VIU-55 Munja

VIU-55 Munja
TypeCombat engineering vehicle
Armored personnel carrier
Place of originSerbia & Russia
Production history
DesignerMilitary Technical Institute
Specifications
Mass32 tonnes & 38.3 tonnes
Length6.20 m
Width3.27 m
Height2.05 m
Crew2 + 6 passengers

ArmorT-55 Hull
Main
armament
3×7.62mm Zastava M84 machine gun, 30mm M-93 grenade launcher
Enginediesel
780 hp
Suspensiontorsion bar
Operational
range
545 km
Maximum speed 50 km/h

VIU-55 Munja (from Serbian: муња, lit.'lightning') is a combat engineering vehicle produced by Serbia. VTI did the conceptual design of the Munja general-purpose engineer vehicle and the Technical Overhauling Institute "Čačak" built the vehicle. The main idea was converting the T-55 tank, using its main structure and subsystems and adding new components, equipment and devices to create a vehicle for entirely different purposes. Good terrain negotiating ability and ballistic protection of T-55 tank were retained, while engineer equipment and armament were refitted. Starting in 2004, about 210 of these vehicles were produced.[1] It was the first armoured vehicle for the Serbian engineer corps, outfitted with special purpose engineer equipment and a respectable armament belonging to the most modern designs of this kind.

  1. ^ "VIU-55 Munja Combat Engineering Vehicle". Army Technology. Verdict Media. Retrieved 11 October 2021.