{{About|the German infantry mobility vehicle|the British reconnaissance vehicle|Daimler Dingo|the Australian armoured car|Dingo (scout car)}} {{More citations needed|date=January 2013}} {{Infobox weapon | name = Dingo 2 | image = Dingo 2.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption = ATF Dingo 2 with a mounted machine gun | origin = Germany | type = Infantry mobility vehicle <!-- Service history -->| service = 2000–present | used_by = Operators | wars = {{Tree list}} *War in Afghanistan *Russo-Ukrainian War **Russian invasion of Ukraine {{Tree list/end}} <!-- Production history -->| designer = | design_date = | manufacturer = KNDS Deutschland | unit_cost = ~$500,000 (2006)<ref>{{cite web|title=Dingo - All Protected Vehicle (APV)|url=http://defense-update.com/products/d/dingo-kmw.htm|website=Defense Update|access-date=7 May 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150518063830/http://defense-update.com/products/d/dingo-kmw.htm|archive-date=18 May 2015|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> | production_date = | number = | variants = | is_vehicle = yes | length = 5.45 m (short) <br />6.08 m (long)<ref>[http://www.kmweg.com/gb/frame.php?page=30 Krauss-Maffei Wegmann – DINGO 2 – Ihr Partner rund um Wehrtechnik<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928100022/http://www.kmweg.com/gb/frame.php?page=30 |date=September 28, 2007 }}</ref> | width = 2.3 m | height = 2.5 m | weight = 8.8 - 11.9 t | suspension = 4x4 | speed = 90+ km/h | vehicle_range = 1,000 km | primary_armament = 1 × MG 3 light machine gun 1× M2 Browning Machine Gun 1 × HK GMG | secondary_armament = | armour = MEXAS | engine = Diesel | crew = 2 crew (Driver and remote weapons system Officer) 8 passengers | engine_power = 160 kW | pw_ratio = }}
The '''ATF Dingo''' is a German heavily armored military MRAP<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.military-today.com/apc/dingo_2.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090129091236if_/http://www.military-today.com/apc/dingo_2.htm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=January 29, 2009 |title=Dingo 2 - Mine resistant ambush protected vehicle |access-date=2022-08-20}}</ref> infantry mobility vehicle based on a Unimog chassis with a V-hull design, produced by KNDS Deutschland (formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW)). The first prototype of the Dingo 1 was completed in 1995 and the first production Dingo 1 entered service in 2000 with the German Army.<ref name="Military Today">{{Cite web |title=Dingo 1 - Mine resistant ambush protected vehicle |url=http://www.military-today.com/apc/dingo_1.htm |access-date=20 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230120161648if_/http://www.military-today.com/apc/dingo_1.htm |archive-date=20 January 2023 |url-status=usurped}}</ref> It is designed to withstand land mines, rifle fire, artillery fragments and NBC-threats. ATF stands for ''Allschutz-Transport-Fahrzeug'', meaning all-protected transport vehicle in German. It is named after the Australian native dog, the dingo. The Dingo 2 entered service in late 2004 after undergoing trials from November 2003-May 2004.<ref name="Army Technology">{{cite web |title=Dingo 2 All-Protected Carrier Vehicle |url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/dingo2protecetedvehi/ |website=Army Technology |publisher=Verdict Media |access-date=20 May 2021}}</ref>
Textron signed an exclusive deal to produce and market KMW's (since April 8, 2024 KNDS Deutschland) Dingo in the United States.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|url=http://www.bfbreakthroughdesign.com/textron/textronmarineland_products_land_dingo.htm|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200310044349/http://www.bfbreakthroughdesign.com/textron/textronmarineland_products_land_dingo.htm|archive-date = 2020-03-10|title = Textron}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.textronsystems.com/pdf/products/dingo2_datasheet.pdf |title=Dingo 2 All-Protected Vehicle |website=www.textronsystems.com |access-date=11 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061124112307/http://www.textronsystems.com/pdf/products/dingo2_datasheet.pdf |archive-date=24 November 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref> However, Textron chose its own more expensive and heavier M1117 armored security vehicle for the MRAP competition, which did not receive a contract.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6037098_ITM |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207232154if_/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-6037098_ITM |archive-date=7 February 2009 |title=Textron Signs Agreement To Produce KMW Dingo 2 Mine-Protected Vehicle.(Textron and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann)}}</ref>
==Design== The ATF Dingo has a modular design with five elements: chassis, protection cell, storage space, engine compartment, and bottom mine blast deflector. Its design is lighter and includes an armored chassis with a blast pan instead of the more common monocoque hull found in modern blast resistant vehicles. IBD's layered MEXAS is used and the windows are angled to deflect blasts and bullets. A tarpaulin is used over the back storage area instead of metal to save weight.
