Iveco and the Brazilian Army are working on the 2.0 version of the 6×6 Guarani armored vehicle

A commission of military engineers from the Brazilian Army’s Manufacturing Directorate, headed by Major General Tales Villela, and a team from Iveco Defense Vehicles (IDV) held a meeting at the company’s facilities in Sete Lagoas, Minas Gerais, to address technical discussions and administrative arrangements for the implementation of improvements to the 6×6 Guarani armored vehicle, a project called Guarani 2.0.

The Guarani Strategic Program constantly evolves based on production, operation, and maintenance experiences.

The simplest changes are implemented in manufacturing and, subsequently, in the vehicles already in use.

An easy example of this can be seen in the so-called combat kit, whose vehicles can be identified by the external straps of the backpack, remembering that this is only the most visible element of the kit.

Inside the IDV factory in Sete Lagoas, a group of Army military engineers assists this evolution based on operational experiences and reports from the maintenance units, along with reports from the companies responsible for supplying the logistics chain, among other factors, are constantly evaluated.

Activities like this demonstrate to what extent the interaction and integration between the Defense Industrial Base (BID) and the Brazilian Army are necessary to meet the troops’ real needs, increasing the Land Force’s operational capacity and collaborating with national development.

LSR 4×4

On the same occasion, issues related to the next phases of the VBMT-LSR 4×4 VBMT-LSR Acquisition Project were also addressed, involving requirements, quantities, and deadlines.

Regarding future projections, both projects will continue to follow the processes defined in the Army’s SMEM life cycle under the joint management of the stakeholders involved and the coordination and governance of the Army General Staff.

With information from Infodefensa

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