IDEX 2023: Egypt takes COTS route for protected vehicles

The Egyptian Engineering Industrial Complex has developed a range of protected mobility vehicles called Temsah, which are based on proven commercial-off-the-shelf chassis to reduce lifecycle costs.

Shown at IDEX 2023 was the Temsah-4 based on a Mercedes-Benz 1725 Atego 4x4 chassis, with a maximum gross vehicle weight of 15t of which 4t is payload.

The front-mounted power pack consists of a 245hp diesel engine coupled to an automatic transmission which gives a maximum road speed of up to 95km/h.