Engesa (Engenheiros Especializados S.A.) was a Brazilian automotive and defense company headquartered in the state of São Paulo. Founded in 1958 by engineer José Luiz Whitaker Ribeiro, it produced jeeps, trucks, off-road vehicles, tractors, and armored vehicles for both civilian and military markets.

A Engesa foi uma empresa automobilística e bélica brasileira, sediada no estado de São Paulo, fundada em 1958 pelo engenheiro José Luiz Whitaker Ribeiro. Produzia jipes, caminhões, veículos fora de estrada, tratores e blindados para os mercados civil e militar.

Aug 3, 2015 · Learn about the rise and fall of one of the largest armor producers of its time, the Brazilian company Engesa

The Engesa EE-T1 Osório was a Brazilian main battle tank prototype developed by Engesa. The tank was intended to be sold first to Arab and other Third World countries, jump-starting production — and enabling the Brazilian Army to later place its own orders without having to fund development costs.

Nov 7, 2011 · Engesa Engenheiros Espacializados SA is based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, and manufactures 4x4 and 6x6 military trucks, transmissions and other components.

Engesa produced a wide variety of variants which grafted modifications on its basic production models; of these the Uruvel is the most well-known, but the others went largely unnamed and were often designated according to their intended role.

Jun 19, 2023 · With the M2 and M3, the legendary 90 mm armed EE-9 Cascavel was born, and with it, Engesa’s most successful armored fighting vehicle.

Engenheiros Especializados SA, or Engesa, was a Brazilian company in the agriculture and defence sectors that specialized in producing tactical military trucks and armoured fighting vehicles, as well as civilian SUVs similar to Jeeps.

Aug 29, 2023 · The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6×6 armoured car developed by Engesa, a former Brazilian defence company, for reconnaissance and as a replacement for Brazil’s ageing M8 Greyhounds fleet. The vehicle can accommodate three crew members, including a driver, gunner and commander.

A fórmula da Engesa combinava uma gestão ad hoc, a agressiva captação de recursos humanos, a proximidade das autoridades militares, diplomáticas e tecnocráticas da ditadura militar e o discurso de importância da empresa para a segurança nacional. Uma queda de vendas em 1981 quase a levou à falência.