Trojan Armoured Vehicle Royal Engineers (AVRE)
Posted: 20 Jun 2016, 11:12
A thread for the Trojan AVRE.
Source: http://www.army.mod.uk/equipment/23263.aspxTrojan is an armoured engineer vehicle designed to open routes through complex battlefield obstacles and clear a path through minefields.
Standard equipment includes a dozer blade, mine plough and an excavator arm.
A full-width mine plough can be mounted at the front to clear mines and a marking system can also be fitted. It can also carry fascines, to fill ditches, and tow a trailer-mounted, rocket-propelled, mine-clearing system.
Improved visibility is achieved by incorporating direct and indirect vision devices with low-light, image-intensifying and thermal imaging capabilities. The interior, and to some extent the exterior, of the vehicle has been designed around the crew station positions.
Trojan has the flexibility to support a wide range of operations, including humanitarian missions.
Weight: 62500kg
Maximum road speed: 59kph
Engine: Perkins CV12 diesel engine, David Brown TN54 enhanced low-loss gearbox and the OMANI cooling group. Auxiliary power unit is also fitted.
Crew: 3
Armament: 1 x 7.62mm machine gun, stowage for crewman-portable light anti-tank weapons, fitted with NBC protection system
