ST Kinetics Lifts Lid on New AFV
ST Kinetics Lifts Lid on New AFV 01 Februari 2017 ST Kinetics Next Gen armoured fighting vehicle (photo : Shephard) Speaking at the IQPC International Armoured Vehicles Conference 2017 in London, Brigadier General (Ret"d) Winston Toh, executive vice-president and chief marketing officer of ST Kinetics revealed additional details of the company"s Next Gen Armoured Fighting Vehicle (NG AFV). This unnamed AFV has been developed by ST Kinetics to meet the operational requirements of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF) to replace its US-supplied M113 series of tracked armoured personnel carriers (APCs) and other variants, which have been upgraded to the M113A2 Ultra configuration by the company. The baseline hull of the NG AFV is all welded steel armour to which an appliqué layer of passive armour has been added. This armour package is a modular design so it can be removed and replaced as new technology emerges, or tailored to meet the appropriate threat. ST Kinetics has also stated ...