It is armed with the M15 remote controlled weapon station (RCWS), with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun, or a much larger turret with a 30mm gun.
The infantry inside the vehicle can fire their personal weapons through gun ports on the sides.
In August 2020, the Serbian Armed Forces announced a “major step forward” with the full production of a new 8×8 Armored Personnel Carrier (APC); the Lazar-3.
Serbian Defense Ministry promotional video, released 10AUG2020:
The motor is located in the front. The armor is claimed to be of ‘modern’ type, which includes anti-mine armor. The vehicle is air conditioned. Maximum speed is 110-kilometers per hour. It can drive a 60% gradient, a 30% side slope, overcome half-meter tall vertical obstacles, cross 2-meter trenches, and ford 1.6-meter deep water obstacles.
Serbian Defense Ministry video, 17DEC2019:
In July 2019, it was announced that production orders were being increased.
The Lazar-3 was officially introduced in 2018.
Serbian Defense Ministry video, officially revealing the Lazar-3, 20DEC2018:
Factory fresh Lazar-3, March 2017.
The Lazar-3 has been in development since 2015.
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