DTI AAPC 8x8 Amphibious Wheeled Vehicle for Thai Marines, Tests Firing of Weapons

20 Januari 2021

AAPC 8x8 with Adder M30 remote weapons station (all photos : DTI)

Prototype 8x8 Amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier (AAPC) for the RTMC (Royal Thai Marine Corps), of the Royal Thai Navy developed by Defense Technology Institute of Thailand (DTI) in collaboration with the Office of Military Research and Development The Naval Research & Development Office conducts weapon shooting test at the gunning training field No. 16, Chanthakelom Navy, 11-13 January 2021.

The latest fire trials followed after 22-25 June 2020, the DTI AAPC 8x8 amphibious transportable armored vehicle prototype was tested, first test move is from ship to shore.

 

The prototype AAPC 8x8 amphibious transport vehicle was tested in open sea maneuverability from the Landing Platform Dock Royal Vessel Ang Thong. In the middle of the sea, it is 5 km offshore and can be driven up to the coast at Long Beach, Sattahip District, Chonburi Province.

DTI Thailand has ordered a 30mm Remote Weapons Station (RWS) machine gun turret, model ADDER M30 from ST Kinetics Singapore Company Limited eith 69.3 million baht ($ 2,281,356), which debuted for the first real installation with the AAPC at the Defense and Security 2019 international armament show.

The ADDER M30 RWS turret, Singapore, is equipped with a 30x173mm Mk44 Bushmaster II machine gun, 250 ammunition capacity, and a 7.62x51mm co-axle machine gun, 750 shells capacity.

DTI has delivered the first prototype vehicle to the Tank Battalion, Marine Corps, Royal Thai Navy, 1 trial vehicle since 2018 by the Royal Thai Navy plans to procure five AAPC vehicles or approximately 1 category.

The AAPC amphibious wheeled vehicle in the low-level pre-mass production line operated by the Thai company Cho Thavee Public Company Limited (CHO THAVEE PLC) is expected to cost approximately each vehicle 150 million baht ($ 5 million).

(AAG)