New Delhi: The Defence and Research Development Organisation (DRDO) Saturday unveiled the amphibious Advanced Armoured Platforms (Tracked and Wheeled) to meet the military’s operational requirement.
Both the platforms have been integrated with indigenously designed and developed 30mm crewless turret, with advanced features to meet the mobility, fire power and protection requirements, DRDO said in a statement .
Integrated with high power engine and automatic transmission, these platforms possess a high power-to-weight ratio, higher speed capabilities, gradient and obstacle negotiating capability, STANAG level-4 and -5 protection with modular blast and ballistic protection all around, it added.
The vehicle are amphibious and come with improved water obstacle crossing capability by incorporating hydro jets.
The crewless turret along with the 7.62 mm PKT gun is configured to launch anti-tank guided missiles as well. The base design has the capabilities to be configured for multiple roles. The indigenous content is to the tune of 65 percent with plans to increase it to 90 percent, the statement added.
The manufacturing of the platforms has been carried out by two industry partners–TATA Advanced Systems Limited and Bharat Forge Limited.