FNSS ACV-15

ACV-15[1]
ACV300 Adnan of Malaysian Army
Type Armored combat vehicle
Place of origin United States, Turkey
Service history
In service 1992 - Present
Used by See Users
Wars Kosovo War
2013 Lahad Datu standoff
Turkey–PKK conflict
Turkish military intervention in Syria
Production history
Manufacturer
Produced 1992 - Present
No. built 2,945[2]
Specifications
Weight 14 tonnes
Length 5.26 m (17.3 ft)
Width 2.83 m (9.3 ft)
Height 2.88 m (9.4 ft)
Crew 3 + 8
Armor Protection up to 14.5×114mm armor-piercing rounds
Main
armament
 25mm FNSS Sharpshooter Turret
Secondary
armament
 7.62mm Machine gun
Engine Detroit Diesel Model 6V-53T
300 hp
Power/weight 21.43 hp/tonne
Suspension torsion bar 350 mm
Operational
range
 490 km (300 mi)
Speed 65 km/h (40 mph)

ACV-15 is the designation of an amphibious armored combat vehicle[3] family developed by the Turkish defense company FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş..This vehicle also manufactured by DefTech of Malaysia.The design is an attempt to combine the capabilities of an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) and an armoured personnel carrier (APC). The ACV-15 is based on the American Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle, which in turn is based on the American M113A1 armored personnel carrier.

History

FNSS developed the ACV-15 based on the AIFV to meet the Turkish Land Forces Command's (TLFC's) operational requirement. The first production vehicles were delivered in 1992. The basic AIFV has a one-person power-operated turret armed with a 25mm cannon and 7.62mm co-axial machine gun. FNSS Defense Systems' latest development is the Armored Combat Vehicle - New Generation which has an additional roadwheel each side. This can undertake a wider range of battlefield missions as it has greater internal volume and load-carrying capability. The vehicle is fully amphibious, propelled in the water by its tracks. Standard equipment includes passive night vision equipment, an NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) protection system and smoke grenade launchers.

The AIFV is in service with Turkey (2249) and the United Arab Emirates (136 delivered). Malaysia ordered 267 ACV-15 in different versions in 2000, all of which have been delivered.[4]

The Malaysian variant of the AIFV is called the ACV-300 Adnan and is a result of a collaboration between FNSS and the Malaysian company DRB-Hicom Defence Technologies (Deftech). They are nicknamed the Adnan after Adnan bin Saidi, a Malayan Lieutenant hero who fought in the Battle of Singapore during World War II. The ACV-300s are equipped with a 25mm Sharpshooter Turret and are assembled by Deftech at Pekan, Pahang. 12 units were deployed against Sulu militants in the 2013 Lahad Datu standoff.

The ACV-15 can be fitted with a number of turret choices to tailor to individual customer requirements. They are also equipped with firing ports, which allows infantrymen to fire their weapons from within the vehicle.

The ACV-15 has also been fitted with the turret of a BMP-3 infantry combat vehicle, produced by KBP Instrument Design Bureau of Tula, Russia. The system is called ACV-SW. The BMP-3 turret is armed with a 2A70 100mm semi-automatic rifled gun/missile launcher, which can fire either HE-Frag (High Explosive-Fragmentation) rounds or the 9M117 laser beamriding anti-tank missile.

The Adnan feature KVH TacNav navigation system incorporating GPS, LWD Avimo laser warning device, Wegmann type 76mm grenade launchers, NBC filtration system and ANVVS-2 night vision system.

Users

Map of FNSS ACV-15 operators in blue

Current operators

  •  Jordan[5] 100 ACV-S in service.
  •  Malaysia[5] 267 ACV-300 in service.
  •  Philippines[6][7] 7 ACV-15 in service.
  •  Syria [8] 1, Syrian Arab Army captured an ACV-15 from ISIS, after ISIS captured it from the Turkish Army.
  •  Turkey[5] 2,249 ACV-15 in service. Some of these are given to Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces. Since 2016, ACV-15's have been used by the FSA against ISIS and YPG during Operation Euphrates Shield.
  •  United Arab Emirates[5] 133 ACV-300 in service.

References

Notes
  1. ↑ All specifications according to fnss.com.tr, as of April 23, 2008
  2. ↑ http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=689
  3. ↑ http://www.fnss.com.tr/en/product/acv-15-armored-combat-vehicles
  4. ↑ as seen on 22 April 2008
  5. 1 2 3 4 "ACV-S Tracked Armoured Combat Vehicle". Arny-Technology. Retrieved 9 May 2014.
  6. ↑ AFP Modernization AFP Acquires Armor Recovery Vehicle (ARV)
  7. ↑ "Army gets 6 upgraded APCs". The Philippine Star. January 25, 2010. Retrieved December 26, 2013.
  8. ↑ Tomson, Chris (2017-03-01). "VIDEO: Syrian Army captured a Turkish armored vehicle Al-Bab". AMN - Al-Masdar News | المصدر نيوز. Retrieved 2017-03-02.
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