Signed a contract to supply 90 armored cars "bars-8".

the President of Ukraine Petro Poroshenko showed the new armored car "bars-8", which was developed by the Corporation "Bogdan", according to autoconsulting.com.ua.

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In the construction of the first prototype the company's engineers took into account all requirements and observations made on the results of tests, but because the military signed a contract for 90 vehicles for the national guard. Armored car built on a commercial chassis four-wheel drive Japanese company Isuzu with a number of units and aggregates of civil engineering "Bogdan".

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the Cost of "Leopard-8 - million, which is significantly less than the analogues with similar combat performance. Armor "Leopard-8" protects the armored car from the bullets of 5.45 and 7 62-mm, in particular, the front part of the car, including the hood, keeps them in focus.

Under the hood "Leopard-8" is a 160-horsepower turbo diesel that gets about 15 liters of fuel per 100 km cruising range of armored car - 600 km, the crew of 2 persons, in the troop compartment can be transported 4-6 Marines in full gear.

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