The mission of the Golan is to provide maximum protection to its passengers and crew. The Golan platform may be adapted to serve as an armored personnel carrier, command vehicle, ambulance or intelligence collection vehicle. In the personnel carrier role, it has capacity of up to 10 soldiers.
The V shaped hull and vehicle body has been specifically designed to withstand mines and IED blasts. It is configurable to carry different levels of armor, from light passive armor to heavy reactive armor that can deflect RPGs. When equipped with reactive armor, the vehicle is the only MRAP vehicle able to defeat Explosively Formed Penetrators, the deadliest type of IED.
The US Marine Corps has placed an order for 60 vehicles to be fielded in Iraq as Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Category 2 vehicles.[2] It was being considered for large purchases both in the American and Israeli armed forces. The Golan was eliminated from the Marine Corps competition, and most of the vehicles will leave Marine service.[3]
golan, armored, vehicle, golan, wheeled, armored, vehicle, hebrew, גולן, prototype, israeli, mrap, infantry, mobility, vehicle, made, israeli, rafael, advanced, defense, systems, jointly, with, protected, vehicles, incorporated, golantypeinfantry, mobility, ve. The Golan Wheeled Armored Vehicle Hebrew גולן is a prototype Israeli MRAP infantry mobility vehicle made by the Israeli Rafael Advanced Defense Systems jointly with Protected Vehicles Incorporated GolanTypeInfantry Mobility Vehicle MRAPPlace of originIsraelProduction historyManufacturerRafael Advanced Defense Systems Protected Vehicles IncorporatedNo built64SpecificationsMass15 tons 1 Length5 9 mWidth2 55 mHeight2 35 mCrew1 10MainarmamentRemote weapon systemEngineCummins Diesel315 HPTransmissionAllisonSuspension4x4 wheeledOperationalrange600 kmThe mission of the Golan is to provide maximum protection to its passengers and crew The Golan platform may be adapted to serve as an armored personnel carrier command vehicle ambulance or intelligence collection vehicle In the personnel carrier role it has capacity of up to 10 soldiers The V shaped hull and vehicle body has been specifically designed to withstand mines and IED blasts It is configurable to carry different levels of armor from light passive armor to heavy reactive armor that can deflect RPGs When equipped with reactive armor the vehicle is the only MRAP vehicle able to defeat Explosively Formed Penetrators the deadliest type of IED The US Marine Corps has placed an order for 60 vehicles to be fielded in Iraq as Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Category 2 vehicles 2 It was being considered for large purchases both in the American and Israeli armed forces The Golan was eliminated from the Marine Corps competition and most of the vehicles will leave Marine service 3 See also editWildcat APC COMBATGUARDReferences editMarketing page in RAFAEL Coverage in defense update com Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2007 07 07 Retrieved 2007 05 11 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Golan Wheeled Armored Vehicle Archived from the original on 2017 05 04 Retrieved 2007 03 08 Connors Shaun MRAPs on the march Jane s Information Group nbsp This military vehicle article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Golan Armored Vehicle amp oldid 1171230703, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
