The YPR-765 is a Dutch infantry fighting vehicle. It is based on the AIFV design developed by the FMC Corporation. It replaced the AMX-VCI and YP-408 of the Royal Netherlands Army and entered service in 1977. The Dutch YPR-765s were later replaced by the CV90, Fennek and Boxer.
In 1973 the Royal Netherlands Army started a project to look for a new infantry fighting vehicle to replace the AMX-VCI. During the course of this project several countries made proposals to sell their infantry fighting vehicles to the Netherlands. In 1974 the Royal Netherlands Army started to show interest in the improved M113, later named Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV), which was developed by the FMC Corporation. After performing tests with the vehicle in that same year and making several adjustments to the design to meet the Royal Netherlands Army requirements, the Dutch Ministry of Defence placed an order in 1975 for 889 YPR-765s at a cost of around 700 million Dutch guilders. The order included twelve different variants of the vehicle, such as an armored medical evacuation vehicle and an armored personnel carrier.
It is a primary infantry fighting vehicle with a 25 mm Oerlikon KBA-B02 cannon and a coaxial FN MAG co-axial machine gun contained in a turret (EWS - Enclosed Weapon Station); crew of three plus seven passengers (normally only five carried); outward-facing bench seats in the rear compartment. [1]
Munition
Name | Typ | P0[A 1] in mm RHA | v0[A 2] in m/s | Reichweite in m | Herkunft | Ersteinsatz |
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M791 APDS-T | KE | 60 | 1345 | 2000 | 1983 | |
M919 APFSDS-T | KE | 100 | 1385 | 2100 | 1994 | |
M792 HEI-T | HE | 35 | 1100 | 3000 | 1983 | |
7,62 x 51 | MG | 11 | 854 | 1200 | ||
M61 7,62 x 51 AP | MG | 14 | 854 | 1600 | 1960s | |
Smoke | Nebel | 1 | 42 | 40 | ||
Multispectral smoke | Nebel | 1 | 70 | 50 | 2000s |
Nutzerstaaten
- Ägypten
- Bahrain
- Belgien
- Chile
- Jordanien
- Niederlande
- Ukraine