Royal Thai Army Tests New V-100 Armored Vehicle Equipped with New Remote Turret

29 Juni 2020

Royal Thai Army V-100 Commando 4x4 equipped with Kongsberg Protector Remote Weapons Station with .50cal heavy machine gun and 7.62mm gun (all photos : Royal Thai Army)

Testing, installation and firing of a remote turret with a 7.62mm .35 caliber FN MAG machine gun and a new .93 M2 .50cal heavy machine gun on the V-100 4x4 armored tires Royal Thai Army at the Phulon Cannon Field, Lop Buri Artillery Center. Defense Technology Institute of Thailand, DTI is also involved in the project. Which before that year 2018 DTI has taken the self-developed remote turret to test next to the V-100 armored vehicle.

The Thai Army has provided the US Cadillac Gage V-100 Commando 4x4 armored vehicle since the beginning of the year. In 1972 of 6 units and additional supplies in the year 1975 another 20 units were stationed in the cavalry as the first unit that was later assigned to the newer V-150 armored vehicles.

A number of V-100 armored vehicles that had been retired from the Thai Army have been used for modernization. By installing a new diesel engine and power transmission system including air conditioning for reuse Such as use as a vehicle to test new weapon systems in the above

It has been observed from the picture set above that the new Remote turret tested on the V-100 armored Thai Army vehicle looks like the PROTECTOR Dual Remote Weapon Station (RWS) turret of Kongsberg, Norway.

The Kongsberg PROTECTOR Dual RWS turret supports mounting 7.62mm machine guns, such as the .38 FN MAG cover with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun, such as the M2 .50cal or the 40x53mm automatic grenade launcher such as the STK 40 AGL in Singapore. Thailand will continue to test etc.

The Kongsberg PROTECTOR family of RWS turrets were procured for installation on the M1126 Stryker ICV (Infantry Carrier Vehicle) 8x8, the US Army. The M151 Protector can be attached to the 7.62x51mm M240 machine gun (FN MAG Belgian stationed in the US Army) or the M2 .50cal heavy machine gun or 40mm Mk 19 automatic grenade launcher with a grenade launcher, With four M6 smoke bombs.

As the Thai Army was the first export customer for the Stryker RTA ICV 8x8 armored personnel carrier at the 112th Infantry Regiment at Chachoengsao 11th Infantry Division. The weapon set against the Stryker rubber wheeled vehicle. The current Thai army is the cover of the 93 M2 Flex .50cal or STK 40 AGL automatic turret using the turret outside the car, with the shield. It is possible that there may be plans to improve the installation of the new Remote Turret tested with the latest V-100 armored vehicles.

(AAG)