Kader Fahd

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

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SPECIFICATIONS

Crew: 2+10 Configuration: 4x4 Armament: 1 x 7.62mm MG (see text), 2 x 4 smoke grenade dischargers Ammunition: 1,000 x 7.62mm (estimate)

Length: Width: 2.45m

Height:

2.1m (hull top) Ground clearance: 0.31 to 0.37m Wheelbase: 3.2m Weight, combat: 10.900kg Weight, empty: 9,100kg Power-to-weight ratio: Engine: 15.4hp/tonne Mercedes-Benz OM-352 A 6-cylinder direct injection water-cooled turbocharged diesel developing 168hp at 2,800rpm Maximum road speed: 90km/hr Maximum road range: 800km Fording: 0.7m Vertical obstacle: 0.5m Trench: 0.9m Gradient: 70% Side slope: 30"* Armour: 10mm (maximum)(estimate) Armour type: Steel NBC system: Optional Night vision equipment: 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.

Fahd 30 was shown for the first time in 1991 and is essentially the Fahd fitted with the complete turret of the Soviet BMP-2 IFV armed with 30mm cannon, 7.62mm coaxial machine gun and roof-mounted ATGW.

VARIANTS

Fahd can be fitted with wide range of armaments ranging from pintle-mounted 7.62mm MG up to 20mm cannon. Variants suggested by manufacturer include ambulance, command post, multiple rocket launcher, recovery, minelayer and internal security. Latest production vehicles are powered by the Mercedes-Benz OM 366 LA 6-cylinder diesel developing 240hp at 2,600rpm.

STATUS

Production. In service with Algeria, Egypt, Kuwait, Oman, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo.

MANUFACTURER

Kader Factory for Developed Industries, Heliopolis, Egypt.

Top left: Fahd (4x4) without

armament

Right: Fahd (4x4) fitted with

BMP-2 turret

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