Founded | 1981 |
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Headquarters | Santiago de Compostela, Spain |
Products | trucks |
Parent | UROVESA |
Website | http://www.urovesa.es/ |
Uro (Spanish for "aurochs") is a Galician (Spain) brand of all-wheel-drive and military trucks, based in Santiago de Compostela, Spain.
The Uro parent company, UROVESA, was started in 1981 by a group of ex-IPV employees. They quickly established themselves as a leading player in the 4x4 rural fire-fighting and Spanish construction truck markets.
From 1984 on, they became a certified provider to the Spanish Army, which currently operates more of a thousand of Uro vehicles, including the well-known URO VAMTAC (Vehículo de Alta Movilidad Táctico / High Mobility Tactical Vehicle), equipped with a 190hp Steyr diesel engine, while most of the other Uro ranges feature Iveco engines. The truck's design is based on the American designed Hummer/Humvee.
In a deal worth 200 million euros. the Royal Moroccan Army (FAR) has ordered 1200 VAMTACs as well as 800 Iveco trucks.[citation (source) needed]
Since 1991, an Urovesa subsidiary, Uromac, produces in their factory at Castropol, Spain a range of small dumpers and off-road forklifts, which are also used by the Spanish Army.
Models[]
- VAMTRAC (civilian version)
- VAMTRAC S3 (military version)
- K3-24.14 semi tractor
- K3-24.16 semi tractor
- K5-25.14 semi tractor
- K5-25.16 semi tractor
- K5-30.14 semi tractor
- K5-30.16 semi tractor
See also[]
References / sources[]
- Wikipedia:Uro (trucks) - original article
External links[]
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