) for the first time in public at the Singapore Airshow 2016.

Yeo Wee Siang, chief engineer of the Bronco ATTC programme, told IHS Jane's that the refined Bronco New-Gen was rolled out in March 2015 and has already accumulated in excess of 5,000 km in local field trials. Combined with the test mileage clocked up by the earlier prototype, the Bronco New-Gen development effort has amassed over 7,000 km in local and overseas testing.

Unlike the prototype which made its public debut in the 2012 airshow and subsequent publicity materials, the Bronco New-Gen vehicle on display has been outfitted with a complete suite of mission equipment and weapons; with the most prominent being the company's 120 mm Super Rapid Advanced Mortar System (SRAMS) weapon carried in its rear track unit. Other features include a roof-mounted Adder Light remote weapon station (RWS) armed with a 12.7-mm heavy machine gun (MG), a pair of 3-tube smoke grenade dischargers, and a satellite communications (SATCOM) receiver unit. The RWS can also be armed with a 7.62-mm general-purpose MG or 40 mm automatic grenade launcher with co-axial 7.62-mm MG.

Another distinction between the prototype and production models is the refined front unit that houses the four-personnel crew cabin and powerpack. The prototype vehicle is fitted with only one door on either side of the hull, but has now reverted to the traditional two-door design of the first-generation Bronco and UK-specific Warthog platforms that the new vehicle is based on.

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