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Pandur 6×6 APC
Pandur I in use with the Austrian Army
Type	Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin	Austria
Service history
In service	1996-present
Used by	SeeOperators
Production history
Designed	1980s
Manufacturer	Steyr-Daimler-Puch
Developed into	Pandur II (8×8)
Specifications
Mass	13.5 tonnes
Length	5.7 m (18 ft 8 in)
Width	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height	1.82 m (6.0 ft)
Crew	2 + 8 passengers
Armor	protection against 12.7mm rounds in the 30° frontal arc and against 7.62mm rounds everywhere else
Main armament	1 x12.7mmM2 Browningheavy machine gun (other options available)
Engine	Steyr 6-cylinder turbo-charged diesel 194 kW (260 bhp) at 2,400 rpm
Operational range	700 km (430 mi)
Maximum speed	100 km/h (62 mph)

ThePandur is anAPC developed and produced by theAustrian companySteyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge (SSF). It was developed during the 1980s as a private venture. In 2003,General Dynamics took over Steyr-Daimler-Puch which is now part ofGeneral Dynamics European Land Systems (GD ELS), which is also the parent company ofMOWAG,Santa Bárbara Sistemas and GDELS – Germany.

The baseline vehicle is armed with a 12.7 mm (.50 cal) heavy machine gun. Its modular design allows it to be fitted with a variety of weapon systems, including a 20 mm autocannon and an armored two-man 90 mm gun turret. Some Slovenian Pandur 1 (Valuk) are armed with a 40mm automatic grenade launchers with different ammunition like HE, HEDP, smoke and so on.

• Pandur I
  • Model A – extended centre roof
    • Armoured Personnel Carrier
    • Ambulance
    • Anti-tank vehicle
    • Repair and recovery vehicle
    • Command post vehicle
    • Infantry fighting vehicle (Valuk)
  • Model B – flat roof
    • Amphibious vehicle – greater buoyancy and is propelled in the water by two water jets
    • Mortar carrier
    • Reconnaissance Fire Support Vehicle

• 

  Pandur I EVO
  • Pandur Evo MTPz [de] (in the Austrian Army)^[1]
    • MTPz,"Mannschaftstransportpanzer", anarmoured personnel carrier^[2][3]
    • MTPz PAL,"Panzerabwehrlenkwaffe", atank destroyer^[3]
    • MTPz Aufkl,"Aufklärung", ascout vehicle^[3]
    • MTPz JFS,"Joint Fire Support", a joint fire support vehicle that coordinates artillery, mortar, aircraft fire^[3]
    • MTPz Fü,"Führung", acommand and control vehicle^[3]
    • MTPz SGrW,"schwere Granatwerfer", a120 mm mortar carrier equipped with an Elbit Crossbow turret^[4][5]
    • MTPz FIA,"Flakpanzer", aself-propelled anti-air gun with aSkyranger 30 turret equipped withMistral 3 missiles^[6][7][3]
    • MTPz SAN,"Sanität", anarmoured ambulance that exists in two variants^[8][3]
      • CASEVAC variant
      • MEDEVAC variant
    • MTPz Pi,"Pionier", anarmoured engineering vehicle^[8][3]
    • MTPz FüU, acommunication vehicle^[8][3]
    • MTPz ERFOS,"Erfassungs- und Ortungssystem",electronic warfare /SIGINT vehicle^[8][3]
    • MTPz STÖRSYS,"Störsystems", anelectronic warfare /radio jamming vehicle^[8][3]
  • Pandur EVO Spezialkräfte, a special forces variant proposed byGDELS, equipped with a Valhalla 30mm turret, an anti-drone net, and canisters that can launch theSwitchblade 300 Block 20 loitering munition.^[9]
  • Pandur EVO Flugabwehrvariante, with the Moog RIwP anti-air turret installed.^[10]

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 Austria (71 purchased new, 7 purchased second-hand)

Purchases by theAustrian Armed Forces

• 68 APC ordered in the 1990s, and it entered service in 1996^[11]
• 3 ambulance purchased for €3.8 million and entered service in 2003^[12][13]
• 6 Pandur Recce & Observation (ISTAR) and 1 ambulance were purchased second-hand from theBelgian Army in 2016, used as spare parts^[14]

 Belgium (60 purchased new, 7 sold second-hand)

60 built in Belgium between 1996 and 1998 under licence. Purchase:

• 46 Pandur Recce & Observation (ISTAR)
• 10 Pandur Ambulance
• 4 Pandur Maintenance

6 Pandur Recce & Observation (ISTAR) and 1 ambulance were sold second-hand to theAustrian Armed Forces in 2016, used for spare parts^[14]

 Gabon (1)

1 purchased by theGabonese Army^[15][16][17]

 Kuwait (70)

Ordered for theKuwait National Guard (70 in 6 versions, produced by AV Technology).

