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Rolls-Royce significantly expands mtu Series 199 for military vehicles
A 12-cylinder engine with over 1,300 kW is being developed, expanding a portfolio from 260 kW for new vehicles and repowering up to 70 tonnes.
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Rolls-Royce is expanding its mtu Series 199 for military land vehicles into a comprehensive product family with an increased power range for new vehicles and for the repowering of existing vehicles. In future, the mtu Series 199 will consist of four different cylinder variants with outputs ranging from 260 to 1,300 kW. At the DSEI defense technology exhibition in London, Flensburger Fahrzeugbau (FFG) has exhibited a modernised Leopard 1 tank that has been retrofitted with an 8-cylinder engine from the mtu Series 199. With a current output of 800 kW, this is the most powerful drive ever installed in a Leopard 1 chassis, offering further potential for upgrading the vehicle.
The mtu 199 series is being expanded into a larger engine family, after the power of the 8V199 had already been increased from 530 to 600 kW and is now being increased to 800 kW in a further step. The 10-cylinder 10V199, whose concept met with great interest from vehicle manufacturers and armed forces last year, is currently under development. It is optimised for armoured vehicles with a power requirement of up to 1,100 kW in order to achieve compact and weight-optimised drives. The 12-cylinder engine of the 199 series, which is currently being developed for heavy main battle tanks and support vehicles with a power requirement of 1,300 kW, is set to break new ground in terms of power and power-to-weight ratio, enabling these vehicles to achieve a growth potential of over 70 tonnes.
By developing the 199 series into a larger engine family, Rolls-Royce Power Systems is responding to the requests of many armed forces to limit the variety of drive systems and thus also the number of spare parts. As a product family within NATO, the 199 series thus offers unique logistical uniformity for the propulsion of wheeled vehicles such as the Boxer, lighter tracked vehicles weighing 25 tonnes such as the ACSV, the Leopard 1 weighing 40 tonnes, and heavy main battle tanks weighing over 70 tonnes.
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The mtu 199 series is being expanded into a larger engine family, after the power of the 8V199 had already been increased from 530 to 600 kW and is now being increased to 800 kW in a further step. The 10-cylinder 10V199, whose concept met with great interest from vehicle manufacturers and armed forces last year, is currently under development. It is optimised for armoured vehicles with a power requirement of up to 1,100 kW in order to achieve compact and weight-optimised drives. The 12-cylinder engine of the 199 series, which is currently being developed for heavy main battle tanks and support vehicles with a power requirement of 1,300 kW, is set to break new ground in terms of power and power-to-weight ratio, enabling these vehicles to achieve a growth potential of over 70 tonnes.
By developing the 199 series into a larger engine family, Rolls-Royce Power Systems is responding to the requests of many armed forces to limit the variety of drive systems and thus also the number of spare parts. As a product family within NATO, the 199 series thus offers unique logistical uniformity for the propulsion of wheeled vehicles such as the Boxer, lighter tracked vehicles weighing 25 tonnes such as the ACSV, the Leopard 1 weighing 40 tonnes, and heavy main battle tanks weighing over 70 tonnes.
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