Share border with beasts and Russia (Specifically, with Russian Oblast of Kaliningrad). This makes the country at risk if the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, is not content ‘alone’ with militarily invading Ukraine and wants to enter the European continent.
In that context, This neighbor of Russia has tired of waiting forceful help by the and has opted for Develop your own military industry (despite being a country that does not reach 3 million inhabitants).
As the French media collects Lithuania has presented this September this September First armored vehicle designed and assembled in the country: Taurus 4-1.
The armor has been manufactured in Panevėžys (the fifth largest city of Lithuania) by Aurida Engineering. Development has been very fast, since The prototype has left the factory in just five months.
The factory located in Panevėžys has been sized to produce up to 120 units of Taurus 4-1 per year. Likewise, Aurida Engineering has guaranteed maintenance, the supply of spare parts and the technical assistance of the new Lithuanian armored vehicles.
One of the reasons that the development of Taurus 4-1 has been so fast is that the armor It has not been built from scratch. It’s about “a Derivation of Marauder, a South African armor designed by Paramount Groupbut modified in collaboration with local partners to adapt to Baltic needs, “they explain from Military forum.
The aforementioned French media details that the result of that ‘cross’ with the South African armor Marauder has been the creation of “a 4 × 4 armored of 13.5 tons, capable of transporting 10 people, with 2.5 tons of useful load and Staig 4569 level 3 “.
