AMZ Tur - Polish Humvee

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AMZ Tur - polish armored patrol car for infantry - is often called Polish hummer because of look and very good off-roads parameters. Name 'Tur' comes from an aurochs (in Polish it's 'Tur') which once lived in Poland (this is extinct species).

AMZ Tur on military expo

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AMZ Tur with grenade launchers

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AMZ Tur weight 4,8 tonnes it's 4,87 meters length and 2,23 width. Could take up to 4 crewmans and one driver. Engine is from Iveco, about 3.0 liters and have 122kW. On one fuel tan(220 liters) vehicle range is 600 km (370 mi). Tur have 6 synchronized gears forward and 1 rear gear. It's 4WD with hydraulic clutch and reductor which gives another 24 gears ratios (12 for road drive and 12 for off-road).

 

AMZ Tur iwith turret

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Interior of AMZ Tur

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In some body variant's Tur could have automatic turret with machine guns or grenade launchers on it's top.

 

AMZ Tur can survive an explosion of 6 kg(13lbs) of TNT detonated below the chassis. It's the one of the reasons why, in Polish army, it's replacing other armored cars such as Polish Honer or USA Humvee.Tur is used in Afganistan and Irak.

 

The second generation of Tur

 

Nowadays in production there is the third genertion of this vehicle.

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