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Ferox
The Spanish company EM&E Group (Escribano) presented the new Ferox ("Furious") 6x6 armored vehicle at the FEINDEF 2025 defense exhibition. As expected, this product will go into serial production – the developer plans to produce up to 8 machines per month or about 100 copies per year.
The base platform was created in the UAE, but by agreement with the Emirati company NIMR Automotive, the Spanish partner received all the authority for further design and production and the necessary technologies for this.
Earlier, the Ministry of Defense of the country, as part of the modernization of the army, relied on the new BMP Dragon 8x8, but, apparently, the developer has not been able to fix the problems faced by this technique, although Ferox is officially positioned not as a competitor to the Dragon program, but as an additional platform.
At the end of 2024, information was announced in the Spanish edition of El Confidencial Digital that the colonel in charge of the Dragon project had applied for dismissal from his post after he refused to sign for the receipt of the first 11 copies, as they did not meet the requirements of the army. According to the press, the TESS Defense consortium has not transferred any of the 94 vehicles scheduled for delivery in 2024.
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Basic version of Dragon 8x8
- they wrote in the local media then.
The development process of the new infantry fighting vehicle began in 2007 with the aim of replacing the outdated BMR M1 armored personnel carrier of the Spanish Army, as well as the VEC M1 BRDM and part of the M113 APC fleet. As a result, it was decided to create an armored vehicle based on the Piranha V from the Swiss company MOWAG. Delivery of the first 40 copies was expected in 2014, but the first 12 test samples were delivered for testing only in December 2022.
According to the contract concluded in 2020, the final purchase of 998 units is expected. The cost of the first batch of 348 copies amounted to €1.74 billion with a delivery period of 7 years. But the first 4 vehicles were handed over to the army only in April of this year.
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Engineering version of Dragon 8x8
- it says on the local resource Defensa y Aviación.
Apparently, the developer could not cope with the problems accompanying the project, and therefore the Ministry of Defense preferred to turn to a ready-made foreign product.
- it says on the Escribano website.
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Ferox
The length of the armored vehicle is 6920 mm, the width is 2825 mm, and the height is 2630 mm. With a gross weight of up to 27 tons, it can carry cargo weighing up to 4 tons and accommodate a crew of 3 people plus 9 paratroopers. The vehicle is equipped with a 600 hp engine, which allows it to reach a maximum speed of 100 km/h and cover a distance of 700 km. For quick replacement, it can be easily disassembled from the side within 40 minutes.
The equipment can be equipped with various types of weapons. At the exhibition, it was equipped with a remote-controlled Guardian 2.0 Pro installation with a 30 mm M230LF autocannon and 4 ATGM.
