UROVESA

URO, Vehículos Especiales, S.A.

Type	Sociedad Anónima
Industry	Automotive
Founded	Santiago de Compostela, Spain (October 23, 1981 (1981-10-23))
Headquarters	Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Products	VAMTAC, URO
Subsidiaries	UROMAC
Website	www.urovesa.com

URO, Vehículos Especiales, S.A. (UROVESA) is a Spanish heavy vehicle manufacturer based in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia. It is best known for the production of the URO VAMTAC, a Humvee-like four-wheel drive motor vehicle.

History

The company was founded in 1981 by a group of former employees of IPV. Since 1984 they have been an official supplier of the Spanish Army - who currently have over 1,000 URO vehicles. ry

In 1991 a subsidiary was created; UROMAC, based in Castropol, Asturias manufactures forklift trucks and dump trucks.

Operators

Civilian

Galicia - Eight F3-24.14 fire-fighting trucks.^[1]

Military

Morocco - 1,200 VAMTACs^[2]
Spain - Utilised by the Spanish Armed Forces, National Police and the Guardia Civil

Models

URO rural firefighting truck in North Spain
An URO VAMTAC
URO M3-24.14 of the Emergency Military Unit

References

↑ "El dispositivo contraincendios recibe ocho nuevas motobombas" (in Spanish). La Opinión Coruña.
↑ "España vende a Marruecos 1.200 vehículos blindados como los empleados en Afganistán" [Spain sells Morroco 1,200 armoured vehicles like those used in Afghnaistan] (in Spanish). 20 minutos.

External links

UROVESA Official site (Spanish)
UROVESA Official site (English)

UROMAC Official site (Spanish)