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The DRDO Armoured Ambulance is a tracked
military ambulance An ambulance is a Medical device, medically-equipped vehicle used to transport patients to Health facility, treatment facilities, such as hospitals. Typically, out-of-hospital medical care is provided to the patient during the transport. Ambu ...
based on "Sarath" ("Chariot of Victory") Indian license-produced variant of
BMP-2 The BMP-2 (''Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty'', , literally "combat machine/vehicle f theinfantry") is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s. Development his ...
. Designed by the
Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE) is a laboratory of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Located at Avadi, in Chennai, India. It is the main DRDO lab involved in the development of armoured figh ...
(CVRDE), a branch of the Defence Research and Development Organisation (
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), it is manufactured at the
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Equipment

It has in-built medical facilities including continuous ECG monitoring, a ventilator, a suction unit to remove unwanted fluids, a DC refrigerator for preserving drugs, and an air-conditioner with optional heating facility.


Seating configuration

It has a seating capacity of 12 persons including two crew, two medical attendants and eight sitting patients, but this can vary depending on the number of stretcher patients, four stretcher patients only or two stretcher and four sitting patients. It retains the turret but without the gun or smoke grenade launchers. The ambulance can cross a variety of terrains and even traverse water with the same mobility as Sarath Infantry Combat Vehicles. Its features include a special blower and absorbent filter for nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection, and external and internal radio communication for navigation.


Development and deployment

The first prototype was ready in December 2005; it had to undergo several changes before a trial in September 2006. Three years and 56 modifications later, on 21 August 2009, 10 vehicles were rolled out ready to be used by the Indian Army. The Indian Army has placed an indent for 275 armoured tracked ambulances. It is also Similar to BMP-2


See also

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BMP-2 The BMP-2 (''Boyevaya Mashina Pekhoty'', , literally "combat machine/vehicle f theinfantry") is an amphibious infantry fighting vehicle introduced in the 1980s in the Soviet Union, following on from the BMP-1 of the 1960s. Development his ...


External links

*http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article7118.ece *https://web.archive.org/web/20101225052559/http://www.drdo.gov.in/drdo/labs/CVRDE/English/index.jsp?pg=achieve.jsp
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