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General Dynamics Ajax armoured fighting vehicle
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Ajax IFV is a tracked armored fighting vehicle (AFV) developed by General Dynamics UK for the British Army.

Formerly known as Scout SV (Specialist Vehicle), the Ajax is a new generation of armoured fighting vehicles comparable with the Germans Puma and Lynx IFVs, the Korean Redback IFV or the latest development of the Combat Vehicle 90, the CV90 Mk4.

Designed and manufactured by the United Kingdom division of General Dynamics Land Systems, the Ajax AFV is a further development of the Austrian-Spanish ASCOD infantry fighting vehicle (IFV).

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Ajax weights 38 tonnes with a maximum potential weight of 42 tonnes and measures 7.62 m (25 ft 0 in) in length, 3.35 m (11 ft 0 in) in width, and 3.00 m (9 ft 10 in) in height.

Ajax IFV in the PMRS variant can accommodate a total of six (6) persons, including two (2) crew members and four (4) passengers.

The main armament of the Ajax consists of a 40 mm (1.6 in) CT40 cannon produced by CTA International, a joint-venture company between Nexter of France and the British company BAE Systems.

As secondary armament, Ajax is equipped with a 7.62 mm L94A1 coaxial chain gun.

Apart from its main turret, the Ajax IFV can also be fitted with the Kongsberg Protector Remote Weapon Station equipped with Javelin ATGMs.

The Ajax AFV is powered by a 600 kW (800 bhp) MTU Friedrichshafen V8 engine coupled with a RENK 6 speed HSWL 256B transmission and uses a torsion bar suspension.

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