Senator Armored Personnel Carrier
The Senator APC is Roshel’s flagship model, able to serve a wide variety of scenarios efficiently. The machine is built on the basis of the ‘Ford F series F-550 heavy commercial truck’. The company has a special QVM (Qualified Vehicle Modifier) certificate that allows it to build cars based on Ford chassis in accordance with the requirements of Ford. Roshel designed this high-performance multi-purpose armored personnel carrier specifically for law enforcement and border patrol applications. The Senator APC is a unique product in terms of technical characteristics, design and assembly. By implementing modular design, Roshel has created a vehicular platform able to support a wide range of operational scenarios, including but not limited to armored personnel carriers, mobile command and control units, law enforcement vehicles, medical evacuation vehicles, and others.
The Senator APC is characterized by a high degree of manoeuvrability, with the small turning radius making it an ideal choice for urban environments. By utilizing innovative lightweight composite materials, Roshel ensures the highest performance and mobility for this multi-mission vehicle platform. The body of the vehicle has been specifically designed to incorporate advanced heat and noise insulation materials providing an uncompromised level of comfort to its occupants. The vehicle is fully air-conditioned for comfort use in harsh environments.
The Senator’s perimeter armoring of the passenger compartment and engine bay is designed to provide protection up to CEN B7 ballistic protection level. All utilized materials have been tested by internationally-recognized North American and European laboratories to meet ballistic protection standards.
In addition to standard security features such as perimeter gun ports, escape hatches, advanced locks, external view cameras, siren/PA system, emergency lighting, Roshel equips its vehicles with advanced smart capabilities to enhance our clients’ ability to accomplish every mission securely and efficiently. Roshel incorporates innovative and proprietary intelligence solutions, including remote surveillance, monitoring, access controls, which are customizable for specific operational requirements.
The Roshel Senator has been tested by the National Research Council Canada, the leading Government research facility, to confirm its static rollover threshold and roll response characteristics. The vehicle demonstrated the best-in-class side slope performance by consistently reaching 39-degree mark on both sides.
Roshel Smart Armored Vehicles designs and manufactures an extensive line of smart emergency response vehicles utilized by law enforcement agencies and first responders throughout Canada and the United States. Roshel emergency response vehicles provide an unmatched level of protection and durability, supporting first responders in accomplishing their missions.
Our line of bulletproof vehicles consists of multi-purpose emergency response units designed to securely operate in various environmental conditions by utilizing industry-leading components such as heavy-duty brakes, run-flat devices, and upgraded suspension. In addition to standard security features such as perimeter gun ports, escape hatches, advanced locks, external view cameras, siren/PA system, emergency lighting.
Roshel equips its vehicles with advanced security solutions to enhance vehicle’s ability to accomplish its mission in an efficient way. Among available security solutions are video surveillance equipment, night vision and chemical protection systems.
Third-party laboratories test all opaque and transparent armoring materials used in vehicle production to ensure that they strictly meet international ballistic standards. Our innovative in-house manufacturing process, covering all aspects of vehicle production, makes it possible for all emergency response vehicles built at Roshel to accommodate a broad range of requirements. We specialize in custom-tailored solutions designed and built to meet every customer’s specifications according to local operational parameters.
The company is called Roshel — it’s both the namesake and brainchild of Roman Shimonov, an immigrant himself, from Israel. Shimonov started Roshel in 2016, and the first Senator rolled off the line in 2018. When war broke out, Shimonov, whose wife is from Ukraine, quickly realized there was an opportunity to grow his business, and help Ukrainians. And hiring newcomers from that country was his secret weapon.
The Senator is armoured, and loaded with smart technology to protect both the soldiers inside from gunfire and help them detect and avoid danger before it happens. It’s not meant for frontline combat, but has become critical equipment for Ukrainian troop transports, medical evacuations, delivery of aid, and prisoner swaps. Roshel had been selling the Senator mostly to security and law enforcement agencies in the U.S. and other western allies. (The vehicle was used to transport NASA astronauts to a SpaceX launch to the International Space Station in May 2020.) Roshel does not sell to individuals or rogue nations. Since the start of the war, Roshel hired 80 Ukrainian refugees.
