The Portuguese Army is seeking to improve the Pandur II 8×8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) for its Intervention Brigade amid a broader effort to improve the type, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Camilo, head of the capabilities branch of the army general staff’s force planning division, told Janes on 17 July.

A mid-life upgrade (MLU) will gradually overhaul the entire fleet, and ‘digitise’ the vehicles with new vetronics.

An enhancement by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of the existing 12.7 mm Protector remotely controlled weapon stations is being discussed and would include modernising the optics and installing ballistic protection.

A Portuguese Pandur II IFV is shown with an SP30 two-man turret armed with a 30 mm MK30-2 cannon and two 7.62 mm MAG58 weapons. (Victor Barreira)

The Portuguese Army is seeking to improve the Pandur II 8×8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) for its Intervention Brigade amid a broader effort to improve the type, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Camilo, head of the capabilities branch of the army general staff’s force planning division, told Janes on 17 July.

A mid-life upgrade (MLU) will gradually overhaul the entire fleet, and ‘digitise’ the vehicles with new vetronics.

An enhancement by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of the existing 12.7 mm Protector remotely controlled weapon stations is being discussed and would include modernising the optics and installing ballistic protection.

A Portuguese Pandur II IFV is shown with an SP30 two-man turret armed with a 30 mm MK30-2 cannon and two 7.62 mm MAG58 weapons. (Victor Barreira)

The Portuguese Army is seeking to improve the Pandur II 8×8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) for its Intervention Brigade amid a broader effort to improve the type, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Camilo, head of the capabilities branch of the army general staff’s force planning division, told Janes on 17 July.

A mid-life upgrade (MLU) will gradually overhaul the entire fleet, and ‘digitise’ the vehicles with new vetronics.

An enhancement by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of the existing 12.7 mm Protector remotely controlled weapon stations is being discussed and would include modernising the optics and installing ballistic protection.

A Portuguese Pandur II IFV is shown with an SP30 two-man turret armed with a 30 mm MK30-2 cannon and two 7.62 mm MAG58 weapons. (Victor Barreira)

The Portuguese Army is seeking to improve the Pandur II 8×8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) for its Intervention Brigade amid a broader effort to improve the type, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Camilo, head of the capabilities branch of the army general staff’s force planning division, told Janes on 17 July.

A mid-life upgrade (MLU) will gradually overhaul the entire fleet, and ‘digitise’ the vehicles with new vetronics.

An enhancement by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of the existing 12.7 mm Protector remotely controlled weapon stations is being discussed and would include modernising the optics and installing ballistic protection.

A Portuguese Pandur II IFV is shown with an SP30 two-man turret armed with a 30 mm MK30-2 cannon and two 7.62 mm MAG58 weapons. (Victor Barreira)

The Portuguese Army is seeking to improve the Pandur II 8×8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) for its Intervention Brigade amid a broader effort to improve the type, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Camilo, head of the capabilities branch of the army general staff’s force planning division, told Janes on 17 July.

A mid-life upgrade (MLU) will gradually overhaul the entire fleet, and ‘digitise’ the vehicles with new vetronics.

An enhancement by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of the existing 12.7 mm Protector remotely controlled weapon stations is being discussed and would include modernising the optics and installing ballistic protection.

A Portuguese Pandur II IFV is shown with an SP30 two-man turret armed with a 30 mm MK30-2 cannon and two 7.62 mm MAG58 weapons. (Victor Barreira)

The Portuguese Army is seeking to improve the Pandur II 8×8 armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) for its Intervention Brigade amid a broader effort to improve the type, Lieutenant Colonel Ricardo Camilo, head of the capabilities branch of the army general staff’s force planning division, told Janes on 17 July.

A mid-life upgrade (MLU) will gradually overhaul the entire fleet, and ‘digitise’ the vehicles with new vetronics.

An enhancement by Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace of the existing 12.7 mm Protector remotely controlled weapon stations is being discussed and would include modernising the optics and installing ballistic protection.

A Portuguese Pandur II IFV is shown with an SP30 two-man turret armed with a 30 mm MK30-2 cannon and two 7.62 mm MAG58 weapons. (Victor Barreira)