ASCOD

The ASCOD (Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development) armoured fighting vehicle family is the product of a cooperation agreement between Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG (in 1998 the production of heavy armed vehicles was sold out under the name Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug, which is now the producer) and Spanish General Dynamics Santa Bárbara Sistemas (both companies are now divisions of a unit of General Dynamics). The ASCOD family includes the LT 105, a light tank equipped with a 105 mm gun, a SAM launcher, an anti-tank missile launcher, mortar carrier, R&R vehicle, Command & Control vehicle, ambulance, artillery observer, and the AIFV model. In Spanish service, the vehicle is called the Pizarro, while the Austrian version is called the Ulan.

Users

 * Austria
 * Austrian Army x 112
 * Spain
 * Spanish Army x 356

Related Development

 * Ajax AFV
 * General Dynamics Griffin
 * Sabrah Light Tank

Comparable Vehicles

 * WPB Anders
 * BMP-3
 * Bionix AFV
 * M2 Bradley
 * CV90
 * Dardo IFV
 * K21 IFV
 * Kentaurus IFV
 * BVP M-80
 * Puma IFV
 * Tuplar IFV
 * Type 89 Infantry Fighting Vehicle