With over 18 years of battled proven track record, Greek company EODH S.A., based in Lakkoma, Halkidiki, has become one of the preferred partners in the LEO 2A7 and Boxer 8×8 production as well as in other modern IFV. EODH is heavily investing in a new 5000 m² plant to support the development, design and manufacturing of all types of protection technologies and systems, with activities in Greece, Europe and the Middle East.
EODH presents for the first time the heavy version of the advanced protection system « ASPIS Modular NG – MBT » (ASPIS – Advanced Shielding Platform Integrated System), installed on a Leopard 2A4 turret and designed as a complete hybrid solution that combines passive and active protection elements in the frontal arc to cope with modern threats such as tandem warhead ATGMs and the new generation of long-rod APFSDS rounds. ASPIS technology is multi-hit capable, and a damaged armor module can be replaced in the battlefield by the crew. The solution proposed by EODH can be applied as an upgrade of existing MBTs or integrated into new designs and it meets the new challenges posed by attack drones, loitering ammunitions, and the new fire-and-forget top-attack ATGM with parabolic trajectory. It uses stand-alone millimeter-wave radar sensors, distributed on the roof of the turret that detect incoming threats approaching the roof from high elevation angles, and, at the appropriate time, triggers directed explosion charges that neutralize the threat.
EODH also presents the new high mobility armored vehicle 4×4 « Hoplite » which incorporates many innovations and provides an excellent balance between the mobility and the protection. EODH and its partners developed Hoplite with modular design, suitable to cover a wide range of military and internal security missions. The main goal of the new design is to create a basic platform with a maximum gross weight of 12 tons with a payload of 2 tons.
The well-known KMW 4×4 Dingo II with the protection upgrade package ASPIS D-Force is also exhibited at the EODH booth. EODH is exhibiting a mock-up of a light and a medium combat vehicle with ASPIS. Moreover, EODH presents the special anti-mine protection design, combined with anti-shock seats that are supported by innovative brackets that absorb a huge part of the blast energy. In addition, the advanced roof shield is designed to provide protection against fragments from time-fused artillery shells, shaped charge bomblets, and attacks from light AT launchers fired from the top.
by Marc Chassillan