{"id":3247,"date":"2019-01-07T15:26:00","date_gmt":"2019-01-07T12:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3247"},"modified":"2024-02-23T15:51:26","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T12:51:26","slug":"serbian-army-receives-first-lazar-iii-8x8-mrcvs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xairforces.com\/?p=3247","title":{"rendered":"Serbian Army receives first Lazar III 8\u00d78 MRCVs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Lazar III was introduced into service at the VS’s Nikinci Technical Test Centre, 45 km west of Belgrade, where the first group of VS soldiers completed training for the operational use and maintenance of the new vehicle.<\/strong>

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The Lazar III 8\u00d78 MRACV has entered service with the VS. (\u00a9Photo by Serbian MoD)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The vehicle has a roof-mounted M15 remote-controlled weapon station with a modernised 12.7 mm NSV machine gun and electro-optical system fitted with a charge-coupled device day camera, thermal night camera, and laser range finder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Produced by state-owned company Yugoimport-SDPR at its Complex Combat Systems (Borbeni Slo\u017eeni Sistemi) factory in Velika Plana, central Serbia, the Lazar III has a powertrain on the front right side of the vehicle and uses a 500-hp Cummins ISM500 diesel engine, coupled with an Allison automatic transmission. Its gross vehicle weight is 22\u201326 tonnes, depending on the mission and level of armour protection, with a road speed of up to 110 km\/h.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Lazar III can carry 12 troops: the commander, driver, gunner, and 9 soldiers. It has STANAG 4569 Level 3 all-round ballistic protection and Level 3+ over the frontal arc, with STANAG 4569 Level 3a and 3b mine protection. With additional armour, the vehicle\u2019s all-round ballistic protection can be increased to STANAG 4569 Level 4, with Level 5 over the frontal arc.

Source: <\/strong>JANES News by Igor Bozinovski – 07 January 2019

Nikoleta Marangozova <\/a>(South East European XairForces<\/a> Editor from Bulgaria<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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