Photos Show Impressive Capabilities of the Gidrán Armored Vehicles

The Gidrán controllers took part in a turret shooting exercise, “showing what the 12.7 mm M2HB heavy machine gun can do,” the 1st Armored Brigade “György Klapka” wrote in a social media post.

The Hungarian Gidráns are equipped with the ASELSAN SARP stabilized, remote-controlled turret, that can be fitted with a 7.62 mm medium or 12.7 mm heavy machine gun and a 40 mm automatic grenade launcher.

The turret is equipped with a day and night camera system for target detection and identification and a laser rangefinder. Protection is also enhanced by an equipped smoke grenade launcher system, Honvedelem.hu detailed. The Hungarian Defense Forces have also purchased the ASELSAN SEDA-V acoustic shot detector for the vehicles. This equipment is able to determine and show the vehicle crew where the Gidrán was fired from by means of a sensitive microphone system. It can also be equipped with an automatic fire extinguishing system or even a high-power winch.

The Gidráns are manufactured by Nurol Makina in Türkiye, and the additional electronic, communication, radar, and weapon systems are integrated into the vehicles in Hungary.

The Hungarian Defense Forces took delivery of their first Gidrán vehicles in the spring of 2021, and they continue to arrive, with 56 delivered to Hungary so far.

In total, the Defense Forces will receive 300 Gidráns as part of the Defense and Military Development Program.

As recently reported by Hungary Today, the third recruitment campaign of the Ministry of Defense and the Hungarian Defense Forces (“Man to the Iron!”) has started.

Within the framework of this campaign, applicants are welcome to Székesfehérvár to learn how to operate the Gidrán combat vehicle.

Candidates are offered a minimum starting salary of HUF 737,000 gross (EUR 1,852) per month, a one-off contracting fee of HUF 300,000 gross (EUR 754), cafeteria benefits, travel reimbursement, free accommodation in barracks or housing allowance, holiday facilities, healthcare, and voluntary pension contributions.

In the first two phases of the “Man for Iron!” campaign, personnel has been recruited for the “Kinizsi” Armoured Infantry Brigade to for the operation of Lynxes in Hódmezővásárhely and the “Klapka György” Armoured Brigade Artillery Division to learn how to operate the PzH 2000 self-propelled artillery in Tata.

Via Honvedelem.hu, Featured image: Facebook/MH Klapka György 1. Páncélosdandár