XC35 LTV

The (Light Tactical Vehicle) is a military jeep designed by Rubicon Corporation as a means to replace the fan-favourite Dravec jeep used by the Armed Forces of the Panamoan Republic since the early 2000s. All of the major components are manufactured still by the Panamoan Vehicle Systems, but the electronics and armor is primarily through Rubicon.
== Overview ==
The Light Tactical Vehicle has been designed to comply with the Panamoan Army's Long Term Armor Strategy (LTAS). The LTAS system follows an A-kit/B-kit principle, with vehicles designed "fitted for, but not with" protection. Protection kits can be installed and uninstalled from vehicles in the field using basic tools. The A-kit is fitted on the production line and is a combination of a limited amount of armoring, in difficult-to-access areas of the vehicle, together with a significant amount of armor installation attachments and required support structures. The bulk of the armor, the B-kit, is installed in the field on an as-required basis. Two soldiers can install B-kit armor in five hours. An 800-pound RPG protection kit can be installed in two hours at field-level maintenance and completed by the crew within 30 minutes. The LTV offers protection levels greater than those of up-armored Dravec jeeps and comparable to those of original MRAP class designs, but in an overall vehicle package that is considerably smaller and lighter than vehicles procured under the APMC marines MRAP procurement.
The benefits of the A-kit/B-kit principle are that armor is only fitted when required, reducing vehicle wear and tear and, by default, whole lifecycle costs. Improvements and/or upgrades to armor are also far easier to integrate into an appliqué solution. The overall protection will include a spall liner to minimize perforation effects within a vehicle when the vehicle takes hostile fire.
The XC35 LTV has an automatic fire-extinguishing system to protect the crew cabin. Fuel tanks are mounted externally and shielded by the LTV structure. Each crew seat has a combined seat and blast restraint device, as well as a height adjustment system to fit a 7-foot-tall passenger. Ingress time for a crew of four in combat equipment is 30 seconds or less. Egress with B-kit doors is within 10 seconds. The only weight-related data officially released includes a gross vehicle weight of 4685 lbs. Payload for the two-door variant is quoted as 2,318 kg, payload for the four-door variant is quoted as 1,590 kg. 
Requirements called for the cabin heater to raise the crew compartment temperature from −40 °F (−40 °C) to 65 °F (18 °C) in one hour. The air-conditioner should drop the temperature from 120 °F (49 °C) to 90 °F (32 °C) within forty minutes. The LTV was to be equipped with a diagnostic monitoring system that will electronically alert the operator of equipment failures so that they can be fixed. The electronic monitoring will observe the fuel, air intake, engine, cooling, transmission, energy storage, power generation and vehicle speed as well as other systems.
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