Panus R 600 type 8 X 8 Wheel Armored Vehicle
Panus Assembly Company is a Thai company with Thai engineers. Panus Assembly spent 2 years designing and building by Thai engineers with modern technology by studying the needs of the Thai armed forces and from the various threats present in the and popularity of the use of armored vehicles. Thai armed forces still need to replace the old armored vehicles that have been in use for a long time. The R 600 is designed to be versatile for both the Army, Navy and Air Force. But Panus R600 is only a prototype and just certificated Thai Ministry of Defense on 25 March 2021. Moreover, R600 is not a really a "domestic" IFV, since the turret [a major fraction of the total cost] is made by the Turkish company ASELSAN, and the hull is said to be made in China. The price of the R600 is $1.969M, while an imported VN-1 costs only $1.695M.
Panus launched a Made in Thailand R 600 8 X 8 rubber wheeled armored vehicle weighing 25 tons, 8.4 meters long, 3.2 meters wide, 2.75 meters high. Infantry combat vehicles and other versions for Marine Corps will be the R 600A for use at sea, an amphibious vehicle specially designed, lighter for water movement, equipped with a powerful wortjet system, the vehicle can run in water very well. With a 600 hp Cummins engine, 6-speed automatic transmission, Allison 4500, 8-wheel drive, 500 mm obstacle crossing, 40 % incline, 60% elevation, top speed on road 110 km/h, top speed on water 14 km/h. The Range of operation 800 km. Armor Stanag 4569 LV.2, Lv.3 Option.
In the transport version it can carry 20 soldiers with 2 crew members. The company is ready for spare parts and maintenance of the whole system. It can also be used to equip a variety of weapons with both manual and automatic firing. It can be equipped with guns from 7.62 mm, 12.7 mm, 30 mm, up to 105 mm and 120 mm cannons equipped with the 120 gun. mm equipped with anti-aircraft anti-tank rocket launchers.
Panus Assembly Co., Ltd. is well known in the transport and logistics tactics in Thailand. Thailand is familiar with the products of or Panus, the older brother of the business of manufacturing vehicles for transportation and logistics. All kinds of items, whether it's trailers - semi-trailers, flatbed trailers, fishbone, dump trucks, etc. Under the Panus logo, every product that is born into the market. stuck along the buttocks of trucks throughout the Kingdom of Siam Guaranteeing the quality and standards that parents, brothers and sisters, trucks all over Thailand have trusted for more than 4 decades. Panus also produces cars for special purposes that are used in military service. By Panus research and development into production of trucks for the military (Defense) into a fence barracks for many generations and is one of five main core businesses of Panus apart from products in the Logistics, Fabrication business, GSE and Service & Parts.
Panus Assembly is the first private company to build an 8 X 8 wheel armored vehicle in Thailand. It is ready for domestic spare parts support and system-1000 maintenance. The vehicle was displayed at the Defense & Security 2019 show at Muang Thong Thani i between 18-21 November 2019 to launch its first international sale. The show included over 500 operators and manufacturers from 50 countries such as Lockheed Martin, EMBRER, Nexter, Leonardo, Thales, Aselsan, ST Kinetics, RAFAEL, UKRSPECEXPORT, FN Herstal, Arsenal 2000, NORINCO, AIRBUS, MBDA, DIEHL, Trijicon. , YUGOIMPORT, SAAB, Rheinmetall as well as 28 international pavilions.
This event is not only a showcase of new technologies from leading equipment manufacturers from around the world. will also find weapons that are both researched and developed themselves and with private companies from agencies under the Ministry of Defense and the Institute of Defense Technology as well. In this regard, from bringing the " R 600 8×8 wheel armor vehicle " model to join the show at this event. Both leading manufacturers and visitors from abroad are actively participating in the event. Therefore, it is a good opportunity to promote products to launch Panus 's first international marketing.
From the automotive innovation, which is the latest masterpiece from Panus, this reflects more clearly than Super HD that the excellent work by a Thai company. In terms of quality, standards and functionality, it is not inferior to the world powers in automotive and military at all. And it is another pride that Thai companies have created work of high quality and standard for use in the country. ready to pave the way to foreign markets as well.
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