It happens every now and then that car manufacturers advertise a new vehicle via OTS, a channel of the news agency APA, whose advertising texts reach a huge number of journalists in Austria. But currently there is an unusual advertisement: an armored, armed, remote-controlled war machine that will be presented at an arms fair this week.
It is particularly irritating that Plasan, an Israeli armaments company and vehicle manufacturer, publishes a veritable marketing text here as if it were a new sporty SUV. And the model name “Wilder” also sounds more like a fun off-road vehicle for the Sunday hunting trip. The talk is of an “exciting new vehicle”, of “groundbreaking design” that “breaks a paradigm”. It’s just not about dynamic optics or a great cW value, but about the “paradigm that forces had to choose between mobility, protection and firepower”. By “forces” is meant “military patrols and special forces”. The Plasan Wilder is “light and compact” and promises “level 2 protection for 4 people in a compact package weighing only 3.7 t and a full payload of 800 kg”. The “huge 370 mm spring travel” with a “unique patented suspension system” should make every Land Rover Defender green with envy, an unspecified “420 Nm engine” drives all four wheels via an eight-speed automatic transmission. All-terrain like a racing buggy” The description of the “central driving position with panoramic view” evokes almost romantic associations, while “the mobility and off-road mobility of a racing buggy” appeals to fun drivers. But the target group is different, because the Wilder offers “protection and remote-controlled firepower that are usually only seen in vehicles twice the size”. “. Or not. Because the situation in which such a vehicle is used is certainly not a pleasant one and the loading bed is probably more of a loading area because it “can easily accommodate a NATO pallet with equipment and accessories for a long mission”. and remote control of the entire vehicle. The crew can remotely take the vehicle and its weapon to a lookout point without putting themselves in danger. With this fully integrated drive-by-wire capability and associated cameras and sensors, the Wilder is also ready for fully autonomous operation Assembly by vehicle manufacturers all over the world. If you want to see what has recently been advertised as a new vehicle via normal news channels: the Plasan Wilder will be at the Eurosatory in Paris until June 17th.
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