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road patrolling usage by the Armed
Forces, both in India and abroad.
For this purpose, the company has
developed separate engines comply-
ing with both BS III and Euro norms.
Equipped with state-of-the-art high
mobility features, the Xenon Recce
provides the Central Paramilitary
Forces and State police forces with
a lethal platform to carry out comb-
ing operations and jungle warfare
with ease.
The Mine Protected Vehicle
(MPV) has been developed by Tata
Motors to protect its occupants
from threats like ambushes and sud-
den violent attacks, using powerful
explosive mines. Tata MPV takes
troop protection to the next level.
Designed to protect against gunfire,
with ballistic protection of NIJ Lev-
el III, it provides essential protection
to military and para military forces.
Tata Motors has been associated
with the country’s off-road defence
and security forces since 1958 and
has supplied over one lakh vehicles
to the Indian military and paramili-
tary forces so far. The company of-
fers its products and services that not
only meet the needs of the domestic
market but are also positioned to
meet most stringent requirements
across the world. It also exports its
range of specialised defence vehi-
cles to the SAARC, ASEAN and
African regions. With Tata Motors’
rich portfolio in multi-axle range
like 12x12, 8x8 & 6x6, the compa-
ny has started supplying to leading
Missile OEMs across the world.
The company has established it-
self as a supplier of specialist vehi-
cles for UN peace-keeping missions,
and its range of off-road vehicles are
also being procured by the agencies
involved in AID & Development
across the world like GSA, KBR,
Oxfam and RONCO.
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The Indian Armed Forces are
currently looking at procuring
a 4-wheel drive, high mobility
platform, for induction into the
Defence Services as a General
Service vehicle, to be used for
transporting officers during
peacetime, as well as dur-
ing conflicts, across locations
in India. Tata Motors has de-
signed and developed the Sa-
fari Storme GS 800, in-house,
in line with the requirements
of the forces.