Austrian-Spanish Cooperative Development (ASCOD)

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Austrian-Spanish Cooperative Development (ASCOD) is a family of tracked armored fighting vehicles jointly developed by Austria and Spain, serving as the basis for various infantry fighting vehicle and support variants used by several European armies.

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Austrian-Spanish Cooperative Development (ASCOD) canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armoured fighting vehicle family
infantry fighting vehicle family
allianceUser NATO member states
armour add-on composite armour
modular steel armour
optional reactive armour
baseVariant ASCOD Pizarro
linked to: Pizarro Phase I

ASCOD Ulan
basisFor Ajax reconnaissance vehicle family
Austrian Ulan IFV family
linked to: Austrian Ulan IFV

Spanish Pizarro IFV family
chassisUsedFor ambulance variants
command post variants
engineering vehicle variants
reconnaissance vehicle variants
recovery vehicle variants
configuration tracked
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Spain
Republic of Austria
linked to: Austria
crew 3
designPeriod 1990s
late 1980s
developer Empresa Nacional Santa Bárbara
General Dynamics European Land Systems
Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug
linked to: Steyr-Daimler-Puch
engineType diesel engine
enteredService 2002
firstPrototypeCompleted 1991
mainArmament 30 mm autocannon
operator Austria
Czech Republic
Philippines
Spain
United Kingdom
passengerCapacity 8 infantry soldiers
primaryRole infantry fighting vehicle
secondaryArmament 7.62 mm machine gun
secondaryRole armoured personnel carrier
combat support vehicle
shortName ASCOD
linked to: ASCOD family
successorVariant ASCOD 2
linked to: ASCOD program

Ajax (armoured fighting vehicle)
Czech CV90/ASCOD-based IFV variant
Pizarro Phase II
suspension torsion bar
type tracked armoured vehicle
usedBy Austrian Army
British Army
Czech Army
Philippine Army
Spanish Army

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ASCOD Ulan originatesFromProgram Austrian-Spanish Cooperative Development (ASCOD)