02-19-2008, 12:13 PM
<!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin--><b>BEML launches new combat vehicle</b>
Defence PSU Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) has unveiled a combat vehicle with high-tech communication and surveillance systems for use by security forces in difficult terrains along the border.
The 'Command Post vehicle' is a mobile surveillance and reconnaissance system built on the Tatra vehicle which have access and utility in the most difficult terrains of border security, a BEML spokesman said.
The specialised vehicle, designed to wade through water up to 1,400mm, will have advanced electronics imaging, communication and gun mounting with GPS, the spokesman said.
It has facilities for controlling the surveillance grid, collection of surveillance inputs from radars, collation of data and its dissemination.
The vehicle will be part of support battalions of mechanised infantry, he said.
The 'Command Post', which has a maximum speed of 86 kmph, comes with a centralised tyre inflation and deflation for better driving in terrain conditions.
The premier heavy earth-moving machinery maker also launched a 'driving simulators' at the defence expo here.
"It will train drivers by phasing the training through increasing level of complexity in all kinds of terrains with varying visibility and weather conditions," he said<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Defence PSU Bharat Earth Movers Ltd (BEML) has unveiled a combat vehicle with high-tech communication and surveillance systems for use by security forces in difficult terrains along the border.
The 'Command Post vehicle' is a mobile surveillance and reconnaissance system built on the Tatra vehicle which have access and utility in the most difficult terrains of border security, a BEML spokesman said.
The specialised vehicle, designed to wade through water up to 1,400mm, will have advanced electronics imaging, communication and gun mounting with GPS, the spokesman said.
It has facilities for controlling the surveillance grid, collection of surveillance inputs from radars, collation of data and its dissemination.
The vehicle will be part of support battalions of mechanised infantry, he said.
The 'Command Post', which has a maximum speed of 86 kmph, comes with a centralised tyre inflation and deflation for better driving in terrain conditions.
The premier heavy earth-moving machinery maker also launched a 'driving simulators' at the defence expo here.
"It will train drivers by phasing the training through increasing level of complexity in all kinds of terrains with varying visibility and weather conditions," he said<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->