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The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6 x 6 Armoured Car developed in the seventies by Engesa of Brazil . It used as many commercially available parts as possible. It also shares many components with the EE-11 Urutu Armoured Personnel Carrier . The suspension includes Engesa's Boomerang double-axle rear drive.

In its most common configuration, the Cascavel III, it is equipped with an Engesa turret mounting a 90 mm Belgian Cockerill Mk 3 gun produced under licence.


CHARACTERISTICS

  • Armament: 1 x 90 mm, 1 x 7.62 mm MG (coaxial), 1 x 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm MG (anti-aircraft), 2 x 3 smoke grenade dischargers

  • Ammunition: 44 x 90 mm, 2,200 x 7.62 mm

  • Armour: 8 to 20 mm 2-layer steel

  • Crew: 3

  • Weight: 10,900 kg empty, 13,400 kg combat

  • Length: 5.2 m hull, 6.2 m overall

  • Width: 2.64 m

  • Height: 2.68 m

  • Wheelbase: 2.34 + 1.41 m

  • Engine: Detroit Diesel 6V-53N, 6-cylinder water-cooled diesel, 212 hp (158 kW) at 2,800 rpm or

    • Mercedes Benz OM 352, 6 cylinder turbo-charged diesel, 172 hp (128 kW) at 2,800 rpm


(Transmission was either from the ZF factory in Brasil or Detroit Diesel Allison MT643 automatic from the US.)
  • Maximum speed: 100 km/h

  • Fuel capacity: 390 L

  • Range: 880 km

  • Ground clearance: 0.34 m

  • Vertical obstacle: 0.6 m

  • Gradient: 60 %

  • Side slope: 30 %

  • Fording: 1 m

  • NBC system: None

  • Night vision: Optional (passive for commander)



VARIANTS

  • Cascavel I: Known as 'Cascavel Magro' (Thin Cascavel). Initial vehicles with the 37 mm gun from the old M3 light tanks.

  • Cascavel II: Known as 'Cascavel Gordo' (Fat Cascavel). Widened to receive the French H 90 turret with a 90 mm DEFA D 921 gun for export.

  • Cascavel III: Described above.

  • Cascavel IV: New engine and transmission, improved day and night optics with laser rangefinder, and a 12.7 mm antiaircraft MG.



OPERATORS

Colombia , Ecuador , Iran , Iraq , Libya , Peru , Qatar , Uruguay and probably other countries. It was used in the Iran-Iraq War and in the Persian Gulf War .


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