Defense Industry President İsmail Demir announced on social media that the ZAHA armored amphibious assault vehicle, the development process of which has been completed by FNSS and the tests have been ongoing for a while, has entered the inventory of the Naval Forces. Here are the FNSS ZAHA features…
FNSS ZAHA entered the Navy inventory!
Founded in 1986, FNSS started its first production in 1990. Since then, it has sold thousands of armored vehicles to many countries of the world, especially the Turkish Armed Forces. The company, which has come to the fore in recent years with the Kaplan STA and Pars armored vehicles with 6×6 and 8×8 wheel drive systems, has succeeded in adding a new one to its successes.
Developed by FNSS, ZAHA (armored amphibious assault vehicle) aims to get the distance between the ship and the coast in the fastest way during landing operations, by being used on ships such as TCG Anadolu.
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Afterwards, it will take the crew of up to 18 people to the position, protected against enemy fire. Of course, there are different versions of this vehicle with or without a turret, armed or unarmed, depending on the need. So it is not limited to a single scenario.
FNSS ZAHA features
- It can take 18 people apart from the gunner, driver and commander.
- It can reach speeds of up to 70 km/h on land.
- It moves at a speed of 7 knots (13 km/h) on the water.
- It can climb slopes of 60 degrees in vertical position.
- In the horizontal position, it allows up to 40 degrees.
- It can cross 2 meter trenches.
- It can overcome steep obstacles up to 90 cm.
- It also has many technological and military weapon systems.
FNSS ZAHA technical features:
| Power to Weight Ratio | 20 HP/tonne |
| Transmission | fully automatic |
| Suspension System | torsion shaft |
| Electrical System | 24V |
| Steering System | with transmission link |
| Crew Capacity | 21 (including gunner, driver and commander) |
| Length | 8.3m |
| Width | 3.3m |
| Height | 3.8m |
| maximum road speed overland | 70km/h |
| Maximum road speed in water | 7 knots |
| Maximum slope climbing | 60 percent |
| Maximum side slope | 40 percent |
| trench crossing | 2m |
| steep obstacle crossing | 90cm |
| CBRN System | Standard |
| Air Conditioning System | Standard |
| Automatic Fire Detection and Extinguishing System | Standard |
| Fog Mortars | Standard, 8 Pieces |
| Main Gear | 40mm automatic grenade launcher 12.7 mm machine gun |
| tower type | Remote Control Tower |
| Horizontal Rotation | 360 degrees/ Continuous |
| Ascent/Descent | -7 degrees to +45 degrees |
| Opinion | Day and night vision |
| Automatic Target Tracking | Standard |
| navigation system | Available |
| Troop tracking system | Available |
| 360 degree situational awareness | Available |
| Internal communication system | Available |
| Driver thermal vision system | Available |
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