BOV (APC)
| BOV | |
|---|---|
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A BOV-VP | |
| Type | Armoured Personnel Carrier |
| Place of origin | Yugoslavia , Serbia |
| Service history | |
| Used by | See Operators |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Military Technical Institute Belgrade |
| Manufacturer | Complex Battle System factory in Velika Plana, Serbia |
| No. built | 565+ |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 9.1 tonnes (20,062 lbs) |
| Length | 5.7 m (18 ft 8 in) |
| Width | 2.53 m (8 ft 4 in) |
| Height | 2.33 m (7 ft 8 in) |
| Crew | 2+8[1] |
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| Armor |
10-15mm of steel STANAG 4569 nivo III+ front side for BOV M11 and BOV M15 |
Main armament | 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm |
| Engine |
Deutz F6L413 diesel engine[1] 150 hp (110 kW) at 2650 rpm[1] |
| Power/weight | 25 hp/t |
| Suspension | 4×4 wheeled |
Operational range | 500 km (300 mi) |
| Speed | 95 km/h (59 mph) |
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The BOV (Borbeno Oklopno Vozilo), literally "Combat Armored Vehicle", is an all-wheel drive armoured vehicle manufactured in the former Yugoslavia and today in Serbia.[2]
Description
The BOV has a capacity of 10, including a driver, gunner and eight infantrymen.[1] The vehicle has a four-wheel drive and is powered by the Deutz type F 6L 413 F six-cylinder diesel engine developing 150 hp (110 kW) at 2650 rpm.[1]
Service history
The BOV was used for internal security and military duties. It was most commonly used by territorial defence units, in several variants equipped with machine guns, water cannons, smoke and tear gas dispensers for crowd control and riots.
BOV has a long combat use on the territory of the former Yugoslavia. At the beginning of the first riots in Slovenia and Croatia military police units of the JNA often used BOVs that have mainly served to protect convoys of the JNA. Also many airplanes were shot down over Croatia by self-propelled guns PSC BOV-3. Many BOV armored vehicles were lost mainly due to their weak armor protection. BOVs have also been massively used during the Kosovo conflict by the Army of Yugoslavia and the MUP of Serbia. In combination with T-55 tanks, M-80 infantry fighting vehicles and supported by infantry, mainly the AA version BOV-3 was used to clear villages of members of the KLA .
Today, the BOVs in the Serbian Army are used by the Military Police (BOV M-86), in army mechanized armor battalions (BOV M-83) and in a reserve artillery rocket battalion PVO (BOV-3). BOVs are also used by special forces of the MUP Serbia, Republika Srpska, Croatia and BiH Federation. The Slovenian and Croatian armies used the BOV during peacekeeping operations in Afghanistan.
Variants
- BOV-1 - anti-tank vehicle armed with 6x AT-3 missiles. Also known as POLO (protivoklopno lansirno orudje) M-83.[3]
- BOV-3 - air-defence version with triple M55A4B1 20mm cannon and 1,500 rounds.
- BOV-30 - prototype air-defence vehicle with twin mounted 30mm guns.
- BOV-M - armoured personnel carrier for the Milicija. This version is armed with smoke-grenade launchers and a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun.
- BOV-SN - ambulance version.
- BOV-VP - armoured personnel carrier for the military police. Also known as M-86.
New developed
- BOV M10 - armored vehicle for artillery systems command and control.
- BOV M11 - armored reconnaissance vehicle.
- BOV M15 - armoured personnel carrier for the military police based on BOV-VP with new engine, transmission, run-flat tires, remote-controlled weapon station with a 12.7 mm machine gun. and better armour protection.[4]
- BOV M16 - further enhanced variant including new communications system with high and very high frequency radios, a heating and air-conditioning system, thermal cameras, fire detection and suppression system, auxiliary power unit, telescopic sensor mast, and upgraded armour.[5]
- HS M09 BOV-3 - hybrid air-defense system based on BOV-3 with 8 x Strela 2 SAM's mounted on turret.
- MRČKB BOV-3 - mobile radio communication for battalion commander integrated in to BOV-3 vehicle.
BOV-1 anti-tank vehicle.
BOV-3 anti-aircraft vehicle.
BOV-M riot control vehicle.
BOV-SN armored vehicle.
BOV-VP armoured personnel carrier.
BOV M10 for artillery systems command and control.
BOV M11
MRČKB BOV-3
HS M09 BOV-3
Operators
Current operators
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Serbia - 74 BOV-VP, 86 BOV-1 and 80 BOV-3, 1 BOV-SN, BOV M11 12+,BOV M15, BOV M16 Milos 12+, MRČKB 4+. -
Croatia - 44 BOV-3, 37 BOV-1 and 54 BOV-VP, 36 BOV-M are used by the Police. Two dozen BOV-3 and BOV-1 presented on the military parade held in Zagreb in 2015. To be replaced in the upcoming years by recently received MRAP vehicles. -
Bosnia and Herzegovina - 42 BOV-VP and 39 BOV-3 -
Slovenia - 12 BOV-3 (In reserve), 16 BOV-VP and 28 BOV-M -
Montenegro - 6 BOV-VP, 9 BOV-1
Former operators
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Yugoslavia - Passed on to successor states
See also
References
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- 1 2 3 4 5 vojska.net - BOV APC
- ↑ BOV at FAS.org
- ↑ http://www.vs.rs/index.php?content=263298ec-032c-102c-8859-e480d5acdc4a
- ↑ http://www.yugoimport.com/lat/proizvodi/vozilo-policije-borbeno-m-15
- ↑ Foss, Christopher F. (5 July 2017). "Serbia deploys upgraded BOV light armoured vehicles". IHS Jane's 360. Belgrade, Serbia. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 5 July 2017.