VTP-2 Escarabajo - The Chilean armoured personnel carrier

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VTP-2 Escarabajo

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History:

  • Cardoen VTP-2 is a Chilean armored vehicle designed for different types of missions such as armored personnel carrier, command ambulance, and anti-aircraft and can be mounted a variety of weaponry. This was a very little known project even for Chile; Industrias cardoen never gave much information about their vehicles and their prototypes used to be very secret, so it is difficult to find information or even photos, it is presumed that they were sold to the Chilean Air Force for the protection of airfields. Photos that can be found of the vehicle include a GAD-AOA turret with a Oerlikon KAA 20-mm gun mounted on top of the vehicle. The VTP-2 Escarabajo is the evolution of the VTP-1 Orca which has the distinction of having the largest passenger capacity of any modern APC, and is among the largest and heaviest ever built.

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Characteristics of the vehicle

The vehicle is completely enclosed and has 6 or 8 mm armor that protects it from low caliber shots or explosion splinters. The engine is in the front, the commander and the driver are in the central part of the vehicle, just after the engine, where they both have an armored windshield, as well as the windows on their sides, these Windows also have armored blinds in case you need extra protection that can be raised. The entrance of the vehicle is through the rear entrance through a large door, through which the other passengers also enter, which can be up to 10 in addition to the driver and the commander. On the top of the vehicle there is a large space where a variety of weaponry can be installed, but only photos of this vehicle have been found carrying a turret with a 20 mm oerlikon-bührle gun that is operated by a single man, so that one of the passengers operates the turret and gun.

Specifications:

  • Crew:
    • 3+9 (commander, gunner and driver + passengers)
  • Armament:
  • Dimensions:
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