Engesa - Engenheiros Especializados S/A was a Brazilian company in the defense sector. The company was specialized in producing armored fighting vehicles. Vehicles included EE-T1 Osório, EE-9 Cascavel and EE-11 Urutu. Jump to: navigation, search The Engesa EE-T1 Osório was a Brazilian main battle tank competitive with the M1 Abrams and the Leopard II. It was a market gamble by Engesa: developed with little government support on borrowed investment funds, it would be sold first to Arab and other... The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6x6 armoured car developed in the seventies by ENGESA of Brasil. ... The EE-11 Urutu is a 6x6 Armoured Personnel Carrier developed in the seventies by ENGESA of Brazil. ...

Engesa started its involvement with special vehicles by developing all-wheel-drive systems for retrofit onto commercial trucks. At the same time, the Brazilian Army was trying to develop its own wheeled armored vehicle to replace obsolete equipment. Engesa took over that development, which resulted in the first EE-9 Cascavel, a 6x6 vehicle with the so-called "Boomerang" rear suspension. Later, the vehicle was slightly widened to accept a 90mm gun turret. Military training on a caatinga vegetation The Brazilian Army is the land arm of the Brazilian Military force. ... The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6x6 armoured car developed in the seventies by ENGESA of Brasil. ... Although front-wheel drive cars usually have one of a few varieties of independent rear suspensions, it is the greater variety and the reasons for each particular design which concern this article, which concerns rear-wheel drive cars. ... Turret (highlighted) attached to a tower on a baronial building in Scotland In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects from the wall of a building, such as a medieval castle or baronial house. ...

Another development was the EE-11 Urutu, an amphibious armored personnel carrier equipped with the same type of suspension and transmission as the Cascavel. After many successful years of commercialization of wheeled armored vehicles, the company decided to develop tracked vehicles. The EE-11 Urutu is a 6x6 Armoured Personnel Carrier developed in the seventies by ENGESA of Brazil. ... The word amphibious or amphibian, when used alone, has several possible meanings in the English language. ... Suspension may refer to: suspension (chemistry) suspension bridge suspension (music) suspension (vehicle) (system of shock absorbers and supports that connect a vehicle to its wheels) suspension (civil engineering) (system that connects a structure to its foundation, for example in earthquake protection) suspension (topology) suspension (body modification) suspension bondage suspension (figure... Transmission is the following: Generally, transmission is the act of passing something on. ...

The EE-T1 Osório was a very modern tank developed with a unique combination of firepower, mobility and armor protection. It was directly compared with the Abrams M1 (US), Challenger (UK) and others during tests in the Middle East, demonstrating its excellent performance. This tank has not reached production, victim of the company financial problems Jump to: navigation, search The Engesa EE-T1 Osório was a Brazilian main battle tank competitive with the M1 Abrams and the Leopard II. It was a market gamble by Engesa: developed with little government support on borrowed investment funds, it would be sold first to Arab and other... Alternative meanings: vehicle armour, Armor (novel) A hoplite wearing a helmet, a breastplate and greaves (and nothing else). ... The M1 Abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the United States Army. ... A map showing countries commonly considered to be part of the Middle East The Middle East is a region comprising the lands around the southern and eastern parts of the Mediterranean Sea, a territory that extends from the eastern Mediterranean Sea to the Persian Gulf. ...

Engesa, based in São José dos Campos, Brazil, went on bankruptcy in 1993. Skyline of São José dos Campos São José dos Campos is one of the major cities in the state of São Paulo, Brazil, sitting in the Vale do Paraíba, between the two most active production and consumption regions in the country, São Paulo and Rio... Bankruptcy is a legally declared inability or impairment of ability of an individual or organization to pay their creditors. ...

External link

Bankruptcy of Engesa - Portuguese article.