The Zastava NTV (; ) is a Serbian 4x4, multipurpose, all-terrain infantry mobility vehicle designed by the Military Technical Institute and Zastava Trucks, and manufactured by Zastava TERVO. The primary users are the Serbian Armed Forces; the vehicle may also be offered for the export market.
Design
The first prototype vehicle was designed in 2011 by the Military Technical Institute, together with experts from the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Kragujevac and engineers of Zastava Trucks, for equipping the Serbian Armed Forces. It was designed with a modular chassis to transport troops and various equipment quickly on-road and off-road.
Due to its modular chassis, many different variants were developed from 2011 to 2017. It was adopted for the Serbian Armed Forces and for export after undergoing extensive on-road and off-road tests by the Technical Testing Center. It is designed to perform in mountains, valleys, forests, as well as snowy, moist, cold and hot environments, and is capable of operating at different ambient temperatures ranging from . The vehicle has approach and departure angles of 35° each. It can negotiate longitudinal slopes of 60% and transverse slopes of 35%, and can ford at deep in water.
The vehicle can transport 1.4 tonnes of internal cargo and can carry a 1.7-ton trailer. For example, it could carry 32 wooden boxes with sixty-four 120 mm mortar mines that weighs 1408 kg and tow 120 mm mortar.
In its basic variants, it has a Cummins 2.8 turbocharged diesel engine with intake air cooler and a five-gear ZF 5S 400 synchronous mechanical gearbox. It is equipped with ABS, EBD and ABD for braking. It is configured as 4x4 with permanent all-wheels drive with electric blockade command for separator drive and separate electric differential commands for front and rear bridge. It has 255/100 R16 radial tubeless tires with run flat as option.
Versions
There are three different versions of NTV: 40.13H - 2+1 40.13H Extended Cab - 8+1 40.13H - 5+1
Thanks to its modular design, it can be equipped as ambulance, workshop, command and control, military communications, military police, transport, reconnaissance, ground and air radar, sound surveillance and armed version.
Armed The 40.13H was presented as an armed variant at the Partner 2017 arms exhibition, featuring either a Zastava M-93 30mm automatic grenade launcher or a Zastava M02 Coyote 12.7mm heavy machine gun. A better-armed version with a more powerful, commercial-grade engine has also been offered to customers. It is also possible to equip the vehicle with the M-15 remote-controlled weapons station.
Operators – 20+ in the Serbian Armed Forces.
See also Iveco LMV Toyota Mega Cruiser URO VAMTAC Tigr (Russian military vehicle) Nimr
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