- Grizzly APC
Infobox Weapon
name=Grizzly APC
caption=
origin=USA
type=Armored personnel carrier
is_vehicle=yes
crew= 2+8 [ [http://www.strategypage.com/htmw/htarm/articles/20070327.aspx Armor: Blackwater Builds a Better Armored Truck ] ]
length= 263.75in
width= 102.25in
height= 105.25in
weight= <30000lbs
armour= AR500 Steel
primary_armament=Roof ringmount
secondary_armament=
engine= Diesel
engine_power= 300HP
suspension=4×4 or 4x2 wheeled
speed= 105 km/h (65 mph)
pw_ratio=
vehicle_range= 350 milesThe Grizzly APC is a 22 ton
armored personnel carrier manufactured and designed byBlackwater USA , specifically for urban combat.Design
4x2, 4x4, and 6x6 versions with three different Caterpillar diesel engines are available.
Its armor, called the "Blackwater High Threat Armor Protection System" is claimed to defeat
.50 caliber rounds as well as IEDs. It is constructed of AR500 steel, and incorporates angled walls and av-hull chassis to deflect the blast waves produced by explosives. It uses Fiber-Tek® armor reinforced belly and lowers, with a fully encloseddrive train . [ [http://www.blackwaterusa.com/armored/ Blackwater USA ] ] ArmorThane® tactical coating on the interior and exterior reducesspall probability.There are two top-side egress hatches, five gun ports (two on each side and one in rear), and transparent armored windows, capable of NIJ level 3 protection. The Grizzly makes use of forward and rear 400,000+
candle power halogen searchlights , which can be operated remotely. It also has a ringmount roof turret, capable of mounting a12.7mm machine gun, which may be operated from aremote weapon station .Blackwater USA submitted two Grizzly APC vehicles to the U.S. Military, with [http://www.ares-sg.com/products/exo.asp EXO Scale®] anti-EFP appliqué armor from ARES Systems Group, for the MRAP II competition at the
Aberdeen Proving Ground . [ [http://www.ares-sg.com/teamroom/readingroom.asp http://www.ares-sg.com/teamroom/readingroom.asp] ] According to theArmy Times , the armor passed the testing, but the vehicle failed due to limited armor on the forward area of the of the vehicle (pictures on ARES' website shows less armor was used over the frontal area of the cab.) Blackwater had been hoping to discuss adding more armor to the forward area and threatened an automatic protest but were basically told "Go ahead and protest. We’re canceling the program anyway," according an Army Times source. [ [http://www.armytimes.com/news/2008/07/defense_MRAP_II_070308/ DoD won’t buy MRAP II, sources say - Army News, opinions, editorials, news from Iraq, photos, reports - Army Times ] ]Production
The Grizzly is manufactured in a recently built 100,000 square foot
factory at their training center inNorth Carolina . It was scheduled to begin production in April 2007. The first Grizzly was built on a commercial GMC chassis. The current versions are built on a custom chassis supplied by Seagrave Fire Apparatus, Clintonville WI.Notes
*The Grizzly name has been used several times describing various APCs and
IFV s. This page refers to the Grizzly APC manufactured by Blackwater USA. For theCanadian AVGP variant see AVGP Grizzly. For the APC being developed by the German firm,Krauss-Maffei Wegmann , see theKMW Grizzly . Another is the Americancombat engineering vehicle , based on theM1 Abrams tank chassis. [ [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ground/grizzly.htm Grizzly [Breacher ] ]
*The Grizzly APC was featured on the Discovery Channel's showFuture Weapons .External links
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wptq4JdjpcI Youtube clip of the Future Weapons: Grizzly episode.]
ee also
*
List of AFVs
*MRAP (armored vehicle)
*Blackwater USA ources
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