Ukroboronprom State Concern will continue buying steel for new Dozor-B armored vehicles on the European Union (EU) market.
The press service of the concern reported that the conditions of developing international industrial cooperation under the Dozor-B program were discussed during the negotiations with Poland’s Huta Stali Jakosciowych S.A., the European supplier of certified armored steel.
At present, ARMSTAL-500 steel made by Huta Stali Jakosciowych S.A. in Stalowa Wola (Poland) is used for production of Dozor-B armored vehicles. Steel meets NATO STANAG standard, the press service said.
“This armored steel is used for armored vehicles in the inventory of NATO countries, including Poland’s Rosomak armored vehicle”, the concern said.
The Dozor-B four-wheeled armored vehicle designed by Morozov Design Bureau (Kharkiv) is adapted for installation of five western engines made by Germany’s Deutz and Italy’s Iveco. The vehicle meets STANAG threat level three.
Mass production of Dozor-B armored vehicles was started at Lviv Armor Vehicle Factory. The new vehicles supplies to the Ukrainian Armed Forces were started in 2016.
Poland has been manufacturing the European modification of Dozor-B – Oncilla armored vehicle – since 2013.
The cost of Dozor-B is less than half of the cost of Oncilla. (Interfax/Business World Magazine)