The Dingo's standard armament is a Rheinmetall MG3 7.62 mm machine gun in a remote-controlled turret on the top of the vehicle, borrowed from KNDS Deutschland's Fennek. The operator sits safely inside the cabin, controlling the weapon with an electro-optical sight with night vision capability.
In 2008 the Bundeswehr ordered several hundred fully remote-controlled weapons stations from KMW, for its Dingos and other armored vehicles: the light FLW 100 (for the MG3 or the Heckler & Koch MG4), and the heavy FLW 200 (for the M3M .50 BMG or the HK GMG automatic grenade launcher). The weapons station is controlled by an operator viewing a monitor inside the vehicle.
The ''ATF Dingo 2'' is an advanced version of the Dingo, based on the upgraded Unimog U 5000 chassis.<ref>https://defensearchives.com/editorials/development-and-characteristics-of-the-dingo-1-and-2-mraps/</ref>
==Operational use== In September 2022, Germany announced that it would provide 50 ATF Dingos to Ukraine to use in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Germany delivers mixed news for Ukraine on vehicles |url=https://www.shephardmedia.com/news/landwarfareintl/germany-delivers-mixed-news-for-ukraine-on-vehicles/ |access-date=15 September 2022}}</ref> As of 3 September 2024, seven units were destroyed and one was damaged.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/02/attack-on-europe-documenting-ukrainian.html | title=Attack on Europe: Documenting Ukrainian Equipment Losses During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine }}</ref> By 2023 the German military had around 700 Dingo 2s in service.<ref>https://defensearchives.com/editorials/development-and-characteristics-of-the-dingo-1-and-2-mraps/</ref>
==Operators== thumb|300px|Map of ATF Dingo operators
===Current operators=== {| class="wikitable sortable" |- ! country!! version!! ordered!! options!! delivered<ref>http://www.strategie-technik.de/08_10/heer.pdf{{Dead link|date=September 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, retrieved 15 November 2010</ref> !notes |- | rowspan="9" | {{GER}} - Bundeswehr (Army) || Dingo 1|| 147 || 0|| 147 | |- | Dingo 2 A1/A2/A2.3|| 287 || 0|| 287 | |- | Dingo 2 BÜR (ground surveillance radar)|| 78 || 0|| 2 | |- | Dingo 2 A3 system repair|| 25|| 0|| 4 | |- | Dingo 2 C1 GSI battle damage repair|| 48|| 0|| 48 |deliv. by end 2010 |- | Dingo 2 A3.2 troop transport|| 45|| 0 || 45 |deliv. by end 2010 |- | Dingo 2 A3.2 operational intelligence|| 20 || 0 || 20 |ordered 17.11.2010 |- | Dingo 2 A3.3 troop transport|| 39|| 0 || 39 |ordered 17.11.2010 |- |Dingo 2 A4.1 |50 + 65 |0 |0 |50 ordered in November 2023 <ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-11-30 |title=Bundeswehr beschafft 50 Dingo 2 A4.1 auf modernem Unimog-Fahrgestell |url=https://soldat-und-technik.de/2023/11/mobilitaet/36064/bundeswehr-beschafft-50-dingo-2-a4-1-auf-modernem-unimog-fahrgestell/ |access-date=2023-12-01 |website=soldat-und-technik.de |language=de-DE}}</ref> 65 ordered in December 2024<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-12-18 |title=Bundestag billigt 38 Rüstungsvorhaben für rund 21 Milliarden Euro |url=https://www.hartpunkt.de/bundestag-billigt-38-ruestungsvorhaben-fuer-rund-21-milliarden-euro/ |access-date=2024-12-19 |language=de}}</ref> |- | {{GER}} - Federal Police || Dingo 2 Polizei|| 2 || 0|| 2 | |- | rowspan="4" | {{BEL}} - Belgian Land Component|| Dingo 2 MPPV Fus (patrol) || 158 || 0 || 158 | |- | Dingo 2 MPPV PC (mobile command post)|| 52 || 0|| 52 | |- | Dingo 2 MPPV ambulance|| 10|| 0|| 10 | |- | Dingo 2 (new variants) || 0|| 66 || 0 | |- | {{LUX}} - Luxembourg Army|| Dingo 2 Protected Reconnaissance Vehicle || 48|| 0|| 48 | |- | rowspan="3" | {{AUT}} - Austrian Armed Forces|| Dingo 2 ATF || 60|| 0|| 60 | |- | Dingo 2 AC NBC reconnaissance || 12 || 0|| 12 | |- | Dingo 2 AC ambulance || 3|| 0|| 3 | |- | {{CZE}} - Czech Army|| Dingo 2 A2 || 21 || 0|| 21 | |- | {{NOR}} - Norwegian Army|| Dingo 2 A3 || 20 || yes || 20 | |- | {{Flag|Iraqi Kurdistan}} - Peshmerga | Dingo 1 || 20 || 0|| 20 |<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bild.de/politik/inland/isis/diese-waffen-liefert-deutschland-an-die-kurden-37478284.bild.html|title = ISIS-Terror im Nordirak: Diese Waffen liefert Deutschland an die Kurden|date = 31 August 2014}}</ref> |- | {{QAT}} - Qatari Army || Dingo 2 A3.3 troop transport || 125 || 0|| 125 |<ref>{{cite web|last1=Nkala|first1=Oscar|title=Germany approves export of military vehicles, small arms to Algeria|url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=36729|website=Defenceweb|date=24 October 2014|access-date=12 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/dingo2protecetedvehi/|title = Dingo 2 All-Protected Carrier Vehicle - Army Technology}}</ref> |- | {{SRB}} - Serbian Army|| Dingo 2 ambulance || 2 || - || - |Donated in 2024<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mod.gov.rs/eng/21320/stabni-razgovori-sa-delegacijom-ministarstva-odbrane-savezne-republike-nemacke21320|title=Staff talks with representatives of German Federal Ministry of Defence|publisher=Serbian MOD|date=2024-04-06}}</ref> |- |{{Flaglist|Ukraine}} - Ukrainian Ground Forces |Unknown |0 |0 |50 |Donated during the 2022 Russian Invasion of Ukraine<ref>{{Cite web |title=Military support for Ukraine {{!}} Federal Government |url=https://www.bundesregierung.de/breg-en/news/military-support-ukraine-2054992 |access-date=2023-02-07 |website=Website of the Federal Government {{!}} Bundesregierung |language=en}}</ref> |}
==Gallery== <gallery widths="200px" heights="150px"> Image:ATF Dingo in German service (Afghanistan).jpg|Three German Army ATF Dingos in Afghanistan. Image:ATF1 Dingo.jpg|ATF Dingo 1 of the German Army deployed in Kosovo. Image:ATF Dingo - rear view.jpg|German Army Dingo 1's rear view. Image:ATF Dingo 2 mit BÜR.jpg|German Dingo 2 with ground surveillance radar (BÜR) Image:ATF-Dingo 7484.JPG|Austrian Dingo 2 NC Image:KMW Dingo 1447.JPG|Czech Dingo 2 A2 Image:ATF pic6.JPG|Prototype Dingo (Dingo WTS) Image:Zastava 2024 - Dingo sanitet - 01.jpg|Serbian Dingo 2 </gallery>
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== External links == * [https://www.knds.de/en/ KNDS Deutschland] - Website of the manufacturer * [https://web.archive.org/web/20121230150000/http://www.miltechmag.com/2012/09/ila-2012-dingo-protection-in-10-tonne.html DINGO - Protection in the 10-Tonne Class] * [http://www.doppeladler.com/oebh/rad/dingo_2.htm Dingo 2 in the Austrian Armed Forces] {{knds}} {{MRAP vehicles}} {{Modern IFV and APC}} {{ModernGermanAFVsNav}}
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