At a ceremony held at the IAI’s Land Division production line in Be’er Sheva, the Deputy Director General and Head of the DOPP in the Israeli Ministry of Defence, Avi Dadon, signed an order to produce hundreds of combat vehicles for the IDF, IAI writes in a press release. As part of the more than 100 million NIS agreement, IAI will manufacture Z-MAG and ZD vehicles for IDF special forces missions in cooperation with Ido Cohen and The Armored Group (TAG).
According to the company, the new commando vehicles have exceptional all-terrain capabilities, such as carrying combat soldiers and equipment weighing 1.5-2.5 tons (depending on the type of vehicle), in a variety of missions including delivering supplies and evacuating wounded soldiers. The vehicles will be based on commercial elements, among other things, that are expected to ensure reliability and relatively inexpensive operation.
The vehicles will be manufactured at the Land Division production line in Be’er Sheva which, requiring an investment of tens of millions of NIS by the Ministry of Defence. The production line is part of IAI’s Elta Division.
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