Special Operations Vehicles Feature High Level of Interoperabiity

Special Operations Vehicles Feature High Level of Interoperabiity

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Special Operations Vehicles – Mobility Heavy (SOV-MH) will be delivered for the New Zealand Defence Forces, within the framework of a contract awarded to Supacat by the New Zealand Ministry of Defence.  

According to Australian Defence Magazine, Supacat is also in the process of agreeing a long term support contract with the New Zealand Defence Force to support the new fleet.

The new SOV-MH vehicles are based on the latest MkII version of Supacat’s HMT Extenda and provide a high level of commonality with the equivalent vehicles with other Special Forces. Vehicle deliveries will commence in the final quarter of 2017.

SC Group CEO, Nick Ames, said “Interoperability is an important element for the Special Forces community and commonality of spares and support is a key driver in maintaining relatively small fleets.”

The HMT Extenda is unique in being convertible to either a 4×4 or 6×6 configuration to meet different operational requirements. Its open architecture provides for various levels of protection and great variety in the roles and missions for which it can be configured.

The SOV-MH vehicles will be manufactured at Supacat’s existing assembly facilities in Australia using Supacat Team Australia members to manufacture and assemble the vehicle. This represents the first time that Supacat Team Australia members will be exporting completed vehicles.