ASCOD

The ASCOD (Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development) armoured fighting vehicle family is the product of a cooperation agreement between Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG and Spanish General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas. Both companies are now divisions of a unit of General Dynamics. The ASCOD family includes the LT 105 light tank equipped with a 105 mm gun, a surface-to-air missile launcher, an anti-tank guided missile launcher, mortar carrier, R&R vehicle, command-and-control vehicle, ambulance, artillery observer, and the AIFV model.

Key facts

Weapon.is_vehicle: yes
Weapon.type: Armoured fighting vehicle (ASCOD Ulan/Pizarro)
Weapon.service: 2002–present
Weapon.origin: Austria and Spain
Weapon.name: ASCOD
Weapon.image: File:Trident Juncture 2018 181103-M-RI194-005.jpg
Weapon.image_size: 300px
Weapon.caption: The Spanish Armed Forces Pizarro variant of the ASCOD
Weapon.used_by: See Operators
Weapon.length: 6.83 m (22 ft) (Pizarro/Ulan), 9.5 m (31.16 ft) (ASCOD)
Weapon.width: 3.64 m (12 ft)
Weapon.height: 2.43 m (8 ft)
Weapon.developed_into: ASCOD 2 (ASCOD SV) Sabrah light tank GD Ajax GD Griffin M10 Booker
Weapon.weight: (ASCOD Pizarro) (ASCOD Ulan)
Weapon.suspension: torsion bar and Piedrafita rotary dampers models AR01 and AR02.
Weapon.speed: Road: 72 km/h
Weapon.primary_armament: 30 mm Mauser MK 30/2 (ASCOD Ulan/Pizarro)
Weapon.secondary_armament: MG3 7.62×51mm NATO (Pizarro) FN MAG 7.62×51mm NATO (Ulan/ASCOD 2)