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The ASCOD (Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development) armoured fighting vehicle family is the product of a cooperation agreement between Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG (in 1998 the production of heavy armed vehicles was sold out under the name Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug, which is now the producer) and Spanish General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas (both companies are now divisions of a unit of General Dynamics). The ASCOD family includes the LT 105, a light tank equipped with a 105 mm gun, a SAM launcher, an anti-tank missile launcher, mortar carrier, R&R vehicle, Command & Control vehicle, ambulance, artillery observer, and the AIFV model. In Spanish service the vehicle is called Pizarro, while the Austrian version is called Ulan.
Info source - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCOD
Specification
Type - Armoured fighting vehicle
Place of origin – Spain (Pizarro) /Austria (Ulan)
Weight - 28 tonnes (30.9 short tons)
Length - 6.83 m (22 ft)
Width - 3.64 m (12 ft)
Height - 2.43 m (8 ft)
Crew - 3 + 8 passengers
Main Armament - 30 mm Mauser MK 30-2
Secondary Armament - MG3 7.62 mm (Pizarro) MG74 7.62 mm (Ulan)
Engine – Diesel 600 hp (Pizarro) 720 hp (Ulan)
Suspension - torsion bar
Speed - Road: 72 km/h
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