ParmBrick Posted April 6, 2021 Hi comrades, today I want to introduce you to one of the new means of the Italian Army. The VBA (Veicolo Blindato Anfibio, in Italian) it's a amphibious vehicle producted of Consorzio Iveco - Oto Melara on the base of project VBM Freccia. The SuperAV (Surface Performance Amphibious Vehicle) is based on Freccia hull, but more raised than the latter to improve movement in the water. It's an armoured 8x8 wheeled vehicle, with high load capacities. 560 hp Iveco Cursor engine, 700km of range. This version mounts an remoted HITFIST OWS turret by Oto Melara: one ATK Mk44 Bushmaster 30mm main cannon; 7,62 mm coaxial machine gun, Janus optical system, 1 side compartment for 2 Rafeal Spike missiles, engagement systems, which allow it to operate both day and night, infrared (IR) systems, anemometer and laser rangefinder. In the event of a system failure, the turret remains operational and ready to fire via an optical aiming system. There are also 2 launchers with four smoke bombs each. The variants for the foreign market of this vehicle will be mainly adopted by the US Marines: the American model is known as ACV 1.1, by Iveco - Bae. Other images on my flickr! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Dutch Thriceman Posted April 7, 2021 Hey Parm, why not post this in GBW instead? Awesome build btw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ParmBrick Posted April 7, 2021 Thank you for the compliments! It will come soon Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kondor7001 Posted April 8, 2021 I am just getting into the hobby. But coming up to speed rapidly. I discovered your work just the other day. It is absolutely breathtaking in detail and experience with the subject matter. Keep up the inspiring work. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ParmBrick Posted April 8, 2021 1 hour ago, kondor7001 said: I am just getting into the hobby. But coming up to speed rapidly. I discovered your work just the other day. It is absolutely breathtaking in detail and experience with the subject matter. Keep up the inspiring work. Thank you very much for the kind words! Hope to see your mocs soon! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
French Man Posted April 9, 2021 Very nice vehicle mate! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ParmBrick Posted April 10, 2021 On 4/9/2021 at 7:19 PM, French Man said: Very nice vehicle mate! Thank you!! It doesn't happen often, but sometimes the Italian army produces small masterpieces Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ParmBrick Posted April 13, 2021 4 hours ago, SATSOK said: Thank you too! Always kindly I wanted to honor this vehicle, which from my point of view is representative of the Italian genius and Italian quality. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jordache Posted April 21, 2021 Very cool. The detail in the body is excellent. Love the detail in your post too - the context makes this that much more special. Great build! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ParmBrick Posted April 21, 2021 16 hours ago, jordache said: Very cool. The detail in the body is excellent. Love the detail in your post too - the context makes this that much more special. Great build! Thank you, buddy! I always look for perfection in the reproduction of real models, then I look for the best context in which to insert them, equally realistic. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
