IAG - Armoured Vehicles and Run-Flat Tyres

nternational Armored Group (IAG), is a builder of custom armoured vehicles, armoured cars, armoured trucks, cash in transit vehicles, armoured troop-transporters, armoured personnel-carrier vehicles and other military purpose vehicles featuring our exclusive Smartarmor™ technology.

This technology, now in use in over 1,000 vehicles worldwide, has withstood hundreds of attacks. Our safety record is second to none, with designs among the best in the business. Warranty claims are almost non-existent.
ARMOURED VEHICLE MANUFACTURING

Over the years the company has grown to include a very modern purpose-built manufacturing facility in the Middle East, together with a service and repair facility in Baghdad, Iraq.

More than 100 armoured vehicle units per month can be produced at our spacious 50,000ft² state-of-the-art facility in the Dubai area of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), making International Armored Group the largest armoured vehicle manufacturer in the European and Middle Eastern areas.
BALLISTIC PROTECTIVE VEHICLES

The use of CNC waterjet cutting technology, interfaced with CAD / CAM design, offers increased quality and reliability. All our designs are service-proven, with over 750 vehicles currently in use in Iraq and Afghanistan which have helped hundreds of people survive attacks.

At IAG, we incorporate years of experience with constant design improvement to produce some of the safest protection vehicles available today.
VEHICLE BALLISTIC PROTECTION

IAG armoured vehicles utilise the same ballistic protection-level materials in the roof components as for the rest of the vehicle. This ensures full passenger protection even from vertical attacks (i.e. from bridges or overpasses).
BALLISTIC STEEL DOOR AND WINDOW OVERLAPS

All window (transparent armour) areas are overlapped with ballistic steel. This ensures that the passenger compartment is protected even when attacked at the weaker areas.
INTEGRATED DOOR AND WINDOW SPALL SHIELDS

IAG incorporates spall shields (or bullet catchers), into the door and window overlaps to ensure that the passenger compartment retains full protection, even when attacked at an angle. Without this protection, occupants would be vulnerable in this common type of attack.
BALLISTIC-PROTECTIVE REINFORCED HINGES

Our vehicles feature fully internally-reinforced hinges made from the same protection-level materials used in the main body of the vehicle. This guarantees that the hinges will transfer the excess door loads to the interior structure of the vehicle, ensuring a long lifetime for the door components and structure whilst maintaining alignment.
SMARTARMOR ARMOURED VEHICLE PROTECTION

Unique to IAG, Smartarmor armoured vehicle protection is a flexible technological design with multifunctional capabilities. Components are designed to be cost-effective and structural, permit ease of maintenance, and provide superior ballistic-resistance, all in one package.

BOX-WITHIN-A-BOX ROLL-OVER VEHICLE PROTECTION

A finished IAG armoured vehicle provides exceptional roll-over protection with the box-within-a-box design. Since the armouring is fully-connected throughout, the interior armouring actually becomes the new vehicle structure. It is more effective than a roll cage in the event of a loss of control while evading an attack.
RUN-FLAT TYRES

An important element to any protective vehicle is the ability to escape from an attack zone quickly. To ensure that this is possible, all vehicles are equipped with the latest run-flat devices in their tyres. This permits continued driving even after an attack has deflated the tyre.

SERVICE-PROVEN PROTECTIVE DESIGN

IAG armoured vehicles have been used for years in hostile environments around the world with an exceptional safety record. The design provides full protection and escape capabilities as proven with hundreds of vehicles in use which are attacked regularly.

FULL ARMOUR COMPONENTS WARRANTY

IAG armoured vehicles are backed with a full three-year or 60,000km limited warranty for all armour components and workmanship.

EASE OF MAINTENANCE

Care has been taken in our armoured vehicle designs to ensure easy maintenance. Most glass areas can be replaced with standard tools in a short time by utilising bolted configuration.

