ATF Dingo
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The ATF Dingo is a German
heavily armored military infantry mobility vehicle
based on a Unimog
chassis with a V-hull
design, produced by the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
(KMW). It is designed to withstand land mines, rifle fire, artillery fragments and NBC-threats. ATF stands for Allschutz-Transport-Fahrzeug, meaning all-protected transport vehicle in German
. It is named after the Australian native dog dingo
.
The ATF Dingo has a modular design of the following five elements: chassis, protection cell, storage space, engine compartment, and its bottom mine blast deflector. Its design is lighter and includes an armored chassis with a blast pan instead of the more common monocoque
hull found in modern blast resistant vehicles. IBD's layered Modular Expandable Armor System is used and the windows are angled to deflect blasts and bullets. A tarp is used over the back storage area instead of metal to save weight.
A mechanical weapons station utilizing periscopes, borrowed from KMW's Fennek
, is located on the top of the vehicle. The weapons station allows the operator to sit safely inside the cabin.
Recently the Bundeswehr
ordered several hundreds of fully remote-controlled weapons stations from KMW for its Dingos and other armoured vehicles. - The light "FLW 100" (for the MG3 or the MG4
) and the heavy "FLW 200" (for the M3M or the HK GMG). The weapons stations are controlled via a monitor inside the vehicle.
The ATF Dingo 2 is an advanced version of the Dingo based on the upgraded Unimog U 5000 chassis, that offers improved protection and more payload. It is offered in two versions with 3,250 (3.5 tonnes payload) and 3,850 mm (4 tonnes payload) wheelbase. The Dingo 2 can seat 8 personnel.
Currently KMW is developing the Dingo 2 GFF for the German Army
with increased internal volume.
The Dingo's standard armament is a remote controlled Rheinmetall MG3
machine gun
turret
. The 7.62 mm MG can be replaced with a 12.7 mm
MG or a HK GMG automatic grenade launcher
.
Textron
signed an exclusive deal to produce and market KMW's Dingo in the United States. However, Textron chose its own more expensive and heavier M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
for the MRAP
competition, which did not receive a contract.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
heavily armored military infantry mobility vehicle
Infantry mobility vehicle
An infantry mobility vehicle is a wheeled armored personnel carrier serving as a military patrol, reconnaissance or security vehicle. Examples include the ATF Dingo, AMZ Dzik, AMZ Tur, Mungo ESK, and Bushmaster IMV...
based on a Unimog
Unimog
Unimog is a range of multi-purpose auto four wheel drive medium trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG. The name Unimog is pronounced in German and is an acronym for the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", Gerät being the German word for machine or device...
chassis with a V-hull
V-hull
The V-hull is a type of vehicle armor design used on wheeled armored personnel carriers , infantry mobility vehicles and infantry fighting vehicles...
design, produced by the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann
Krauss-Maffei
The Krauss-Maffei Wegmann GmbH & Co KG or simply Krauss-Maffei is an injection molding machine manufacturer and defence company based in Munich, Germany...
(KMW). It is designed to withstand land mines, rifle fire, artillery fragments and NBC-threats. ATF stands for Allschutz-Transport-Fahrzeug, meaning all-protected transport vehicle in German
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
. It is named after the Australian native dog dingo
Dingo
The Australian Dingo or Warrigal is a free-roaming wild dog unique to the continent of Australia, mainly found in the outback. Its original ancestors are thought to have arrived with humans from southeast Asia thousands of years ago, when dogs were still relatively undomesticated and closer to...
.
The ATF Dingo has a modular design of the following five elements: chassis, protection cell, storage space, engine compartment, and its bottom mine blast deflector. Its design is lighter and includes an armored chassis with a blast pan instead of the more common monocoque
Monocoque
Monocoque is a construction technique that supports structural load by using an object's external skin, as opposed to using an internal frame or truss that is then covered with a non-load-bearing skin or coachwork...
hull found in modern blast resistant vehicles. IBD's layered Modular Expandable Armor System is used and the windows are angled to deflect blasts and bullets. A tarp is used over the back storage area instead of metal to save weight.