 Slovenia (85 purchased, 20 donated)

85 Pandur produced locally under license, known asLKOV Valuk. 20 donated to Ukraine.^[18] The variants are:

• APC
• Ambulance
• Mortar carrier withCARDOM 120 mm mortar
• Scout with RAFAELRafael Overhead Weapon Station (OWS-25) and 25 mmM242 Bushmaster automatic cannon

 Ukraine (20 second-hand)

Donated by Slovenia to theUkrainian Ground Forces in April 2023.^[19]

 United States (50)

Purchased for theUSArmy (50, produced by AV Technology as the Armored Ground Mobility System forUSASOCSpecial Forces/Special Operations Forces units).^[20]

 Austria (325 ordered, 64 delivered)

Austrian Armed Forces (325 ordered)

• 34armoured personnel carrier (known as"Mannschaftstransportpanzer" or MTPz) ordered on 22 December 2016 toGDELS Steyr for €105 million^[16]
• 30APC were ordered and delivered by 2023^[21]
• 36APC were ordered in September 2022^[21]
• 225 Pandur EVO 6×6 were ordered in multiple variants in February 2024 for €1.8 billion.^[21] This purchase includes the varriants:^{[22][23][24][25]}
  • APC (known as"Mannschaftstransportpanzer" or "MTPz"), unknown quantity
  • Tank destroyer (known as"Panzerabwehrlenkwaffe" or "PAL"), unknown quantity, equipped with the future anti-tank missile
  • Scout vehicle (known as"Aufklärung" or Aufkl), unknown quantity
  • Coordination tactical fire support (known as"Joint Fire Support" or JFS), unknown quantity
  • Command and control (known as"Führung" or Fü), unknown quantity
  • Mortar carrier (known as"schwere Granatwerfer" or sGrW), equipped with the Elbit Crossbow 120 turret, unknown quantity^[26][5]
  • 36VSHORAD /SPAAG (known as"Flakpanzer" or FlA) + 9 option, equipped with theSkyranger 30 A3 turret^[27]
  • Armoured ambulance (known as"Sanität" or SAN), unknown quantity^[28]
    • CASEVAC
    • MEDEVAC
  • Armoured engineering vehicle (known as"Pionier" or Pi), unknown quantity^[29]
  • Communication (known asFüU), unknown quantity^[30]
  • Electronic warfare /SIGINT (known as"Erfassungs- und Ortungssystem" or ERFOS), unknown quantity^[31]
  • Electronic warfare /Radio jamming (known as"Störsystems" or STÖRSYS), unknown quantity^[32]

 United States

The US Department of Defence announced at the end of June 2022 the order of the Armored Ground Mobility System Heavy Platform Vehicles (AGMS) for USD $55.85 million. The procurement should be completed by mid-2025. The vehicle will equip theUSASOCSpecial Forces/Special Operations Forces, and is meant to replace the Pandur I Armored Ground Mobility System.^[19][33]

 Slovenia (14)

Slovenian army requested 14 new Pandur EVO in late 2019. Austria is offering a government to government contract with Slovenia as GDELS is willing to offer the 14 Pandur EVO to the army. Currently waiting for the new government to decide for the purchase. Estimated cost is around 40 million Euro.

 Germany

The Pandur Evo 6×6 was in competition for 3 programmes:

• A new multi role vehicle as a successor to theTPz Fuchs.^[34] The main variant will be anarmoured personnel carrier, and specialised variants are expected to be purchased as well. In January 2025, thePatria 6×6 won the bid, and Germany requested a first offer for 300 vehicles.^[35]
• A newmortar carrier is part of the German renewal of the indirect fire support programme. It is known as"Zukünftiges System Indirektes Feuer kleiner Reichweite" (ZukSysIndF kRw), and up to 120 such systems were expected to be purchased, and based on the TPz Fuchs successor, so potentially the Pandur Evo 6×6.^[36] As thePatria 6×6 won the bid for the TPz Fuchs successor, thePatria NEMO is likely to win this contract.
• The Korsak programme, successor of the Fennek reconnaissance vehicle saw the Pandur Evo as a potential successor. In 2024, a variant of the Piranha IV replaced the Pandur Evo offer from the GDELS group. And the Piranha is likely to win the contract.^[37]

• Pandur II

• Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug GmbH
• Images of Pandur in service with the Austrian Army

• Wheeled armoured personnel carriers
• Armoured personnel carriers of Austria
• Six-wheeled vehicles
• Military vehicles introduced in the 1990s
• Amphibious armoured personnel carriers

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