ARMOURED VEHICLE PRODUCT RANGE

For more information about our innovative armoured vehicle designs, product range details and current stock availability, please visit the link below.
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International Armored Group
PO Box 10559
Khor Khwair Industrial Park
Ras Al Khaimah
United Arab Emirates
Contact: Anton Stefov (president)
Contact: Geoff Thistle (director of international development)
Tel: +971 7 266 0028 (ext: 27)
Tel: +971 501 994 935 (sales)
Fax: +971 7 266 8969
Email: info@interarmored.com
Email: anton@interarmored.com
Email: geoff@interarmored.com
URL: www.interarmored.com

General Dynamics SBS - Combat Vehicles, Artillery Systems, Light Weapons and Munitions

Santa Bárbara Sistemas (SBS), integrated in General Dynamics European Land Combat Systems, is a main supplier of systems and solutions to the Spanish Armed Forces.

Headquartered in Madrid, the company manufactures a wide spectrum of defense equipment, including combat vehicles, artillery systems, light weapons and munitions.

Product reliability has been proven in over 50 countries, including many NATO countries. SBS has five main business lines:

* Armored vehicles
* Special and amphibious vehicles
* Weapons
* Ammunitions
* Propellants and Research & Development (R&D)

The company currently has a license to co-produce the Leopard 2E main battle tank for the Spanish Army.
PIZARRO INFANTRY / CAVALRY FIGHTING VEHICLE

The Pizarro infantry / cavalry fighting vehicle has resulted from cooperative development between SBS and Steyr Daimler Puch. The first prototype was finished in 1992. In 1996 the Spanish Government contracted SBS to produce a first phase of 144 units (123 infantry / cavalry (VCI/C), and 21 command (VCPC)). The second phase produced an additional 212 units, including special models including Advanced Surveillance Vehicles (VCOAV), Recovery Vehicles (VCREC) and Engineering Vehicles (VCZ).

The VCI/I Pizarro is a tracked vehicle with a mono-coque armoured steel-plate hull with capacity for seven riflemen and three crew. Its high power / weight ratio is due to a 28t combat weight, and comes equipped with an automatic Mauser MK 30 cannon.

BMR-2

SBS modernized the BMR family for the Spanish Army to extend its useful life by at least 10 years including a 4th echelon overhaul. The vehicles received a new, smaller engine, but with greater specific power, centralization of all electrical connections with quick-connect sockets, new fuel feed system, internal expanding brakes, additional steel armor plating, fire detection and anti-explosive systems, heating, air conditioning and NBC protection, plus a new two-seat turret designated TC-3 A.
M-3 RAPID DEPLOYMENT AMPHIBIOUS EQUIPMENT

The M3 is the world's most modern, most efficient and fastest amphibious bridging and ferrying system. It reduces construction time dramatically and provides increased manoeuvrability and mobility in the water. M3 builds on the excellent cost / utility / efficiency relationship of its predecessors: it is quicker to construct a bridge, provides greater mobility and requires fewer personnel; costs are reduced by greater control system automation.
WEAPONS SYSTEMS

SBS, a leader in 105mm and 155mm artillery pieces, has extensive experience in manufacturing last-generation cannons such as the 155/52 APU SBT howitzer, recoilless cannons for frigates, and guns for battle tanks. The 155/52 APU SBT can be used as coastal or field artillery and can easily be integrated into different command and control systems. In the field of light weapons, the company has developed and produced innovative products such as the LAG 40 SB automatic grenade launcher.
AMMUNITIONS AND PROPELLANTS

SBS manufactures small caliber, medium caliber, artillery and anti-tank ammunition, projection charges, warheads and final assembly and testing of missiles. SBS has developed, patented and exported to European countries the 'ball powder' manufacturing process. It has production lines for single base, double base, and triple base propellants with a solvent process. The company also manufactures metallic cartridges and medium caliber munitions, 5.56mm perforating and 40mm TP, HE, HEDP, among others.

MODERNIZATION PROGRAMS

SBS has enhanced and extended the useful life of thousands of armored vehicles and tanks, to user requirements. All tank models used by the Spanish Army since the 1970s have been modernized, rebuilt or upgraded by SBS.

COOPERATION PROGRAMS

Over the last 30 years, numerous collaboration agreements have allowed SBS to manufacture the best products in their sectors, including the German Leopard 2E MBT, US TOW missiles and Abrams tank components. SBS has a license to manufacture the German H&K G-36 E assault rifles for the Spanish Army, as well as a range of parts and components for a half dozen missiles.




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General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas
Manuel Cortina, 2
28010 Madrid
Spain
Tel: +34 91 585 0240
Fax: +34 91 585 0268
URL: www.gdsbs.com