Thales Hawkei

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Originally acquired by Australia under Project Land 121 Phase 4 – Protected Mobility Vehicle (Light) or PMV-L, the Thales Hawkei is/was a competitor to the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) Program. Over 1000 have been ordered by the Australian Army and it is in consideration by others such as Poland and Japan.

Comes in both 2 and 4 door variants:

Hawkei

Thales is delivering a new generation of protected vehicles. Hawkei meets the requirements of global defence forces for a highly protected, mobile and integrated vehicle able to operate in an environment under threat from Improvised Explosive Devices, mines and ambushes.

www.thalesgroup.com

Also planned to carry SAMs a part of LAND 19 Phase 7:

 

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View: https://youtu.be/rfmPl6nlxYc

 

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THALES Australia - Hawkei

The emphasis on this project was to create a highly detailed CAD model to create visualisation renders for presentation purposes for Thales Australia. The main components that were modeled in Alias were general exterior details such as lights ,brackets an…

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Hawkei 'Project X' special vehicle.

Based around a Hawkei Command cabin and 'spare parts from both Hawkei and Bushmaster where possible', a dedicated team of rev heads put together a supercharged 584 ci / ~9.5L burn out beast!

 

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Japan to trial Hawkei

 

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https://twitter.com/x/status/1760620515239317511

View: https://twitter.com/kusurou_/status/1760620515239317511?t=Rz-z7V4mgbM9BE_bkKpI0Q&s=19

 

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Japanese trials?

 

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Japanese trials?

Yes, they've been going on for a while now, but previously the only pics of them were from a couple hundred meters away in other moving vehicles. These are the first clear pics and the Hawkei appears to be a unique modification to Japan with the Howa smoke launchers above the front windows and the gun shield.