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OVIK was a British company that designed and manufactured specialist and armoured vehicles and chassis systems.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 17 relations: Afghanistan, Örnsköldsvik, Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier, Chassis, Civil Nuclear Constabulary, Dorset, Dorset Police, Essex Police, Four-wheel drive, Hägglund & Söner, Kent Police, Operation Herrick, OVIK Cameleon IV440 Modular Mission Vehicle, ST Kinetics, Thames Valley Police, Urgent Operational Requirement, Vehicle armour.

  2. Armoured vehicles
  3. Companies based in Dorset

Afghanistan

Afghanistan, officially the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located at the crossroads of Central Asia and South Asia.

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Örnsköldsvik

Örnsköldsvik, often shortened to just Ö-vik, is a locality and the seat of Örnsköldsvik Municipality in Västernorrland County, Sweden, with 32,953 inhabitants in 2017.

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Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier

The Bronco All Terrain Tracked Carrier (ATTC) is a twin chassis multi-purpose tracked articulated vehicle jointly developed by ST Kinetics and the Defence Science and Technology Agency (DSTA) for the Singapore Army.

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Chassis

A chassis (plural chassis from French châssis) is the load-bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function.

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Civil Nuclear Constabulary

The Civil Nuclear Constabulary (CNC) (Welsh: Heddlu Sifil Niwclear) is a special police force responsible for providing law enforcement and security at any relevant nuclear site and for security of nuclear materials in transit within the United Kingdom.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Dorset Police

Dorset Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Dorset in South West England, which includes the largely rural area covered by Dorset Council, and the urban conurbation of Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

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Essex Police

Essex Police is a territorial police force responsible for policing the county of Essex, in the East of England.

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Four-wheel drive

A four-wheel drive, also called 4×4 ("four by four") or 4WD, is a two-axled vehicle drivetrain capable of providing torque to all of its wheels simultaneously.

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Hägglund & Söner

Hägglund & Söner (Hägglund & Sons), commonly known as Hägglunds, was a diversified engineering company based in the town of Örnsköldsvik, in Västernorrland, Sweden.

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Kent Police

Kent Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the and approximately 1.8 million inhabitants of Kent, a county in South East England.

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Operation Herrick

Operation Herrick was the codename under which all British operations in the War in Afghanistan were conducted from 2002 to the end of combat operations in 2014.

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OVIK Cameleon IV440 Modular Mission Vehicle

The Cameleon IV440 is a four-wheel drive modular mission system vehicle designed by Jez Hermer MBE, CEO of OVIK Special Vehicles.

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ST Kinetics

ST Engineering Land Systems Ltd (STELS), formerly known as ST Kinetics, is a strategic business area of ST Engineering and handles land systems and specialty vehicles.

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Thames Valley Police

Thames Valley Police is the territorial police force responsible for policing the Thames Valley region, covering the counties of Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire in South East England.

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Urgent Operational Requirement

An Urgent Operational Requirement (UOR) is a system used by the British Ministry of Defence (MOD) to obtain urgent equipment for operations.

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Vehicle armour

Military vehicles are commonly armoured (or armored; see spelling differences) to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets, shells, rockets, and missiles, protecting the personnel inside from enemy fire.

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See also

Armoured vehicles

Companies based in Dorset

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OVIK

Also known as OVIK Crossway, OVIK Solutions, OVIK Special Vehicles.