You are here: Platform Protection / Land / / Vehicle Upgrades
Learn More
Vehicle Upgrades
MKU can provide armour solutions based on the requirement, specifications and structural drawings of the client. These can be delivered as:
Panels
Kits
Add-on Armour
Spall Liners
MKU offers panels and kits which are a perfect mix, match and blend of heterogeneous or homogenous materials. These light weight armour solutions are of a specified weight, thickness and project certain chemical and mechanical properties that are important for the specific applications and field requirements for which they are made. These panels supplement the basic hull of the vehicle in order to achieve the specified ballistic performance. These panels or kits can be used as a standalone armour or as add-on armour to supplement the current protection on vehicles as per the requirement or specification.
Upgrade armour kits
The cost and time constraints on the procurement of new vehicles have led users around the world to consider the
upgrade of existing fleets. The challenge lies in upgrading these vehicles to the currently identified threat levels cost
effective solution and without affecting the vehicle's engine, payload, suspension and braking capacities.
The option of steel for armouring upgrade may not be feasible, for the following reasons:
The scope for increasing engine and drivetrain performance to handle additional weight may be limited.
The ballistic properties of steel usually deteriorate over time
Steel retro-fitting requires long man hours
Steel armour kits may not be available in the battle area.
MKU has developed add-on upgrade armour kits which can be
quickly integrated by soldiers in or close to the battle area, onto
existing vehicle platforms. The specifications of the kits can be
determined by first analyzing the properties of the existing
protection (normally steel) and the level of deterioration
caused in it by field conditions.
Advantages of upgrade armour kits :
The advantages of using upgrade armour kits can be
summarised as follows:
More cost effective than procuring a new vehicle
Modular approach facilitates inter-changeability amongst
similar vehicles
Minimal or no structural/engine changes required on the
vehicles to attain desired protection level
Easily deployable integration systems and subsystems -
These upgrade kits can be easily fitted externally or
internally or retro-fitted to attain the desired level of
protection
Environmentally more resistant
The vehicle can be easily adapted for different threat
levels based on demographics and regions they are to be
deployed in.
Military Vehicles
