12 Facts About TPz Fuchs

TPz Fuchs from Transportpanzer Fuchs is a German armoured personnel carrier originally developed by Daimler-Benz but manufactured and further developed by the now Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles .

TPz Fuchs was the second wheeled armoured vehicle to enter service with the Bundeswehr and it can be used for tasks including troop transport, engineer transport, bomb disposal, Nuclear, Biological and Chemical reconnaissance and electronic warfare.

The enhanced TPz Fuchs 2 is currently in production, known customers include Algerian Army, Kuwait Army and the United Arab Emirates Army .

The first order for TPz Fuchs 2 was for Nuclear, Biological and Chemical reconnaissance variants for the United Arab Emirates .

Two assisted doors are fitted at the rear, although on TPz Fuchs 2 a ramp is an option.

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Motive power for the TPz Fuchs 1 is provided by a Mercedes-Benz Model OM 402A V8 12.

Power-steering is on the front four wheels, the TPz Fuchs 2 offering the option of a central tyre inflation system .

TPz Fuchs was designed as an amphibious vehicle, water propulsion provided by two four-bladed propellers mounted one either side of the hull at the rear.

Welded steel hull of the TPz Fuchs was designed to protect the crew from armor-piercing small arms fire and shell splinters.

For service with the United Nations Implementation Force operating in Bosnia, a higher level of protection was required and a batch of TPz Fuchs 1 were upgraded with passive fibre compound add-on armour package developed by IBD-Deisenroth.

Baseline TPz Fuchs 2 provides protection against small arms armour-piercing attack through a full 360°.

Standard equipment for the TPz Fuchs 2 includes an NBC system and an air conditioning system.