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Schützenpanzer Marder
The Marder entered service in the early 1970s as the standard infantry armored vehicle (Schützenpanzer) of the Bunderswehr (Federal German Army). In concept it departed quite radically from the accepted ideas of an armored infantry vehicle of the type developed in the 1950s and 1960s. The original type of tracked infantry vehicle developed by the major Western powers consisted basically of an armored box which transported an infantry squad from point to point, where they then developed on foot to use their weapons. This type of vehicle, the armored personnel carrier, is typified by such well known designs as the US M113 and the British FV432. These vehicles give good protection to the occupants from small arms fire, explosions and even tactical nuclear attack, but no provision is made for the infantrymen to use their weapons offensively or defensively from inside the vehicle. Though versions of these early designs have since been developed with small turrets and automatic guns, these are still largely for self-defence.
marder image 7The Marder differs from these. It makes provision for the infantrymen inside to put up considerable firepower from the vehicle while on the move. It is such a departure from previous practice, in fact, that within NATO it is classed in a new category, MICV or Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle, rather than an APC or Armored Personnel Carrier. The Marder was developed and designed by the celebrated firm of Rheinstahl Henschel AG or Kassel, who had built the Tiger and other famous AFVs in World War II. It was intended to be just one of eight types in a so called "Leichten Panzerfamilie" - light armor family, which was intended to have a common range of automotive and structural components in the ever desirable quest for standardization. The prototype Marder, initially called just "Spz(neu)  - Infantry Armored Vehicle - new, appeared in 1960-61 when six prototype were built. These closely resembled the HS 30 APC which the Spz(neu) was intended to replace. There was a front mounted one-man turret with 20mm automatic cannonand five road wheels each side, but the motor was moved to the middle and right  ( it has been at the rear in the HS30) so that the occupants could then have a rear exit door. The distinctive "stepped" front shape of the HS30 was repeated in the HS30. By 1963 a second series of seven prototypes was put into service, and here there came some radical changes. The five road wheels were replaced by six smaller ones each side, and the engine was moved to a fore-end aft position at the extreme right front, with transverse transmission driving front sprocket wheels. The third series of six prototypes was used to evolve the definitive production design, and these appeared in the 1963-65 period. The stepped front gave way to sleek and graceful sloped front, and there was a low two man turret with smoke dischargers and a rear cupola which incorporated a remote control 7.62mm machine gun in a protected sleeve to cover the rear flanks of the vehicle. It was not until 1966, however, that the final transition to MICV form came. Until that time there was still no provision for the occupants to fire their own side arms from within the vehicle. But the fact that several types of Soviet APC had flaps or ports enabling this to be done, probably influenced the decision. One of the last group of prototypes was given two armored Ball type ports each side from which fire arms could be fired over a wide side arc without exposing the occupants themselves to fire. At the same time there appeared a new low two man turret with the 20mm machine cannon set above it and a 7.62mm machine gun above that in an armored housing. All guns were fired remotely from within the vehicle. Smoke discharges were set adjacent to the 20mm gun mount.
In this form the Marder started series production in April 1967, and has seen wide spread service since. In best Henschel tradition it represents high quality engineering. It carries a crew of ten, all with good access hatches. The steep sloped armor affords excellent protection and it is a very fast, a 600bhp Daimler-Benz diesel giving a top speed of 47 mph on the road. Since it is very low and heavy (28 tons) for its size it cannot swim like the boxy APCs of the Fv 432 type. Instead it relies on a snort tube for river crossing of deep wading up to 16 feets. Side skirts to cover the return rollers have been retrospective addition, and a recent development has been the fitting of a Milan anti-tank missile launcher to the right side of the gun mount, making this useful fighting vehicle even more potent.
(From Tamiya Manual)

 

Specification :
Country of Origin : Repulic of Germany
Crew : 3 + 6
Armament : 1x20mm cannon, 1x7.62mm MG (coaxial), 1x6 smoke dischargers
Ammunition : 1,250 x 20mm, 5,000 x 7.62mm   
Engine : MTU MB 333 Ea-500 6-cylinder liquid cooled diesel developing 600 hp at 2,200 rpm

Length : 6.79m
Width : 3.24m
Height over turret Top : 2.985m
Power-to-weight ratio : 20.54hp/tonne
Maximum road speed : 75 km/hr
Fuel capacity : 652 lit.
Vertical obstacle : 1m
Trench : 2.5m
Armor : Classified
NBC system : Yes
Height Hull top : 1.9m
Ground Clearance : 0.44m
Weight, combat : 29,200kg
Ground Pressure : 0.83kg/cm²
Maximum road range : 520 km
Fording : 1.5m, 2m with preparation
Gradient : 60%
Side slope : 30%
Armor type : steel
Night Vision Equipment : Yes

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