18 June 2020

Protolab's PMPV gets engine upgrade

by Samuel Cranny-Evans

Finland’s Protolab has updated its Protected Multipurpose Vehicle (PMPV) with a new engine and completed a series of company trials, Juha Moisio, Protolab’s director of business development, told Janes on 16 June.

The PMPV has been upgraded to improve its trafficability and speed while retaining high levels of protection. (Protolab)

Moisio explained that the trials were primarily company led and related to the further development of the PMPV. The goal “is to provide a faster APC, which, in addition to meeting the demand for the rapid movement of troops from one operational area to another, provides for an extremely high level of protection from the offset,” Moisio explained.

He added that the trials had been conducted in various scenarios, from the Arctic to the heat of the summer, and that the trials were effectively complete.

The engine upgrade replaces the original Cummins I-6 multi-fuel engine that provides 285 hp (210 kW) with a variant of the same engine that provides 330 hp (250 kW) and 1,125 Nm of torque at 2,500 rpm. Both options are coupled to an Allison 3500sp automatic transmission and a Katsa 2-speed transfer box.

Finland’s Protolab has updated its Protected Multipurpose Vehicle (PMPV) with a new engine and compl...

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