TPz Fuchs - Improvements Over The Years

Improvements Over The Years

Improvements concentrated on the ability to withstand high-performance, armour-piercing ammunition fired from small arms and lightweight carriage-mounted machine guns, as well as shrapnel (e.g. from artillery rounds), and anti-personnel and antitank mines.

Due to the weight and volume restrictions, advanced armour materials are used to meet the protection specifications, which compared to equally effective steel or aluminum alloy armour, can reduce weight by 50%.

The modular armour protection system has six harmonized elements that, in part, operate in a coordinated fashion:

  • Add-on armour mounted to the exterior of the vehicle housing
  • Anti-mine protective plating in the wheel cases
  • Reinforced bullet-proof windows
  • Reinforced bullet-proof visors for shielding the window exteriors
  • Spall-lining of all interior surfaces of the vehicle compartment
  • A shielded gun mounting (except on the medical vehicles)

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