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Russia's military vehicles manufacturer says developed new lightweight armored car strela

Moscow, July 13 (Sputnik) - Russia has developed a cutting-edge Strela armored cross-country vehicle that is twice as light as the Tigr-type vehicles and has a higher speed, as well as better mine protection, Alexander Krasovitsky, the director general of Military Industrial Company (VPK), an armored military vehicles manufacturer, told Sputnik on Monday.
"Being proactive, we have developed and manufactured an experimental prototype of the new VPK-Strela type armored car that weighs 4.7 tons, which is almost two times less than the Tigr-type vehicles [about 8 tonnes]. The car is equipped with second-tier ballistic protection per GTE 9.1.12.1 [the General Technical Requirements for armor protection of cars, the second tier means it can withstand shots from AK-74, AKM assault rifles, and SVD sniper rifle], the maximum speed on the highway is up to 155 kilometers per hour [96 miles per hour]. To date, our military simply does not have such cars in service," Krasovitsky said.
He added that the car's mine protection was capable of saving the crew's lives in an explosion equivalent to 4.4 pounds of TNT, compared to the Tigr's protection against 1.3 pounds.
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