Engesa

Engesa

Infobox Defunct Company
company_name = Engesa
Engenheiros Especializados S/A
company_
fate = bankrupt
successor =
foundation = 1963
defunct = 1993
location = São José dos Campos, Brasil
industry = Defence
key_people =
products = Military vehicles
num_employees = 5,000
parent =
subsid =

Engesa - Engenheiros Especializados S/A was a Brazilian company in the defense sector that specialized in producing tactical military trucks and armored fighting vehicles, including the EE-T1 Osório, EE-3 Jararaca, EE-9 Cascavel and EE-11 Urutu.

Engesa started as a private company in 1963. Originally it got involved with special vehicles by developing all-wheel-drive systems for retrofit onto commercial trucks. It also offered updating for obsolete WWII tanks. At the same time, the Brazilian Army was trying to develop its own wheeled armored vehicle to replace obsolete equipment. Engesa took over that development, which resulted in the first EE-9 Cascavel, a 6x6 vehicle with the so-called "Boomerang" rear suspension. Later, the vehicle was slightly widened to accept a 90mm gun turret.

Another development was the EE-11 Urutu, an amphibious armored personnel carrier equipped with the same type of suspension and transmission as the Cascavel. After many successful years of commercialization of wheeled armored vehicles, the company decided to develop tracked vehicles.

The EE-T1 Osório was Brazil's entry into the main battle tank market. It was offered as a low cost alternative to the Abrams M1 (US) and Challenger (UK) tanks during trials in Saudi Arabia. The increased availability of modern American, British, and French tanks following the 1991 Gulf War ultimately undercut marketing of the EE-T1 Osório and it never entered production.

Engesa, based in São José dos Campos, Brazil, went into bankruptcy in 1993.


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