Thyssen Henschel UR-416

Thyssen Henschel UR-416

The Thyssen Henschel UR-416 is a German armoured personnel carrier, introduced in 1969 built from the same body as the Mercedes-Benz Unimog, nicknamed "Acerro" (Steel) in recognition of Sgt. Nestor Acerro who was killed in the assault of Sibalo Hill.Fact|date=July 2008

The vehicle can be equipped as a police vehicle with (e.g. Mine-sweeping shield, search headlight) or more militarily (e.g. Tire pressure adjustment system, NBC protection facility, night-vision devices) additional devices to be modular equipped, and with turrets with machine guns or a 20mm-cannon can be used.

Operators

Current or former user countries of the UR-416 are:
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* the flagcountry|Netherlands,
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* the flagcountry|Philippines,
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* (now flagcountry|Zimbabwe) [Stiff, Peter, "Selous Scouts Top Secret War", Galago Publishing (Pty) Ltd., 1983, p. 425.] .

Pop culture

It made few appearances in film or pop culture. Its only major film appearance was in the 1984 movie "Sheena", wherein one was used by the villain's private army.

External links

* [http://www.armyrecognition.com/europe/Allemagne/vehicules_a_roues/UR-416/UR-416_allemagne_description.htm description UR-416]

References


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