Hellenic Leonidas 1 2 Armoured Armored Personnel Carrier Vehicle

Hellenic Leonidas 1 2 Armoured Armored Personnel Carrier Vehicle Maximum speed. 63 km h (39 mph) the leonidas 2 represented an effort made by the greek vehicle manufacturer elvo to produce an advanced armoured personnel carrier (apc) of its own. it is named after leonidas, king of the ancient city state of sparta. the first version of the leonidas was the austrian saurer 4k 4fa armoured personnel carrier. The first version of the leonidas was the austrian saurer 4k 4fg armoured personnel carrier built with minor modifications by elbo from 1981 until 1987. the new version (version 2) was envisioned as a greek developed infantry fighting vehicle, which would have replaced the ageing russian bmp 1’s the hellenic army had been operating.

Hellenic Leonidas 1 2 Armoured Armored Personnel Carrier Vehicle Operational ranges reached 320 miles. the leonidas 2 was intended to have a turret housing a 25mm or 40mm autocannon categorizing it as more of an infantry fighting vehicle (ifv) than an apc but issues with its design and manufacture resulted in the vehicle carrying solely machine gun armament. the leonidas 2 was built through 700 and 800. Its physical characteristics are identical to the original austrian version. the first greek leonidas 1 armoured personnel carrier was completed in 1982 and by early 1985 100 vehicles had been built for the hellenic army as well as a quantity of vehicles for cyprus. It is named after leonidas, the king of the ancient city state of sparta. the first version of the leonidas was the austrian (saurer steyr) 4k 7fa armoured personnel carrier built with minor modifications by the greek company from 1981 until 1987 (when it was still called steyr hellas s.a.). The other most current armoured vehicle in service was the american m113, of which 2,500 were acquired total, not including some specialized variants. these variants still includes today 3 m125a1 amc and 257 m106a1 a2 amc mortar carriers, 362 m901 m901a1 itv and 12 m113 tow as tank hunters and 249 m577a2 used as command vehicles. elvo leonidas ii.