The Turkish company FNSS reported July 12, 2017, that it had delivered to Oman its first armored personnel carriers, Pars III, with a 8x8 wheel formula.
According to the company, all of Oman had contracted 172 Pars III (8 × 8) armored personnel carriers, becoming their first customer.
In April 2016, the FNSS reported that it had contracted with the second customer of the BTS of the Pars family (after Malaysia), without specifically specifying the country. The announcement that this customer is Oman and that he was the first buyer of the BTR version of Pars III, circulated since the end of 2016, but the number of ordered cars was not known. According to one of the reports, the value of the Oman contract is more than $ 500 million.
New modifications to the Pars armored vehicle family with the 6x6 and 8x8 wheeled formulas, designated Pars III, were first introduced to the FNSS at the IDEF-2017 in Istanbul in May 2017. Differences Pars III from previous versions consist mainly of reinforcing ballistic and mitigation protection, bringing the total combat mass of Rars III (6 × 6) to 25 tons, and Pars III (8 × 8) - up to 30 tons (and the latter lost the ability to swim ) Introduced a new suspension with variable clearance, complete digitalization of equipment, etc. The capacity of Pars III (8 × 8) is 12 people (including nine paratroopers).
Judging by the common FNSS photos delivered to Oman, the linear Pars III BTR (8 × 8) is equipped with a one-seater FNSS Saber tower with a 25-mm automatic dual-power Orbital ATK M242 Bushmaster gun (with the same tower shown on IDEF-2017) .
According to the company, all of Oman had contracted 172 Pars III (8 × 8) armored personnel carriers, becoming their first customer.
In April 2016, the FNSS reported that it had contracted with the second customer of the BTS of the Pars family (after Malaysia), without specifically specifying the country. The announcement that this customer is Oman and that he was the first buyer of the BTR version of Pars III, circulated since the end of 2016, but the number of ordered cars was not known. According to one of the reports, the value of the Oman contract is more than $ 500 million.
New modifications to the Pars armored vehicle family with the 6x6 and 8x8 wheeled formulas, designated Pars III, were first introduced to the FNSS at the IDEF-2017 in Istanbul in May 2017. Differences Pars III from previous versions consist mainly of reinforcing ballistic and mitigation protection, bringing the total combat mass of Rars III (6 × 6) to 25 tons, and Pars III (8 × 8) - up to 30 tons (and the latter lost the ability to swim ) Introduced a new suspension with variable clearance, complete digitalization of equipment, etc. The capacity of Pars III (8 × 8) is 12 people (including nine paratroopers).
Judging by the common FNSS photos delivered to Oman, the linear Pars III BTR (8 × 8) is equipped with a one-seater FNSS Saber tower with a 25-mm automatic dual-power Orbital ATK M242 Bushmaster gun (with the same tower shown on IDEF-2017) .
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