mosze_zblisko_daleka
10.03.07, 09:49
DEBKAfile - We start where the media stop
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
DEBKAfile Reports: Israel’s Rafael wins contract to supply 60 new Golan
multipurpose armored vehicles to US Marine Corps in Iraq
March 6, 2007, 12:56 PM (GMT+02:00)
The Golan, developed in partnership with US PVI and the Israeli Merkava tank
program, can withstand armor-piercing machine gun and rocket fire as well as
mines and medium IED bomb blasts.
Designed for asymmetric (terrorist, guerrilla) warfare, the Golan was first
tested in Sep. 2006, shortly after the Lebanon War.
The versatile wheeled vehicle carries up to 10 troops in a highly protected
environment and can be adapted as a fighting vehicle, mobile command post or
ambulance. Fifty percent of the carrier’s 15-ton weight is dedicated to
protection. The V shaped hull has a "floating floor" panel to cushion the
blast effects of mines. The basic design can come with extra “plug-ins” such
as counter sniper systems and reactive armor or a remotely controlled weapon
station.
The $37m deal is part of the US program to purchase 40,000 armored vehicles.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
Copyright 2000-2007 DEBKAfile. All Rights Reserved.
