Muntra

Muntra is a family of unmanned armored vehicle developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation. The name stands for "Mission Unmanned Tracked"

Design
Muntra is a family modified Soviet BMP-2 armored personnel carrier intended to be used for Unmanned missions. Current variants are unarmed. Three variants exist: Muntra-S for surveillance, Muntra-M for mine clearing, and Muntra-N operating in nuclear or chemical contaminated zones. It has autonomous navigation through GPS waypoints with obstacle detection and avoidance.

Variants
Muntra-B It is the command post for the MUNTRA series of vehicles. It has a 2 man crew to command the MUNTRA series of vehicles via a datalink.

MUNTRA-S MUNTRA-S is tele-operated from MUNTRA-B via a datalink or through pre set waypoints. It has a maximum detection range of 15 Kilometres.

MUNTRA-M

The Muntra-M is equipped with ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) and Vapour Detection System (VDS) to detect landmines and IED'S and marks the area.

MUNTRA-N



The MUNTRA-N is intended to operate in Nuclear and biological affected combat environments to carry out survey and recon of the affected area.It is capable of detecting nuclear radiations, chemical warfare agents , biological agents like Viruses and Bacteria etc. and can collect samples from the affected areas.