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ERC 90

The ERC 90 is a light armoured vehicle with 6 wheels, armed with a 90-mm gun. With good mobility terrestrial and watery, it can fight in contaminated atmosphere and is transportable by air by Transall. It is intended for safe reconnaissance missions in traditional or nuclear environments. It is equiped to carry out anti-tank missions. The case and turret consist of tack welded steel plates: field of fire in direction: 360° field of fire in height: -8° with +15° pointing in site and layer ensured by electric drives. Direction is provided by observation glasses and firing direction by a laser system of telemetry.

Specifications

principal armament
  • 1 gun of 90 mm to semi-automatic operation
  • 20 ammunition of 90 mm out of turrets out
  • distances practical shooting: 1800 m
    • secondary armament
  • 1 machine-gun of 7.62 mm twinned
  • with the gun 2000 cartridges of 7.62 mm
  • 4 smoke-producing cannister launchers
    • Crew the ERC 90 requires a crew of 3 men: a head of machine, a gunner, a pilot
    masses 8100 kg
    Engine 6 Cylinders out of V with 90° with electronic ignition, two carburettors and water cooling power 135 CH. to 5250 rpm
    speed
  • average on road: 60 km/h
  • average on road: 100 km/h
  • water: 7.2 km/h
    • consumption on road: 24 l/100 in varied ground: 17 l/h
    autonomy 730 km or 15 hours for 250 gasoline


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