Kendaraan tempur AV8 Angkatan Darat Malaysia (all photos : Malaysian Defence, Dzirhan)
Sabtu lalu pada
perayaan Hari Tentera Darat ke-80 yang berlangsung di Port Dickson,
Negeri Sembilan, untuk pertama-kalinya telah dipertontonkan kepada
publik kendaraan tempur baru untuk Tentara Darat Malaysia.
Bagian depan dilengkapai flap dari bahan glaze plate untuk operasi amfibi
Penampilan
pertama prototipe kendaraan tempur lapis baja 8x8 telah menjawab
keraguan publik akan hasil kerjasama antara dua perusahaan (Turki dan
Malaysia) dalam pengembangan kendaraan lapis baja untuk Angkatan Darat
Malayisa.
AV8 - 8x8 wheeled armoured vehicle with 30mm turret (photo : panggilan pertiwi)
Army's Sophisticated Armoured Car For Public Viewing
KUALA LUMPUR,
March 1 (Bernama) -- A sophisticated armoured car designed for the 21st
century will be revealed to the public during the 80th Army Day
anniversary celebration in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Saturday.
A defence
ministry spokesman said, the Turkey-designed armoured car was flown to
Malaysia and currently placed at an army camp in Port Dickson.
"The armoured car is a prototype and it is here to undergo several weeks of terrain and weather tests," he told Bernama.
The eight-tyred
armoured car uses Turkish technology and was known as 'Pars', but a
factory would be put up locally to produce a local version known as
'AV8'.
