General Dynamics European Land Systems
General Dynamics European Land Systems (GDLS) is an automotive and arms manufacturer spread across Europe, with a headquarter in Madrid, Spain. It is a business unit of General Dynamics which consolidated in one structure all European subsidiaries of GDLS.
ASCOD, Austrian Army, Schützenpanzer Ulan
ASCOD 2, prototype
Pandur (6×6), Austrian Army, MTPz
Pandur II(8×8), Czech Army, KOT-Ž
The ASCOD armoured fighting vehicle family is the product of a cooperation agreement between Austrian Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG 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 light tank equipped with a 105 mm gun, a surface-to-air missile launcher, an anti-tank guided missile launcher, mortar carrier, R&R vehicle, command-and-control vehicle, ambulance, artillery observer, and the AIFV model.
The Spanish Armed Forces Pizarro variant of the ASCOD
An ASCOD prototype in Spain
The rear compartment of an ASCOD Ulan
Ulan's SP-30 turret with the MK-30/2 gun