ATF Dingo

The ATF Dingo is a German heavily armored military infantry mobility vehicle based on a Unimog chassis with a V-hull design, produced by the company Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW). It is designed to withstand land mines, rifle fire, artillery fragments and NBC-threats. ATF stands for Allschutz-Transport-Fahrzeug, meaning all-protected transport vehicle in German. It is named after the Australian native dog, the dingo. Currently KMW is developing the Dingo 2 GFF for the German Army with increased internal volume.

Textron signed an exclusive deal to produce and market KMW's Dingo in the United States. However, Textron chose its own more expensive and heavier M1117 Armored Security Vehicle for the MRAP competition, which did not receive a contract.^[2]

Design

The ATF Dingo has a modular design of the following five elements: chassis, protection cell, storage space, engine compartment, and its bottom mine blast deflector. Its design is lighter and includes an armored chassis with a blast pan instead of the more common monocoque hull found in modern blast resistant vehicles. IBD's layered MEXAS is used and the windows are angled to deflect blasts and bullets. A tarp is used over the back storage area instead of metal to save weight.

A mechanical weapons station utilizing periscopes, borrowed from KMW's Fennek, is located on the top of the vehicle. The weapons station allows the operator to sit safely inside the cabin. Recently the Bundeswehr ordered several hundred, fully remote-controlled weapons stations from KMW, for its Dingos and other armoured vehicles. - The light "FLW 100" (for the MG3 or the MG4) and the heavy "FLW 200" (for the M3M or the HK GMG). The weapons stations are controlled via a monitor inside the vehicle.

The ATF Dingo 2 is an advanced version of the Dingo based on the upgraded Unimog U 5000 chassis, that offers improved protection and more payload. It is offered in two versions with 3,250 (3.5 tonnes payload) and 3,850 mm (4 tonnes payload) wheelbase. The Dingo 2 can seat 8 personnel.

The Dingo's standard armament is a remote controlled Rheinmetall MG3 machine gun turret. The 7.62 mm MG can be replaced with a 12.7 mm MG or a HK GMG automatic grenade launcher.

Operators

country	version	ordered	options	delivered[3]
Germany - Bundeswehr	Dingo 1	147	0	147
	Dingo 2 A1/A2/A2.3	287	0	287
	Dingo 2 BÜR (ground surveillance radar)	78	0	2
	Dingo 2 A3 system repair	25	0	4
	Dingo 2 C1 GSI battle damage repair	48	0	48 (by end 2010)
	Dingo 2 A3.2 troop transport	45	0	45 (by end 2010)
	Dingo 2 A3.2 operational intelligence	20	0	0, ordered 17.11.2010
	Dingo 2 A3.3 troop transport	39	0	0, ordered 17.11.2010
Germany - Federal Police of Germany	Dingo 2 Polizei	2	0	2
Belgium - Belgian Land Component	Dingo 2 MPPV Fus (patroll)	158	0	158
	Dingo 2 MPPV PC (mobile command post)	52	0	52
	Dingo 2 MPPV ambulance	10	0	10
	Dingo 2 (new variants)	0	66	0
Luxembourg - Luxembourg Army	Dingo 2 Protected Reconnaissance Vehicle	48	0	48
Austria - Austrian Armed Forces	Dingo 2 ATF	20	0	20
	Dingo 2 AC NBC reconnaissance	12	0	12
	Dingo 2 AC ambulance	3	0	3
Czech Republic - Czech Army	Dingo 2 A2	21	0	21
Norway - Norwegian Army	Dingo 2 A3	20	yes	10
Iraq Kurdistan Regional Government - Peshmerga	Dingo 1	5	0	5[4]

Gallery

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  Three German Army ATF Dingos in Afghanistan.

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  ATF Dingo 1 of the German Army deployed in Kosovo.

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  German Army Dingo 1's rear View.

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  German Dingo 2 with ground surveillance radar (BÜR)

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  Austrian Dingo 2 NC

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  Czech Dingo 2 A2

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  Prototype Dingo(Dingo WTS)

See also

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• KMW Grizzly - Another new armored vehicle of the German Army
• Mungo ESK
• Rheinmetall YAK
• Boxer (Armoured Fighting Vehicle)
• AGF (Light infantry vehicle)
• LAPV Enok

References

External links

• Krauss-Maffei Wegmann - Website of the manufacturer
• DINGO - Protection in the 10-Tonne Class
• Dingo 2 in the Austrian Armed Forces