Didgori-3 ( ka, დიდგორი-3) is a Georgian 6×6

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type

armored personnel carrier An armoured personnel carrier (APC) is a broad type of armoured military vehicle designed to transport personnel and equipment in combat zones. Since World War I, APCs have become a very common piece of military equipment around the world. Acc ...

developed by the State Scientific Technical Center "Delta". The Didgori-3 was first displayed during a military parade in 2012 and was proposed as patrol vehicle for deployments.

Technical characteristics

Didgori-3, like two previous

Didgori Armoured Personnel Carrier The Didgori-1 ( ka, დიდგორი) is a Georgian-made armoured personnel carrier developed by the "Delta" research center of the Ministry of Defence and part of the Didgori-series APC family currently constructed in five baseline variant ...

and

Didgori-2 The Didgori-II ( ka, დიდგორი-II) is an armoured multi-role and special operations vehicle produced by STC Delta. It was developed in 2009 alongside the Didgori-1 using the same internal features with some additional functions. The ar ...

is equipped with night/thermal imaging cameras and GPS navigation system. Information from the cameras are provided on three independent displays: one for the driver, one for the commander and one for the Passengers. This armored vehicle is based on a modified chassis of

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truck chassis and is powered by a

YaMZ OJSC «Autodiesel» (ОАО «Автоди́зель») known as the Yaroslavl Motor Plant (YaMZ), Russian: Яросла́вский мото́рный заво́д (ЯМЗ), romanized: Yaroslavskyi Motornyi Zavod (YaMZ), based in Yaroslavl, Russi ...

-238D 300 hp turbocharged diesel engine. The Didgori-3 is fitted with a self-recovery winch and can tow trailers or artillery pieces.

Armor

The armour withstands impacts of

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AP rounds, mine blasts from underneath in accordance to STANAG level 2 and direct grenade hits. Further details are unknown, since the composition of the material is classified. The

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steel

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provides protection against

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s fire,

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shell

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, anti-personnel/tank mines and IEDs. Front wheel arches are designed to be blown away to free blast pockets. The design is meant to follow the basic principle of US

vehicles for peacekeeping missions.

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. More on order.

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