VBTP-MR Guarani

The VBTP-MR Guarani is a six-wheel-drive armoured personnel carrier developed by Iveco together with the Brazilian Army under its Urutu III modernisation programme, which was meant to replace the ageing EE-11 Urutu. The initials stand for a medium armoured personnel transport vehicle on wheels. The design is modular, so that different turrets, weapons, sensors and communications systems can be fitted to the same carriage, and the planned and built variants include infantry fighting vehicle, command post, mortar carrier, ambulance, engineering and anti-air versions, plus an eight-wheel-drive variant. Brazil contracted in 2009 for 2,044 vehicles, later cut to 1,580, and deliveries began in December 2012. The Guarani is the base of the Iveco SuperAV, and other users include Ghana, Lebanon and the Philippines.