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A few friends of mine were researching some obscure Italian vehicles, when they came across a company called Vehicle Engineering C.G.D. S.R.L. This company seems to have been active in the 90's, when it proposed some odd vehicle types, as well as upgrades to existing vehicles, most notably the T-55, T-62, AMX-13 and BTR-50.
The only website that has been found that describes this company is Army Guide, describes the website as this:
This was another source, where the company was given a passing mention
https://www.weaponews.com/wiki/18722-t-62-tank.html
Below I have attached a couple of photos, the first two are supposedly T-55-62-VE MRV (which looks remarkably like a C1 MEXAS), the third is a diagram, and the last two are of another project, based off of some sort of APC.
Further information and photos will be posted in the upcoming days, once I've sifted through the site. My colleagues have contacted the company, and have attempted to track it down, but so far it seems like the company no longer exists, though it did at some point or another. I will certainly have to enhance the images, as I have done with some of them below, since the overall image quality is quite low.
The only website that has been found that describes this company is Army Guide, describes the website as this:
Vehicle Engineering is a privat society, established in 1993 by Toccaceli Marco. It changed into Vehicle Engineering C.G.D. since 1996.
Vehicle Engineering C.G.D. develops projects for the most important Italian industries in this business area.
History: Marco Toccaceli works since more than 25 years in the field of tracked and wheeled vehicles, for civil and military use.
After the course of studies, he made his experience, working for several firms as mechanical engineer.
From 1973 to 1978 Marco Toccaceli is the Technical Manager of SO.CO.MET S.p.A. of La Spezia, which produces the largest quantity of parts for the armoured vehicles of Oto Melara .
From 1978 to 1985 he is the Production Manager of Tangram S.p.A. which produces a lot of armoured wheeled vehicles of several types.
From 1985 to 1993 he is General Manager of S.I.C.O. (Italian Society Construction), which is a firm established in 1970 and which manufactures special wheeled and tracked vehicles, for civil and military use.
Vehicle Engineering C.G.D. was established in 1993 and thanks to a great development in the course of years it has become one of the major Companies in the defence field, either for design or research activities.
We design special civil and military vehicles with endothermic and electrical traction.
We offer assistance to companies that have a research center and a prototype sector.
We prepare all the documents, sketches, drawings of assemblies and subassemblies for the design of: vehicles, chassis, suspensions, bodies, mechanical components, transmissions, differentials, distributors, power take-off, calculations and structural and dimensional inspection of items, computerized simulation, electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems, brake and service systems, bill of materials and suppliers.
We realize the prototypes of the projects made, we perform the tests and the set-up of the product and the further industrialization, calculation of the reliability, study of the productive lay-out and design of the systems to assemble and manufacture components of motor-vehicles.
Army Guide
Army Guide - information about the main battle tanks, armoured vehicles and armament of the land forces and also the information concerning other army subjects - Vehicle Engineering c.g.d. S.r.l. - Armoured Vehicles
www.army-guide.com
This was another source, where the company was given a passing mention
https://www.weaponews.com/wiki/18722-t-62-tank.html
T55-62-VE M. R. V. — Italian project of modernization of tanks T-55, T-62, the firm's Vehicle Engineering c.g.d. S. r.l. based on the components of the Italian tanks.
I am currently trying to help out and I would like to see if anybody here has sources or more information regarding this company.
Below I have attached a couple of photos, the first two are supposedly T-55-62-VE MRV (which looks remarkably like a C1 MEXAS), the third is a diagram, and the last two are of another project, based off of some sort of APC.
Further information and photos will be posted in the upcoming days, once I've sifted through the site. My colleagues have contacted the company, and have attempted to track it down, but so far it seems like the company no longer exists, though it did at some point or another. I will certainly have to enhance the images, as I have done with some of them below, since the overall image quality is quite low.