Freccia
Country: 
ItalyManufacturer: Consorzio Iveco–OTO Melara (CIO)
«VBM»
Infantry fighting vehicleItaly2009In service
Italian 8×8 wheeled infantry fighting vehicle derived from the Centauro hull family, armed with a 25 mm cannon in the Hitfist turret; crew and troop figures are left blank pending consistent sources.
Infantry fighting vehicle
ID — FRECCIAItaly · Consorzio Iveco–OTO Melara (CIO)
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- Reliability
- Partially verified
- Sources
- VBM FrecciaEsercito Italiano · Accessed
- Last reviewed
Identity
- Designation
- Freccia
- Alias
- VBM
- Manufacturer
- Consorzio Iveco–OTO Melara (CIO)
- Country
- Italy
- Category
- Infantry fighting vehicle
Production & service
- Introduced
- 2009
- Status
- In service
- Units produced
- —
- Operators
- Italy
Specifications
- Combat weight
- —
- Crew
- —
- Main armament
- 25 mm Oerlikon KBA in Hitfist turretSpike LR (Spike variant)
- Secondary armament
- —
- Chassis
- 8×8, Centauro hull family
- Engine
- —
- Power-to-weight
- —
- Max road speed
- —
- Operational range
- —
- Length / width / height
- —
- Protection
- —
- Amphibious
- —
Historical profile
The Freccia equips Italian Army medium brigades and has been produced in anti-tank, mortar and command versions.
Variants
Freccia IFVFreccia SpikeFreccia mortar carrierCommand post
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