Four 80mm smoke grenade launchers are installed on each side of the turret. The Dardo is powered by an Iveco V6 turbo-charged after-cooled diesel engine delivering 512 hp (382.2 kW). This drives a ZF -designed automatic transmission system, which is …

The VCC-80 “Dardo” can be considered the first real Italian IFV ever produced. Indeed, it completely satisfies the above-mentioned definition of IFV concerning armament, protection and role.

«Дардо» (итал. Dardo — «стрела»), на этапе проектирования (1980-е гг.) имела обозначение VCC-80 ( итал. Veicolo da combattimento corazzato) — боевая машина пехоты (БМП) 1980 г. разработки.

ダルド歩兵戦闘車 （ダルドほへいせんとうしゃ、 英語: VCC-80 Dardo）は、 イタリア で開発された 歩兵戦闘車。 なおVCC-80とは、 Veicolo Corazzato da Combattimento 80 の略であり、 80年代型 装甲戦闘車両 の意味である。

Sep 29, 1999 · Iveco produces engines, spare parts, suspension systems, tracks and the hull for the wheeled vehicles, and Oto Melara the weaponry, fire-control system, turrets and optical systems and hulls for the tracked vehicles. The Dardo HITFIST vehicle is a development of the VCC-80 infantry fighting vehicle. Image 2: Vcc 80 Dart. Crew: 9 Weight: 23 ton.

Nov 7, 2011 · The Dardo infantry fighting vehicle is an Italian combat tank and a motorised personnel carrier. In service with the Italian Army, it will replace the VCC (modernized M-113).

Sep 3, 2020 · Evaluation trials followed and it was then decided to further the VCC-80 chassis design into an improved armored infantry fighting vehicle with better offensive capabilities more in line with a standard main battle tank.

The Dardo is an infantry fighting vehicle developed for the Italian Army to provide support to infantry and the M113 and VCC-1 "Camillino" APCs, which it would later almost completely replace together with the VBC Freccia.

Introduced in Update "Winged Lions", the VCC-80/60 can be quite effective as it has access to an autoloader, it is able to fire APFSDS, OTO HE, and also OTO HE-VT rounds. It is not very armoured but its turret can at times block certain enemy rounds which …

Feb 14, 2025 · In February 1982, Alto Melara and Iveco Fiat won the bid to develop the VCC-80 infantry fighting vehicle for the military to replace the VCC-2 infantry fighting vehicle with poor performance.