BOV (APC)

Infobox Weapon
name=BOV-VP


caption=BOV 3 on parade
origin=YUG
type=Armoured personnel carrier
is_vehicle=yes
service=
used_by=Yugoslavia, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina
wars= Yugoslav Wars
designer= VTI
design_date=
manufacturer=TAM
unit_cost=
production_date=
number=
variants=
crew=2+8
length= 5.7 m (18.70 ft)
width= 2.53 m (8.30 ft)
height= 2.33 m (7.64 ft)
weight= 9.1 tonnes (20,062 lbs)
armour= steel
primary_armament=7.62 mm or 12.7 mm
secondary_armament=
engine=Deutz F6L413 diesel engine
engine_power= 110kW (150hp)
suspension=4×4 wheeled
speed= 95 km/h (59 mph)
pw_ratio=
vehicle_range= 500 km (300 mi)

The BOV is a 4x4 armoured personnel carrier designed and built in the former Yugoslavia. This eight-man wheeled reconnaissance vehicle, powered by a Deutz six-cylinder diesel engine, was used for internal security and military duties. The Yugoslav Federal Secretariat for Internal Affairs controlled a federal paramilitary force, the People's Militia, which operated numerous BOV-M armored vehicles equipped with machine guns, water cannons, smoke and tear gas launchers for crowd control and riot situations.

Variants

* BOV-2- ATGW vehicle armed with 6x AT-3 Sagger Malyutka missiles.
* BOV-3 - SPAA armed with triple M55A4B1 20mm cannon.
* BOV-30 - 30mm armed air defence vehicle.
* BOV-M - Police armoured personnel carrier.
* BOV-M [TAB-71 Turret] - Croatian conversion.
* BOV-P - Prototype apc version.
* BOV-SN - Ambulance version.
* BOV-VP - Armored personnel carrier. Basic version
* BOV-VP [Variant 1] - IS version with steel shield on gun mount.
* BOV-VP [Variant 2] - IS version with open gun mount and spotlight.
* BOV-VP [Variant 3] - IS version with only mesh over windscreens.
* BOV-VP [Variant 4] - IS version without slat armour.
* BOV-VP [Variant 5] - IS version with loudspeakers on engine decks
* POLO M-83 - Croatian Army BOV-1

Operators

* 29 BOV-3, 34 BOV-VP
* 42 BOV-3 (being replaced by Iveco LMV), 37 POLO M-83 used for peacekeeping
* 58 BOV-M86, 84 BOV-1, 65 BOV-3
* 12 BOV-VP,28 BOV-M (reserve status)

Former Operators

*YUG - Passed on to successor states.

Gallery

ee also

*Infantry fighting vehicle
*List of AFVs
*List of artillery

External links

* [http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/bov.htm BOV at FAS]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/serbia/bov.htm BOV at Global Security]