Steyr 4K 7FA-K Spz

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Steyr 4K 7FA-K Spz

Employed by the Austrian Armed Forces

Steyr Daimler-Puch purchased the rights for the production and sale of the Sauer 4K 4FA in 1970, shortly after production ended in 1968. Steyr, however, decided not to produce the 4K 4FA, electing to modify and improve the design first. Many modifications were made, so many that the first prototype was not completed until 1976, with full-scale production beginning in 1977. In addition to Austrian Army use, the 4K 7FA was produced in Greece under license (and called the Leonidas by the Greek Army), and exported to Nigeria and Cyprus, with an additional six 4K 7FAs being bought by Bolivia and ten by Macedonia. A command post version is also used by Botswana. As with the 4K 4FA, the 4K 7FA was to have been almost totally been replaced in the Austrian Army by the Ulan in the 2002-2004 time period, but budget problems got in the way. New vehicles of this series have not been produced since the late 1980s.
The 4K 7FA is a little bit longer then the 4K 4FA, but the same width and height; in many ways the 4K 7FA is simply an updated 4K 4FA.
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