Mahindra and Mahindra are going to produce defence vehicles under Mahindra Defence Systems, subsidiary.
The company already manufactures and supplies heavily armoured defence vehicles to the Indian armed forces and exports to other countries.
To help protect Indian soldiers from Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and mines Mahindra Defense Systems has developed a ‘Mine Resistant Ambush Protected’ vehicle.
The company recently took to Twitter to share some details about this heavy-duty machine.
#MahindraDefence is proud to have designed, produced & exported ‘Mine Resistant Ambush Protected’ Speciality Vehicles with Interrogation arms to lift road side IEDs. To be deployed in UN Peacekeeping Operations.@PMOIndia @DefenceMinIndia @MakeInIndia #defence #AtmaNirbharBharat pic.twitter.com/siN5GgSdql
— SP Shukla (@Prakashukla) July 14, 2020
This speciality vehicle will be used by our soldiers when they are on United Nations Peacekeeping mission.
This is a heavily armoured vehicle, designed to survive blasts and is suitable for conflict zones. The speciality vehicle also gets interrogation arms to lift roadside IEDs (improvised explosive device).
Mahindra Defence revealed that this vehicle has been designed, produced, and exported from India. Needless to say, this feat was due to receive appreciation from Mahindra Group’s chairman, Anand Mahindra. He, in his tweet, called it a ‘Mean Machine’ that it will help keep peacekeepers safe. He also joked about how it would be a perfect vehicle to use in Mumbai traffic if it were legal.
Mahindra Defence Systems developed including the Mahindra Marksman, used by Central Industrial Security Forces (CISF)’s Quick Reaction Team (QRT).