Plasan unveiled today it’s all-new, lightweight protected vehicle – Yagu at Expo Seguridad event in Mexico City this week. In fact, plasan transformed the 767 kg commercial Arctic Cat Wildcat 4 1000 four-seat all-terrain vehicle into a 1.48-ton (dry weight) fully-protected assault vehicle.
The vehicle is designed to behave like an All Terrain Vehicle (ATV) but offers its crew of three persons the all-around 360 ballistic protection at a level of B6+ (similar to STANAG 4569 Level II) effective against 5.56X45, 7.62X39 and 7.62×51 threats. WIth front and side windows and all-round cameras the protected capsule provides excellent situational awareness and response, using an overhead ultra-light remotely operated weapon, that mounts a 5.56 or 7.62 machine gun and EO sensors operated by the crew from within the air-conditioned, armored capsule. The vehicle can also be equipped with a drone launching system, that can operate airborne for 27 minutes. With automatic target tracking features the drone provides enhanced situational awareness for the crew.
The air-transportable Yagu is positioned to meet the needs of special operations, border patrols, urban warfare as well as special missions in crime-fighting, where light and agile platforms are required. According to Plasan, Yagu provides such high protection level at an exceptionally low weight. As its outdoors sibbling, Yagu can move on rocky and muddy terrain, on sand dunes and in forest environments, climbing extreme sloping roads. In urban scenes Yagu’s compact size comes handy, as it is able to move through narrow passages (its width is merely 162 cm), crossing jammed or blocked roads on sidewalks and stairs.
Even with full armor, three fully equipped troops and 350 kg payload (a gross vehicle weight of more than five tons!), Yagu maintains a power/weight ratio in excess of 53 HP/Ton, thus maintaining much of the agility and mobility of the Wildcat. The platform retains the original 1000 H2 V- Twin, S0HC 4 – stroke, 4 – valve w/EFI 951cc engine with electronic fuel injection, coupled to an automatic transmission with HI/LO gear, 2 or 4 wheel drive and the long-travel front and rear suspension used in the original Wildcat. To support the added weight and improve mobility, Yagu uses bigger tires (28 X 10r14 instead of the civilian version’s 26x9R14 and 26x11R14).
Plasan’s new Yagu ultralight Armored Vehicle has all around protection, including belly and roof protection, providing effective protection in an urban environment and counter IED. The wheels use larger tires, compared to the light civilian version of the Wildcat. Approach and departure angles are exceptionally high, enabling the driver to negotiate steep obstacles. The belly is extremely low, adding to the vehicle’s road stability but with adverse off-road and blast countering effects. Given Plasan’s excellent knowhow in this field, Yagu is likely to have other blast protection measures to protect the crew. Photo: Plasan
In addition to the powerful 95HP engine Yagu also has an independent power generator and integral air condition systems, maintaining continuous electrical power for the mission systems and comfortable climate inside the protected crew capsule. Photo: Plasan.
...it's a COTS side-by side with a some rhs plating and an rws.
>The platform retains the original 1000 H2 V- Twin, S0HC 4 – stroke, 4 – valve w/EFI 951cc engine
meaning it's going to be sluggish as hell with all the extra weight
>Even with full armor, three fully equipped troops and 350 kg payload (a gross vehicle weight of more than five tons!
meaning it's going to get stuck a LOT
>Yagu maintains a power/weight ratio in excess of 53 HP/Ton, thus maintaining much of the agility and mobility of the Wildcat.
citation needed.
>long-travel front and rear suspension used in the original Wildcat. To support the added weight and improve mobility, Yagu uses bigger tires (28 X 10r14 instead of the civilian version’s 26x9R14 and 26x11R14).
How deliciously Mexican, thinking bigger tires with fix the strain on the suspension.
>In addition to the powerful 95HP engine
wait i thought you just said it had 53 hp per ton, coming out to 265 hp?
the rhs armor can nominally stand up to 7.62 fire, but I wouldn't count on some of the joints to hold.
This whole thing looks like it was designed by someone who had heard of an M-ATV (pic related), and tried to copy it with stuff you can find at a home depot.
What's the fucking point in these? All they're doing is limiting mobility and situational awareness without offering any serious defense against the kinds of weapons they're likely to be facing. These vehicles aren't fit for entering combat in the first place, they're just battle buses.
Why not get a proper MRAP in that case? If you're going to armour your vehicle, especially in an Israeli context (basing it off the Negev and MAG in the video) the pitiful shit on this vehicle is not going to be anywhere enough.
>that shot at 1:00 mark >the uav has a fucking tether >27 minutes of operation >a fucking tether >27 minutes
The arctic cat abortion is one thing, but a COTS quadcopter that requires a tether just to work on a limited scale just pushed this into turbofuck territory.
that is going to be utter garbage offroad, its badly underpowered, has all the ground clearance of a honda civiv, and tiny little AT tires which will be near useless on slick clay or grassy slopes, not to mention itd be heavily overweight if it weighed half what it does
Looks goofy as shit. I guess it might work for low risk with a chance of pot shots on your way to the next hole. I feel like Clarkson, May, and Hammond probably could have done better.
Personally I'd just go with "fuck it, I want greyhounds". I mean with some serious modernization upgrades designed into a new production model it ought to be a much better platform than an ATV that was probably never meant to have that much weight on it.
