Supacat
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Supacat, officially Supacat Limited, is a British
company which designs and manufactures high mobility vehicles. Established in 1981, and based at the Airfield, Dunkeswell, Devon, Supacat develops specialist vehicles (and other equipment) for both civil customers and the military.
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company which designs and manufactures high mobility vehicles. Established in 1981, and based at the Airfield, Dunkeswell, Devon, Supacat develops specialist vehicles (and other equipment) for both civil customers and the military.
Products
- The 6x6 All Terrain Mobility PlatformAll Terrain Mobility PlatformThe UK All Terrain Mobility Platform is commonly known by the name of its manufacturer Supacat. It is a lightweight, 6-wheeled vehicle used by airborne and air-mobile forces of the British Army....
(ATMP), now in its third generation. There are currently more than 200 ATMPs in service around the world.
- High Mobility Transporter (HMT) designed to meet mainly military needs for a light to medium load carrier. Supacat manufactures the HMT under licence from Lockheed Martin. The HMT is being produced as the HMT 400 (4x4), HMT 600 (6x6) and HMT Extenda (convertible 4x4 into 6x6).
- The Jackal or MWMIK (pronounced EmWimmick) or Mobility Weapon-Mounted Installation Kit is a family of 4x4 vehicles designed and developed by Supacat Ltd at their factory in HonitonHonitonHoniton is a town and civil parish in East Devon, situated close to the River Otter, north east of Exeter in the county of Devon. The town's name is pronounced in two ways, and , each pronunciation having its adherents...
, Devon (UK) for use by the British ArmyBritish ArmyThe British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...
. It is based on the HMT (High Mobility Truck) 400 high-mobility 4×4 with small production runs are manufactured at the Honiton factory but larger batches are manufactured by PlymouthPlymouthPlymouth is a city and unitary authority area on the coast of Devon, England, about south-west of London. It is built between the mouths of the rivers Plym to the east and Tamar to the west, where they join Plymouth Sound...
based company DMLDevonport Management LimitedDML was the company which owns and manages Devonport Royal Dockyard, the largest dockyard in Western Europe. DML was owned by Babcock International Group who purchased it from previous owners; KBR , Balfour Beatty and The Weir Group ....
(part of Babcock Marine Services, owned by Babcock International GroupBabcock International GroupBabcock International Group plc is a British-based support services company specialising in managing complex assets and infrastructure in safety-critical and mission-critical environments. Although the company has civil contracts, its main business is with public bodies, particularly the UK...
), the initial order was for up to 100 and it was announced on June 27, 2008 that the MODMinistry of Defence (United Kingdom)The Ministry of Defence is the United Kingdom government department responsible for implementation of government defence policy and is the headquarters of the British Armed Forces....
would be ordering a further 72. The Coyote is the 6x6 variant. Both variants can be supplied with an optional mine blast and ballistic protection kit and can be fitted with a variety of mission specific hampers, weapons, communications, ISTARISTARISTAR stands for Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, and Reconnaissance. In its macroscopic sense, ISTAR is a practice that links several battlefield functions together to assist a combat force in employing its sensors and managing the information they gather.Information is collected on...
and force protection equipment for a wide range of operational roles.
- Supacat Protected Vehicle 400 Series (SPV400) and 6x6 SPV600.
- Aerial glider winches and modified skidoos.
- Lifeboat Launch and Recovery System (L&RS) for the Royal National Lifeboat InstitutionRoyal National Lifeboat InstitutionThe Royal National Lifeboat Institution is a charity that saves lives at sea around the coasts of Great Britain, Ireland, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man, as well as on selected inland waterways....
(RNLI).