A mechanical weapons station utilizing periscopes, borrowed from KMW's Fennek
Fennek
The Fennek, named after the fennec , or LGS Fennek, with LGS being short for Leichter Gepanzerter Spähwagen in German , is a four wheeled armed reconnaissance vehicle produced by the German company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Dutch Defence Vehicle Systems...
, is located on the top of the vehicle. The weapons station allows the operator to sit safely inside the cabin.
Recently the Bundeswehr
Bundeswehr
The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities...
ordered several hundreds of fully remote-controlled weapons stations from KMW for its Dingos and other armoured vehicles. - The light "FLW 100" (for the MG3 or the MG4
Heckler & Koch MG4
The MG4 is a belt-fed 5.56 mm light machine gun designed and developed by the German company Heckler & Koch. The weapon was developed in the late 1990s and was first seen publicly in September 2001. It has been selected to replace the 7.62 mm MG3 general-purpose machine gun in the Bundeswehr at the...
) and the heavy "FLW 200" (for the M3M or the HK GMG). The weapons stations are controlled via a monitor inside the vehicle.
The ATF Dingo 2 is an advanced version of the Dingo based on the upgraded Unimog U 5000 chassis, that offers improved protection and more payload. It is offered in two versions with 3,250 (3.5 tonnes payload) and 3,850 mm (4 tonnes payload) wheelbase. The Dingo 2 can seat 8 personnel.
Currently KMW is developing the Dingo 2 GFF for the German Army
German Army
The German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Following the disbanding of the Wehrmacht after World War II, it was re-established in 1955 as the Bundesheer, part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr along with the Navy and the Air Force...
with increased internal volume.
The Dingo's standard armament is a remote controlled Rheinmetall MG3
Rheinmetall MG3
The MG3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62x51mm NATO cartridge. The weapon's design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 universal machine gun that fired the 7.92x57mm Mauser round....
machine gun
Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
turret
Gun turret
A gun turret is a weapon mount that protects the crew or mechanism of a projectile-firing weapon and at the same time lets the weapon be aimed and fired in many directions.The turret is also a rotating weapon platform...
. The 7.62 mm MG can be replaced with a 12.7 mm
.50 BMG
The .50 Browning Machine Gun or 12.7×99mm NATO is a cartridge developed for the Browning .50 caliber machine gun in the late 1910s. Entering service officially in 1921, the round is based on a greatly scaled-up .30-06 cartridge...
MG or a HK GMG automatic grenade launcher
Automatic grenade launcher
An automatic grenade launcher or grenade machine gun is a grenade launcher firing rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine. They can be attached to a tripod. Automatic launchers include the Vektor Y3, AGS-17, and the HK GMG, which all fire at a higher velocity...
.
Textron
Textron
Textron is a conglomerate that includes Bell Helicopter, E-Z-GO, Cessna Aircraft Company, and Greenlee, among others. It was founded by Royal Little in 1923 as the Special Yarns Company, and is headquartered at the Textron Tower in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.With total revenues of...
signed an exclusive deal to produce and market KMW's Dingo in the United States. However, Textron chose its own more expensive and heavier M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
The M1117 Guardian Armored Security Vehicle, or ASV, is an internal security vehicle manufactured by Cadillac Gage of Textron for use by the U.S. Army's Military Police Corps...
for the MRAP
MRAP (armored vehicle)
A Mine Resistant Ambush Protected is a family of armored fighting vehicles design led by the United States Marine Corps in use by the United States Army, Navy, Air Force, and Special Operations Forces with the goal of surviving IED attacks and ambushes - prompted by US deaths in Iraq...
competition, which did not receive a contract.
