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Titus
Titus
	The Titus on display at the IDET 2017 convention
Type	Infantry Mobility Vehicle
Place of origin	France/Czech Republic
Service history
Used by	See Operators
Production history
Manufacturer	Nexter and Tatra Defence Vehicle
Produced	2013-present
Specifications
Mass	17 t (19 short tons)
Crew	3+10
Main; armament	Remote weapon station ; (varies by customer/requirement)
Engine	Cummins; 400 hp (300 kW)
Operational; range	700 km (430 mi)
Maximum speed	90 km/h (56 mph)

The Titus is an infantry mobility vehicle developed and built by Nexter and Tatra Defence Vehicle.

Design edit

The Titus is based on a Tatra 817 chassis.^[1]

Albanian Land Force : 16 vehicles are currently trialed and to enter service soon.
Royal Saudi Land Forces : Unknown number of Nexter Titus, used as 105mm howitzer tractor.
United Arab Emirates Armed Forces : Excalibur Army has signed a contract worth 47 million euros with Resource Industries from the United Arab Emirates (UAE), which it announced at the IDEX 2023 trade fair. The contract means the production and supply of more than two hundred vehicles with Tatra chassis for military and civilian purposes for the UAE market. The contract, after taking into account the costs of the partner in the UAE, can reach a value of up to 77 million euros. These are Tatra Force trucks, Patriot II MRAPs, TREVA-30 ARVs and Tatra Titus MRAVs.
Czech Army : 62 vehicles ordered in 2019, in three versions (36 communications vehicles, 6 command and staff vehicles, and 20 fire support coordination vehicles).^[2]
RAID & BRI, trials in 2016 but no order since.^[3]

^ (in French)Jean-Dominique Merchet (18 June 2014). "Titus, le nouveau blindé de Nexter".
^ (in French) Philippe Chapleau (27 July 2017). "Les militaires tchèques ont le feu vert pour commander 62 Titus à Nexter".
^ (in French) Martine Bréson (5 May 2016). "Le Titus, un blindé de 20 tonnes, est en test à la préfecture de police de Paris".