Armoured personal carrier
The armoured personal carrier VALUK is available with two variants of weapon systems, both mounted on a GUN MOUNT:
- Heavy machine gun (HMG) cal. 12,7 mm x 99 (.50) as well as
- Automatic grenade launcher (ALG) cal. 40 mm.
In addition the vehicle is equipped with smoke/fragmentation grenade launchers, mounted on the hull. The crew consists of 9 men. The vehicle is intended to be used for the following tasks:
- protected transport of personnel (mechanized infantry) in combat areas ,
- direct fire support to dismounted crew .
The hull and the turret provide protection against small arms fire.
The vehicle is equipped with:
- automatic drive train management ADM ,
- driver's passive night viewer ,
- additional ballistic protection ,
- fire extinguishing system, portable extinguisher ,
- fire suppression system, crew compartment ,
- NBC protection system ,
- heating and ventilation system ,
- tire pressure inflation system ,
- communication equipment and intercom ,
- tent, directional search light ,
- smoke discharging system ,
- tire pressure inflation system ,
- hydraulically operated rear ramp .
Optionally, the vehicle can be equipped with:
- recovery winch ,
- navigation equipment (GPS) ,
- commander's passive night viewer ,
- firing equipment in darkness for HMG and AGL ,
- additional ballistic protection (add-on armour withstanding cal.14, 5mm AP) ,
- laser warning receiver and auxiliary power unit (2,5 kW, 24V) .
| Number of axles | 3 |
| Number of driven wheels | 6 |
| Number of steered axles | 2 (1. in 2. os) |
| Vehicle length | 5790 ± 10 mm |
| Vehicle width | 2500 ± 10 mm |
| Vehicle height to hull top | 2.060 ± 10 mm |
| Wheel base 1 st /2 nd , 2 nd /3 rd axle (nominal) | 1.530 / 1.530 |
| Wheel thread 1 st and 2 nd / 3 rd axle | 2.148 / 2155 mm |
| Ground clearance | 430 mm ± 10 mm |
| Turning diameter | 16,5 ± 0,5 m |
| Crew | 9 (driver, commander, gunner, 6 in infantry section) |
| Max. weight | 13.500 kg |
| Max. speed on roads | 100 ± 5 km/h |
| Min. sustained speed | 4 ± 0,5 km/h |
| Max. reverse speed | 15 ± 2 km/h |
Cruising range on flat, hard surface roads
with internal fuel capacity | up to 700 km |
