Armoured engineering variant of a main battle tank
AEV 3 Kodiak
The AEV 3 Kodiak is a Leopard 2 main battle tank (MBT) based armoured engineering vehicle that can be used for a wide variety of battlefield and support roles
Type
Armoured engineering variant of a main battle tank
Place of origin
Germany Switzerland
Service history
In service
2009–present
Used by
See Users
Wars
War in Afghanistan
Production history
Designer
Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH and RUAG Defence; Krauss-Maffei Wegmann are technical design parent of the base platform
Designed
from 2002
Manufacturer
Rheinmetall (local assembly/conversion is an option if not new-build)
Unit cost
Leopard 2A6 base platform: US$5.74 million (2007)
Produced
2007–present
No. built
42 (plus 44 on order 2021)
Specifications
Mass
Military Load Classification (MLC) 70
Length
10.2 metres (400 inches)
Width
3.54 m (139 in) (transport width)
Height
2.6 m (100 in) (without machine gun)
Crew
2 or 3
Armour
welded steel, with a package of spaced multilayer passive composite armour
Main armament
a RCWS (Remote Controlled Weapon Station) with options ranging from 5.56 mm light machine gun to 40 mm grenade launcher can be fitted at the commander's hatch
Engine
MTU 873 Ka-501 liquid-cooled V12 twin-turbo diesel engine 1,500 PS (1,479 hp, 1,103 kW) at 2,600 rpm
Power/weight
21.4 PS/t (15.7 kW/t) (approx. based on MLC 70 classification)
Transmission
Renk HSWL 354 automatic with 4 forward and 2 reverse gears
Suspension
Torsion bar suspension
Fuel capacity
1,100 litres (242 imperial gallons; 291 US gallons) in interconnected tanks
Operational range
500 km on roads (estimated)
Maximum speed
68 km/h (42 mph) forward; 31 km/h (19 mph) reverse
The AEV 3 Kodiak is a Leopard 2 main battle tank (MBT) based armoured engineering vehicle that can be used for a wide variety of battlefield engineering, infrastructure and support roles. These roles can include, but would not be limited to, minefield breaching, route denial, dozing and digging tasks, and the erection or demolition of obstacles. The vehicle was originally developed for a Swiss Army requirement by the consortium of Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH (Germany) and RUAG Defence (Switzerland).[1][2][3]
English nomenclature for the vehicle is now AEV 3 Kodiak, while German is Pionierpanzer 3 (PiPz 3) Kodiak. Depending on user or reference source the AEV 3 Kodiak may also be referred to as Gepanzerte Pioniermaschine Kodiak, AEBV (Armoured Engineering and Breaching Vehicle), Armoured Engineer Vehicle 3 Kodiak, Ingenjörbandvagn 120, or the L2-AEV.[1][3][2]
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