Slovakia buys Scipio 8×8 IFVs

Jane’s is reporting that Slovakia plans to purchase 31 Rosomak 8×8 armored personnel carrier vehicles for $31 million.  In Slovakian service the vehicles will be armed with the Slovakian TURRA 30 unmanned turret, and known as the Scipio infantry fighting vehicle (IFV).  The Rosomak is a version of the Finnish Patria AMV (specifically the XC-360P variant) built under licence in Poland by Siemianowice Slaskie (formerly known as WZM), part of Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ). Each Rosomak chassis costs $1.1-1.4 million.  The TURRA 30 is armed with a 2A42 30×165 mm cannon (the same that equips the BMP-2), a PKT 7.62×54 mm machine gun, and two anti-tank guided missile (ATGM) launchers (for either the 9K111 Fagot ‘AT-4 Spigot’ or 9K113 Konkurs ‘AT-5 Spandrel’). For the export market a version of the TURRA 30 was unveiled in May at IDET 2015 armed with an ATK Mk 44 Mod 1 Bushmaster II cannon (30×173 mm) and a M2HB 12.7 mm (.50 cal) machine gun. It can optionally be equipped with other ATGMs such as the Rafael Spike

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Photo gallery of the Scipio available here.