Operators
| country | version | ordered | options | delivered |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - Bundeswehr Bundeswehr The Bundeswehr consists of the unified armed forces of Germany and their civil administration and procurement authorities... |
Dingo 1 | 147 | 0 | 147 |
| | Dingo 2 A1/A2/A2.3 | 287 | 0 | 287 | |
| | Dingo 2 BÜR (ground surveillance radar) | 78 | 0 | 2 | |
| | Dingo 2 A3 system repair | 25 | 0 | 4 | |
| | Dingo 2 C1 GSI battle damage repair | 48 | 0 | 48 (by end 2010) | |
| | Dingo 2 A3.2 troop transport | 45 | 0 | 45 (by end 2010) | |
| | Dingo 2 A3.2 operational intelligence | 20 | 0 | 0, ordered 17.11.2010 | |
| | Dingo 2 A3.3 troop transport | 39 | 0 | 0, ordered 17.11.2010 | |
| - Federal Police of Germany | Dingo 2 Polizei | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| - Belgian Land Component | Dingo 2 MPPV Fus (patrol) | 158 | 0 | 158 |
| Dingo 2 MPPV PC (mobile command post) | 52 | 0 | 52 | |
| Dingo 2 MPPV ambulance | 10 | 0 | 10 | |
| Dingo 2 (new variants) | 0 | 66 | 0 | |
| - Luxembourg Army | Dingo 2 Protected Reconnaissance Vehicle | 48 | 0 | 48 |
| - Austrian Armed Forces | Dingo 2 ATF | 20 | 0 | 20 |
| Dingo 2 AC NBC reconnaissance | 12 | 0 | 12 | |
| Dingo 2 AC ambulance | 3 | 0 | 3 | |
| - Czech Army Military of the Czech Republic The Army of the Czech Republic comprise the land forces, the Czech Air Force and support units. From the late 1940s to 1989, the extensive Czechoslovak Armed Forces formed one of the pillars of the Warsaw Pact military alliance... |
Dingo 2 A2 | 21 | 0 | 21 |
| - Norwegian Army | Dingo 2 A3 | 20 | yes | 10 |
See also
- KMW GrizzlyKMW GrizzlyThe KMW Grizzly is a medium weight highly protected vehicle, developed by Krauss-Maffei Wegmann , designed for operation with the German Army based on the 6x6 Trakker chassis from IVECO adapted to meet the needs of the German Army. It is being developed under the direction of the German Ministry of...
- Another new armored vehicle of the German ArmyGerman ArmyThe German Army is the land component of the armed forces of the Federal Republic of Germany. Following the disbanding of the Wehrmacht after World War II, it was re-established in 1955 as the Bundesheer, part of the newly formed West German Bundeswehr along with the Navy and the Air Force... - Mungo ESKMungo ESKThe Mungo ESK is an air-transportable, armoured multirole transport vehicle of the German Army for its Airmobile Operations Division and Division Special Operations....
- Rheinmetall YAKRheinmetall YAKThe YAK is a heavily armored and mine-protected transport vehicle produced by the German company Rheinmetall Landsysteme AG based on the DURO IIIP chassis from the Swiss company MOWAG GmbH. DURO stands for DUrable and RObust....
- Boxer (Armoured Fighting Vehicle)
- AGF (Light infantry vehicle)AGF (Light infantry vehicle)The Rheinmetall LandSysteme Light Infantry Vehicle for Special Operations, or LIV , is a German light armoured utility vehicle developed from the Mercedes-Benz G-Class. It is also known by the names Serval, Wolf and AGF. As the name implies, the LIV is designed specifically for use by special...
- LAPV EnokLAPV EnokThe LAPV Enok is an armoured military vehicle of the Bundeswehr, mostly in use with the German Army. It is a significantly further developed Wolf SSA, based on the Mercedes-Benz G-Class....
External links
- Krauss-Maffei Wegmann - Website of the manufacturer
- Dingo 2 in the Austrian Armed Forces