KTO Ryś

KTO Ryś

Place of origin	Poland
Service history
Used by	Poland
Specifications
Weight	16,500 kg (36,400 lb)
Length	7.43 m (24.4 ft)
Width	2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height	2.69 m (8 ft 10 in)
Crew	3 + passengers

Engine	Iveco Diesel 259 kW (347 hp)
Power/weight	15.6 kW/t (21.2 PS/t) (max weight)
Suspension	8×8 wheeled
Ground clearance	0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)
Operational range	800 km (500 mi)
Speed	over 100 km/h (60 mph) on land up to 10 km/h (6 mph) in water

The KTO Ryś (KTO for Kołowy Transporter Opancerzony - lit. Wheeled Armored Vehicle; Ryś is Polish for Lynx) is 8x8 multi-role military vehicle produced by Wojskowe Zakłady Motoryzacyjne S.A. (formerly WZM No. 5), a Polish Armaments Group company. The vehicle was developed from the chassis and drive train of the OT-64 SKOT armored personnel carrier.

Variants

KTO Ryś-Med

Armored ambulance vehicle with crew of 3, capable to transport maximum of 4 injured in stretched position. This variant was adopted by Polish land Forces and fielded in Iraq and Afghanistan.

KTO Azalia

(Azalia is Polish for Azalea) - artillery command vehicle designed for Krab howitzers units.

ZSRZ Kaktus

Kaktus

(ZSRZ for Zautomatyzowany System Rozpoznawczo-zakłócający - lit. Automatic Reconnaissance-Jamming System; Kaktus is Polish for Cactus) - electronic warfare system based on KTO Ryś.

KTRI Tuja

(KTRI for Kołowy Transporter Rozpoznania Inżynieryjnego - lit. Wheeled Engineering Reconnaissance Vehicle; Tuja is Polish for Thuja) - wheeled engineering vehicle.

KTO Irbis

Irbis is a 6x6 variant of Ryś armored personnel carrier.

KTO Irbis- 6x6 variant with RWS delivered by Elbit
KTO Irbis- multi role military vehicle

Other

At early stages of development Ryś was presented in many variants like APCs and IFV with Reihmal E8 or Rafael RCWS-127 turrets, M98 mortar carrier and other. All those vehicles were based on early first generation of Ryś vehicles, much closer to original OT-64 SKOT, none of those vehicles were adopted, and the manufacturer no longer offers them.

References

Polish armoured fighting vehicles after World War II

Main battle tanks	Leopard 2 A4/A5 PT-91 Twardy T-72M1 T-55AM Merida T-55 T-54 T-34-85

Light tanks	PT-76 T-70

Infantry fighting vehicles	KBWP Rosomak BWP-2 BWP-1

Armoured personnel carriers	KTO Rosomak KTO Ryś SPG Kalina Opal MT-LB OT-62 TOPAS OT-64 SKOT

Armored cars	AMZ Dzik BRDM-2M96/M96i/M96ik/M97/M98 BRDM-2

MRAPs	Cougar H MaxxPro MaxxPro Dash M-ATV

Four-wheel drive vehicles	Honker HMMWV Mercedes G Land Rover Defender UAZ-469

Self-propelled guns	Krab Dana wz. 77 2S1 Goździk 2S7 Pion ASU-85 ASU-57

Rocket artillery	WR-40 Langusta RM-70/85 BM-21 Grad BM-24 BM-14

Self-propelled anti-aircraft guns	PZA Loara ZSU-23-4MP Biała Hibneryt ZSU-23-4 ZSU-57-2

Self-propelled surface-to-air missile systems	Poprad 9K33M3 Osa-P 2K12M Kub-M S-125 Newa SC S-200 Wega C 2K11M Krug-M 9K31 Strela-1 9K35 Strela-10

Modern wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers

4 x 4	ABC-79M Akrep Aravis AVGP AV-VB4 BOV BDX BPM-97 BTR-40 Buffel (Unicorn) Bullet Burraq Bushmaster Cashuat Casspir (Mahindra MPV-I) Chaimite Cheetah MMPV Cobra Commando Condor Cougar Crocodile Didgori-1 Didgori-2 Dingo Dragoon 300 Dzik Fahd First Win Gazelle Golan Academi Grizzly KMW Grizzly Hippo Hunter TR-12 Igirigi ILAV Kaya Kirpi Komodo Kozak LOV-1 M3 M1117 M-ATV Mamba MAP-45 MAP-75 Marauder Matador Maverick MaxxPro Mohafiz MPCV MR-8 MX-8 MXT-MV Nimer-1 Nimr Okapi PNP Iveco Puma OTT Puma Rakhsh Ranger RCV-9 RG-12 RG-19 RG-31 RG-32 RG-32M RG-33 RG-34 Reva Roland Saxon Shorland S600 Simba SK-1 Type 6614 TAPV TM-170 Tur UR-416 Unibuffel VAB VN-4 VXB-170 Wolf Walid Wer'wolf

6 x 6	Al-Faris Anoa BTR-152 Bull Bulat Caiman Didgori-3 EE-11 Urutu Ejder Fuchs Grizzly Mbombe Pandur I Panhard VCR Pasi (XA-180) Pegaso BMR Iveco Puma Mowag Puma Ratel RG-35 RN-94 Saracen Sarir Shoet SIBMAS Tatrapan Typhoon WZ523 WZ551 VAB Valuk VBTP-MR

8 x 8	Al-Fahd ATOM AV8 AMV Arma Armoured Multirole Carrier ASLAV Bison Boxer BTR-3 BTR-4 BTR-7 BTR-60 BTR-70 BTR-80 BTR-90 BTR-94 Bumerang CM-32 Eitan Enigma Freccia Iveco Superav KW1 Scorpion Kestrel LAV-25 LAV III Lazar Lazar BVT MPC OT-64 SKOT Pandur II Pars Piranha RG-41 RN-94 Rosomak Ryś Saur 1 Shark Stryker SuperAV TAB-63 Terrex Type 96 VBCI VBCI-2 VBTP-MR Guarani Wisent Yavuz YP-408 ZBL09

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to KTO Irbis.

KTO Ryś on WZM official webpage

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