Kader Fahd APC (Egypt) KEY RECOGNITION FEATURES • Fully enclosed hull with front, sides and rear slightly sloping inwards • Commander and driver sit front, each with large side door and large windscreen to immediate front which can be covered by armoured shutter hinged at top • Radiator grille low down in nose of vehicle, firing ports in rear troop compartment, twopart rear entry hatch
SPECIFICATIONS Crew: Configuration: Armament:
Ammunition: Length: Width: Height: Ground clearance: Wheelbase: Weight, combat: Weight, empty: Power-to-weight ratio: Engine:
Maximum road speed: Maximum road range: Fording: Vertical obstacle: Trench: Gradient: Side slope: Armour: Armour type: NBC system: Night vision equipment:
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2+10 4x4 1 x 7.62mm MG (see text), 2 x 4 smoke grenade dischargers 1,000 x 7.62mm (estimate) 2.45m 2.1m (hull top) 0.31 to 0.37m 3.2m 10.900kg 9,100kg 15.4hp/tonne Mercedes-Benz OM-352 A 6-cylinder direct injection water-cooled turbocharged diesel developing 168hp at 2,800rpm 90km/hr 800km 0.7m 0.5m 0.9m 70% 30"* 10mm (maximum)(estimate) Steel Optional Optional
DEVELOPMENT Fahd (4x4) was designed by the now Henschel Wehrtechnik, Germany, under the designation TH 390 to meet requirements of the Egyptian Army. Production commenced in 1985, first deliveries in 1986. It consists of a modified Mercedes-Benz truck chassis with an armoured body that provides complete protection from attack by 7.62 x 54mm armour-piercing projectiles and shell splinters. Commander and driver sit front, engine below and between, troop compartment rear, normal means of entry and exit for 10 troops via two-part hatch in rear, top part opens upwards and lower part folds downwards to form step. Firing ports with vision block above in each side of troop compartment, another each side of rear entry hatch. Hatches in roof. Standard equipment includes central tyre pressure regulation system allowing driver to adjust tyre pressure to suit ground, power-assisted steering. Options include NBC system, frontmounted winch, ventilation system, night vision equipment and smoke grenade dischargers.
