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The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6 x 6 armoured car developed in the seventies by Engesa of Brazil. It used as many commercially available parts as possible. It also shares many components with the EE-11 Urutu APC. The suspension includes Engesa's Boomerang double-axle rear drive.

In its most common configuration, the Cascavel III, it is equipped with an Engesa turret mounting a 90 mm Belgian Cockerill Mk 3 gun produced under licence.

Contents 1 Characteristics 2 Variants 3 Operators 4 External links

• Armament: 1 x 90 mm, 1 x 7.62 mm MG (coaxial), 1 x 7.62 mm or 12.7 mm MG (anti-aircraft), 2 x 3 smoke grenade dischargers
• Ammunition: 44 x 90 mm, 2,200 x 7.62 mm
• Armour: 8 to 20 mm 2-layer steel
• Crew: 3
• Weight: 10,900 kg empty, 13,400 kg combat
• Length: 5.2 m hull, 6.2 m overall
• Width: 2.64 m
• Height: 2.68 m
• Wheelbase: 2.34 + 1.41 m
• Engine: Detroit Diesel 6V-53N, 6-cylinder water-cooled diesel, 212 hp (158 kW) at 2,800 rpm or

Mercedes Benz OM 352, 6 cylinder turbo-charged diesel, 172 hp (128 kW) at 2,800 rpm

(Transmission was either from the ZF factory in Brasil or Detroit Diesel Allison MT643 automatic from the US.)

• Maximum speed: 100 km/h
• Fuel capacity: 390 L
• Range: 880 km
• Ground clearance: 0.34 m
• Vertical obstacle: 0.6 m
• Gradient: 60 %
• Side slope: 30 %
• Fording: 1 m
• NBC system: None
• Night vision: Optional (passive for commander)

• Cascavel I: Known as 'Cascavel Magro' (Thin Cascavel). Initial vehicles with the 37 mm gun from the old M3 light tanks.
• Cascavel II: Known as 'Cascavel Gordo' (Fat Cascavel). Widened to receive the French H 90 turret with a 90 mm DEFA D 921 gun for export.
• Cascavel III: Described above.
• Cascavel IV: New engine and transmission, improved day and night optics with laser rangefinder, and a 12.7 mm antiaircraft MG.

Chile(Retired), Colombia, Ecuador, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Peru, Qatar, Uruguay, Cyprus, Zimbabwe and probably other countries. It was used in the Iran-Iraq War and in the Persian Gulf War.

• David R. Haugh - Cascavel EE-9 Armored Fighting Vehicle; Armored Car: The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal Issue # 5 - May 1991
• Globalsecurity.org
• (French) Armyrecognition.com

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