Pegaso VEC

The Pegaso VEC, from Vehiculo de Exploracion de Caballeria or cavalry reconnaissance vehicle, is a turret armed armoured reconnaissance vehicle produced by the Spanish company Pegaso as a derivative of its BMR armoured carrier, with the factory designation 3562. It was adopted by the Spanish Army to replace older models and is intended for military reconnaissance and surveillance. A turret mounted 25 mm chain gun and a 12.7 mm machine gun give it offensive capability, and a steel armoured hull protects the crew of two or three against small arms fire, shell splinters and some anti-personnel mines. It carries optics, night vision devices and communication equipment. It has been exported only to Guyana. Surviving vehicles were upgraded to the M1 standard in the late 1990s with a Scania DS9 310 hp multifuel diesel engine and additional armour, and the VEC M1 remains in service, maintained by General Dynamics Land Systems, which took over from Santa Barbara Sistemas.