Didgori-2 vs Land Rover Tangi: Specs Compared

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Didgori-2

Armoured Reconnaissance and Transport vehicle

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Land Rover Tangi

type of armoured vehicle ,

First system

Second system

Measured figures

Head to head

0 of 25 rows sourced on both sides

8.9t

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Mass

All recorded figures & sources

8,059 kg

combat weight

Single source

8,855 kg

Mass

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Configuration

Details

Didgori-2 and Land Rover Tangi configuration
Specification	Didgori-2	Land Rover Tangi
Crew	3(2)+6(7)^[source]	—
Type	Armoured Reconnaissance and Transport vehicle^[source]	—
Place of origin	Georgia^[source]	—
In service	2011–present^[source]	—
Used by	Operators^[source]	—
Wars	Yemeni civil war (2014–present)^[source]

Designer	Scientific Technical Center Delta^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Scientific Technical Center Delta^[source]	—

No. built	first batch in 2011 included 15 vehicles^[source]	—

Main armament	7.62×51 mm M134 Minigun or 12.7×108 mm NSV machine gun Optional: RCWS with twinned 12.7 mm and secondary 7.62 mm machineguns^[source]	—

Suspension	wheeled 4×4^[source]	—

Role	—	type of armoured vehicle ,^[source]

Source measurement	—	Due to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the RUC had long used armoured vehicles to provide protection to its officers. The first to be based on the Land Rover appeared in 1957, based on a Series I 109 in (2,800 mm) wheelbase pick-up body. This incorporated only a basic level of protection, designed to defend against bricks and bottles in a public order situation . An expanded metal cage was fitted over the rear cargo bed and lined with hardboard to prevent sharp objects being thrust through the cage. Similar expanded metal grilles protected the windows and headlights on the vehicle to prevent them being broken by thrown projectiles.^[source]Land Rover Tangi · History of armoured Land Rovers in Northern Ireland; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Armour kits from retired Hotspurs were fitted onto brand-new Land Rover Defender 110 civilian chassis. When donor kits ran out, the RUC workshops began to fabricate brand-new ones. The vehicles' headlights were initially protected from damage by transparent polycarbonate shields, but these were quickly found to be less durable than the original metal grilles of the Hotspur and were replaced. At the front and rear of the roof each of the Tangis were fitted with a remotely controlled spotlight and a rotating blue warning light, all protected by expanded metal grilles. The Hotspur's side skirts were retained, as was its fire protection system. In addition, burning petrol was prevented from entering the engine bay by a fabric strip around the bonnet edge and at the hinge between the bonnet and the front bulkhead. Further, the engine radiator was protected from damage with a substantial louvred grille fabricated from 3 mm steel sheet.^[source]Land Rover Tangi · The Tangi; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Tangis are known to the local population as 'Meat Wagons'. This name comes from the police being called 'pigs' and from other armoured vehicles used by the British Army in Northern Ireland, such as the Humber Pig . The vehicles are synonymous with Northern Ireland's Troubles . At the height of the Troubles the vehicles were essential for patrolling across Northern Ireland, carrying two police officers in the front and a maximum of five officers wearing riot helmets and carrying shields in the rear. At this time they were painted in a dark grey livery. One person, Alan McCormick, a Protestant civilian, was killed after being hit by one of the vehicles during the Troubles, during a riot situation in Ballysillan in 1986.^[source]Land Rover Tangi · Operational use; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Source measurement

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Due to the Troubles in Northern Ireland, the RUC had long used armoured vehicles to provide protection to its officers. The first to be based on the Land Rover appeared in 1957, based on a Series I 109 in (2,800 mm) wheelbase pick-up body. This incorporated only a basic level of protection, designed to defend against bricks and bottles in a public order situation . An expanded metal cage was fitted over the rear cargo bed and lined with hardboard to prevent sharp objects being thrust through the cage. Similar expanded metal grilles protected the windows and headlights on the vehicle to prevent them being broken by thrown projectiles.^[source]Land Rover Tangi · History of armoured Land Rovers in Northern Ireland; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Armour kits from retired Hotspurs were fitted onto brand-new Land Rover Defender 110 civilian chassis. When donor kits ran out, the RUC workshops began to fabricate brand-new ones. The vehicles' headlights were initially protected from damage by transparent polycarbonate shields, but these were quickly found to be less durable than the original metal grilles of the Hotspur and were replaced. At the front and rear of the roof each of the Tangis were fitted with a remotely controlled spotlight and a rotating blue warning light, all protected by expanded metal grilles. The Hotspur's side skirts were retained, as was its fire protection system. In addition, burning petrol was prevented from entering the engine bay by a fabric strip around the bonnet edge and at the hinge between the bonnet and the front bulkhead. Further, the engine radiator was protected from damage with a substantial louvred grille fabricated from 3 mm steel sheet.^[source]Land Rover Tangi · The Tangi; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Tangis are known to the local population as 'Meat Wagons'. This name comes from the police being called 'pigs' and from other armoured vehicles used by the British Army in Northern Ireland, such as the Humber Pig . The vehicles are synonymous with Northern Ireland's Troubles . At the height of the Troubles the vehicles were essential for patrolling across Northern Ireland, carrying two police officers in the front and a maximum of five officers wearing riot helmets and carrying shields in the rear. At this time they were painted in a dark grey livery. One person, Alan McCormick, a Protestant civilian, was killed after being hit by one of the vehicles during the Troubles, during a riot situation in Ballysillan in 1986.^[source]Land Rover Tangi · Operational use; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage