This is the Vamtac, or Vehiculo de Alta Movilidad Tactico. It looks just like an improved Humvee, but it is not. Manufactured by URO Vehiculos Especiales S.A. or Urovesa, a light truck maker based in Santiago de Compostela, Spain the Vamtac has seen two decades of service with Spain’s armed forces.
The original URO Vamtac I3 ran on a 163 horsepower Steyr M16-TCA turbodiesel engine and used Allison TC-275 automatic transmission. Since the emphasis was on its ability to transport almost thrice its weight at 900 kilograms and armour protection was at a minimum. The first generation of Vamtac I3’s had three variants. To date the Spanish armed forces maintain 500 Uro Vamtacs in different roles.
