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MOTORINDIA
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May 2012
close co-ordination with R&DE –
DRDO.
Tata Motors has developed the
Tata Light Armoured Vehicle to aid
the troops in counter-insurgency op-
erations, as well as for patrolling the
hinterland. In line with this, the ve-
hicle has been engineered to be far
superior to its competitors in terms
of performance, safety & conven-
ience and meeting CMVR regula-
tions.
Tata Mobile Bunker has been
designed on the LPA 713 4-wheel
drive platform, to ensure fast & safe
movement of troops in naxal in-
fested states and to act as a platform
for retaliatory action. The vehicle
is protected against gunfire, corre-
sponding to ballistic protection of
NIJ Level III. It is a highly mobile
platform and can be used as a base
for various protected applications
like troop carriers, ambulances and
buses.
Tata 6x6 7kl Refueler is an in-
digenous high mobility, all-terrain
and all-wheel drive refueler vehicle
specifically for the Indian Armed
Forces, paramilitary, State police,
DPSUs, State Government and mu-
nicipal agencies and the aviation in-
dustry. The base vehicle has already
been trial-evaluated by the Indian
Armed Forces, for various appli-
cations like Common Gun Tower,
HMV with material handling crane
and multi-barrel rocket launcher
GRAD BM 21.
The Tata LSV – QDMCT is a
shelter based, self-contained vehi-
cle-mounted communication system
that provides wide area IP network
and reliable and secured IP con-
nectivity for data, voice & video
between various nodes. Multiple
communication media have been
provided for both data & voice con-
nectivity.
The state-of-the-art product is de-
signed and developed in collabora-
tion with RCI – DRDO. The system
has found an ideal platform in the
Tata LSV, which is a high payload,
high mobility and low silhouette
military platform designed for with-
standing tough weather and terrain
conditions.
The Tata 8x8 Missile Carrier is an
indigenous high mobility, all-terrain
and all-wheel drive vehicle specifical-
ly for various all-terrain applications.
It inculcates a strengthened chas-
sis & suspension system, enhanced
braking efficiency of the vehicle, to
Tata Motors has further devel-
oped a mobile water decon-
tamination system on the LPTA
3138 8x8, for all-terrain, all
weather operation in collabo-
ration with WEW (Germany).
This application is especially
developed keeping in view the
drinking water contamination
problem faced by the Armed
Forces in disaster-struck areas.
take care of the additional armor-
ing weight, so that its performance
remains similar to that of the unar-
mored Safari. Such a vehicle carries
a CMVR certificate and is legal to
run on road as per CMVR.
Another development is the Xe-
non Recce 4x4, specifically for off-