Indonesia Purchases Didgori Georgian Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicles

03 Januari 2019

Armored medical evacuation vehicle Didgori AMEV (MEDEVAC) produced by the State Military Scientific-Technical Center Delta of the Ministry of Defense of Georgia (photo : Delta STC)

Georgian web resource scout-thedeaddistrict.blogspot.com reported that Director General of the State Military Science and Technology Center Delta of the Georgian Ministry of Defense Ucha Dzidzuashvili, speaking on December 27, 2018, on the results of this enterprise’s work in 2018, said, in addition to in other words, that a contract has been signed with Indonesia for the supply of the Georgian made-up Didgori armored medical evacuation vehicles produced by the Delta STC.

“A contract has been signed, an advance payment has been made and work is underway,” said Ucha Dzidzuashvili. Details of the contract were not disclosed. 

Thus, if this information is confirmed, Indonesia became the second customer of the Georgian Didgori AMEV (Armored Medical Evacuation Vehicle) armored medical evacuation vehicle, made on the basis of the Didgori 2 armored car with 4x4 wheel formula, after Saudi Arabia. 

Recall that the Delta SEC signed a contract in December 2015 for the supply to the Ministry of Defense of Saudi Arabia following the results of the international tender "more than 100" Didgori armored medical machines worth about $ 100 million. already January 30, 2016 Saudi troops during the military intervention in Yemen.

Digdori AMEV (photo : Delta STC)

In the mentioned speech on December 27, 2018, Ucha Dzidzuashvili also stated that Delta Scientific and Technical Center received an additional contract for the supply of medical armored vehicles to Saudi Arabia and that "the work is being carried out in accordance with the schedule."

The Didgori AMEV armored medical evacuation vehicle developed by Delta STC is the result of processing and upgrading the Didgori 2 armored car design and also performed on the chassis of the Ford F-550 commercial pickup truck with 4x4 wheel configuration. The production of AMEV medical machines, as well as Didgori’s armored vehicles, is organized at the production site of Tbilaviamsheni (Tbilisi Aviation Plant) enterprise, which is under the control of SEC Delta. It should be noted that, possibly, the Didgori 1/2 basic armored car is actually a non-Georgian development design and, presumably, was designed for a Georgian order by a foreign company. 

According to official data STC "Delta", armored medical evacuation machine AMEV has an empty mass of 8200 kg and a total combat weight of 9800 kg. Machine length 6553 mm, overall width 2393 mm, clearance 500 mm. The crew of two people in the transport compartment can transport four lying injured on a stretcher. The machine is equipped with a 356 hp diesel engine. (Presumably International MaxxForce 7, installed on diesel versions of the Ford F-550 "second generation") and is capable of a maximum speed of 120 km / h on the highway and a range of up to 500 km on the highway. The armored hull is made with a spaced booking system made of modern, highly durable steel armor Armox 500T + by the Swedish company SSAB and allegedly provides a circular level of ballistic protection BR7 + according to the European standard EN1063 (level BR7 - protection against a bullet of 7.62 × 51 mm NATO cartridge from a distance of 10 m) . Declared the introduction of elements of mine protection.

(BMPD)