EE-11 Urutu

The EE-11 Urutu is a 6x6 armored personnel carrier developed in the by Engesa of Brazil. It shares many components with the EE-9 Cascavel armoured fighting vehicle. The suspension includes Engesa's Boomerang double-axle rear drive. The Brazilian Marine Corps use a modified amphibious variant with propellers and a more powerful engine.

EE-11 Urutu has seen combat in Iraq and Libya.

It was used by the Brazilian Army in the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti.

Urutu production stopped in 1987 and since then all units still in use by the Brazilian Army have been modernized and upgraded by Army's São Paulo War Arsenal branch as a stopgap until the arrival of the newly designed VBTP-MR in 2012.

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