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Trojan

Trojan Armoured Engineer vehicle

Trojan can operate in extreme weather condition, either hot or cold, and in hazardous environments, yet the crew remain safe and comfortable because of the advanced air filtration and climate control system.

Trojan is a modern and capable Armoured Engineer Vehicle and is crewed by three Armoured Engineers.

Trojan's high speed cross country mobility, its technologically advanced vehicle control systems and its enhanced remote CCTV camera systems keep it operating at peak performance whether bounding between cover in the urban environment or advancing towards the enemy in open countryside. With its enormously capable excavator arm, mine plough and dozer blade, it is easy to move around the battle field to perform complex obstacle clearance tasks without the crew having to leave the protection of the Tank.

Trojan is capable of carrying out a wide range of roles, usually providing mobility for combat units on the battlefield whilst under fire from the enemy. With its excavator arm it can dig ditches and trenches and can clear or smash its way through all sorts of obstructions such as abandoned vehicles, rubble, fallen trees and buildings. It can also be fitted with a front-mounted, hydraulically controlled dozer blade that can excavate ditches, push heavy obstacles aside and construct protection for troops and vehicles.

With its technically advanced mine plough attached, it can clear a safe path through a mine field and simultaneously fire safe lane indicator markers into the ground to mark the safe route for friendly forces. Additionally, for mine clearance operations, Trojan can fire the 'Python', which is a rocket propelled explosive mine clearance system.

Python is essentially a long hose filled with over a ton of high explosives. The Python blasts a safe route through a mine field. Trojan can also drop fascines, which are bundles of very strong plastic pipes, into ditches and streams meaning that other vehicles may drive over.

Whilst the Trojan is primarily an engineer vehicle, it is fitted with a remote control machine gun and smoke grenade discharger, which enable the vehicle commander to provide covering fire and smoke to support extractions from enemy contact.