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Didgori I
File:Didgori wheeled armoured personnel carrier vehicle.jpg
Didgoris seen during a military parade
Type Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin Flag of Georgia Georgia
Service history
In service 2011–Present
Used by Georgian Land Forces
Production history
Designer Scientific Technical Center Delta
Manufacturer Tbilisi Aircraft Manufacturing
Unit cost $240.000 (2014) (base vehicle)[1]
Specifications
Mass 8059kg (combat weight 8855 kg)
Length 5.75 m
Width 2.38 m
Height 2.20 m
Crew 1+8

Main
armament
7.62×51mm NATO Minigun or 12.7×108mm NSV machine gun
Secondary
armament
ATGM
Engine Double turbo diesel engine
450hp
Suspension wheeled 4x4
Operational
range
500 km
Maximum speed 120 km/h

The Didgori-1 (Georgian language: დიდგორი ) is a Georgian-made armoured personnel carrier developed by the "Delta" research center of the Ministry of Defence of Georgia and part of the Didgori-series APC family currently constructed in five baseline variants.[2]

Technical characteristics[]

The machine is assembled on and around the chassis of US Ford F-Series pickup trucks. Equipped with thermal imaging cameras front and rear view of FLIR Systems.Information from the cameras is displayed on the three displays: one for the driver, one for the commander and one for the infantry team, established with a system of night vision and also with a special navigation system GPS.

Armor[]

The armour withstands impacts of 7.62×54mmR AP rounds and 6–8 kg mine blasts at direct contact and from underneath without heavy damage. Further details are unknown, since the composition of the material is classified. The two baseline models are armed with a 7.62×51mm M134 Minigun and the 12.7×108mm NSV machine gun, but can be armed with a wide range of armaments, including ATGMs. The monocoque steel v-hull provides protection against small arms fire, artillery shell shrapnel, anti-personnel/tank mines and IEDs. Front wheel arches are designed to be blown away to free blast pockets.[3][4]

Operators[]

Didgori-1 operators

Map with Didgori-1 operators in blue

Current operators[]

  • Flag of Georgia Georgia - 50+ Didgori-1 in service Georgian Armed Forces. More on order.
  • Flag of Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia - Didgori MedEvac modification took part in an extensive two year-long Saudi Arabia tender eliminating eight foreign competitors and their counterparts in the contest - including US and Poland. As a result, in 2015 a USD 40 million contract was signed for more than 100 vehicles of various configurations. The first batch - 12 vehicles, exclusively for medevac purposes, has been delivered in January 2016.[5][6][7][8]

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