EE-9 Cascavel

Infobox Weapon
name= EE-9 Cascavel


caption= EE-9 Cascavel
origin=Brazil
type=Armoured car
is_vehicle=yes
crew= 3
length= 5.2 m hull, 6.2 m overall
width= 2.64 m
height= 2.68 m
weight= 10,900 kg empty, 13,400 kg combat
armour= 6-12 mm 2 layer steel plating
primary_armament= 1x90 mm cannon
secondary_armament= 1x7.62 mm MG(coaxial)
engine= Detroit Diesel 6V-53N, 6-cylinder water-cooled diesel
engine_power= 212 hp
suspension= Engesa Double Axle Boomerand Drive

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.

Its name is the Portuguese word for "rattlesnake".

Variants

* 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: Equipped with an Engesa turret mounting a 90 mm Belgian Cockerill Mk 3 gun produced under licence.
* Cascavel IV: New engine and transmission, improved day and night optics with laser rangefinder, and a 12.7 mm antiaircraft MG.

Operators

*BOL:
*BRA: 409
*COL: 130
*ECU: ?
*DZA: 50
*BUR
*CYP: 124
*IRN
*IRQ 35
*LBY: 70
*MAR
*MYA: 140
*PAR: 20
*QAT
*SUR
*URU: 15
*ZIM: 90

External links

* [http://www.warwheels.net/ACJ5.html David R. Haugh - "Cascavel EE-9 Armored Fighting Vehicle"; Armored Car: The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal Issue # 5 - May 1991]
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/brazil/ee-9.htm Globalsecurity.org]
*fr icon [http://www.armyrecognition.com/Amerique_du_sud/Bresile/vehicules_a_roues/EE_9/Engensa_EE9_Bresil_description.htm Armyrecognition.com]