ASCOD

ASCOD
The Spanish Armed Forces Pizarro variant of the ASCOD
Type	Armoured fighting vehicle (ASCOD Ulan/Pizarro)
Place of origin	Austria
Service history
In service	2002–present
Used by	See Operators
Specifications
Mass	26.3 tonnes (26,300 kg) (ASCOD Pizarro) 28 tonnes (31 short tons) (ASCOD Ulan)
Length	6.83 m (22 ft) (Pizarro/Ulan), 9.5 m (31.16 ft) (ASCOD)[citation needed]
Width	3.64 m (12 ft)
Height	2.43 m (8 ft)
Crew	3 + 8 passengers
Armor	rolled steel armor options for explosive reactive armor and composite armor
Main armament	30 mm Mauser MK 30/2 (ASCOD Ulan/Pizarro)
Secondary armament	MG3 7.62×51mm NATO (Pizarro) FN MAG 7.62×51mm NATO (Ulan/ASCOD 2)
Engine	Diesel 600 hp (Pizarro fase 1) 720 hp (Pizarro fase 2) 720 hp (Ulan)
Suspension	torsion bar and Piedrafita rotary dampers models AR01 and AR02.
Maximum speed	Road: 72 km/h

The ASCOD (Austrian Spanish Cooperation Development)^[1] 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.

In Spanish service, the vehicle is called "Pizarro". The Austrian version is called "Ulan".