PioPz 3 Kodiak AEV
Kodiak AEV: Armored Engineering Vehicle
Statistics
Remote Weapons' Station (Lemur): 12.7mm M2HB or 40mm AGL (optional)
Ammunition Stowage: 300 ready/900 stowed 12.7mm or 64 ready/900 stowed 40mm grenades
Default Ammunition: 100/900 12.7mm PPTM/85 LS or 64/900 40mm M430 HEDP (HEAT)
Integral Grenades: 3 ready/9 stowed per bank (2), total 24.
Grenade Launcher: Genades
Ammunition Stowage: 1 ready/3 stowed
Default Ammunition: 1/3 Smoke
Armor Protection:
Frontal Turret Armor: N/A
Frontal Hull Armor: Good, Steel. Equivalent to Leo 2
Combat Mass: 56 tonnes
Length: 10.20m (as modeled with excavator stowed)
Width: 3.54m
Height: 2.6m (as modeled with excavator stowed)
Engine Power: 1500hp MTU MB 873 Ka-501 V-12 Diesel
Top Speed: 68kph
General
Manufactured by Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH, the Pionierpanzer 3 "Kodiak" is a heavy, fully tracked, armored vehicle, that performs earth-moving, engineering (welding and cutting), obstacle breaching, and obstacle construction operations on the battlefield. Introduced in 2003, the Pionierpanzer 3 is based off of the Leopard 2 chassis and features a 9m center-mounted extensible excavator arm which may be equipped with multiple excavator attachments that can be exchanged without having to exit the crew compartment (currently nonfunctional). If fitted with lifting eyes, the arm may perform crane duties up to 3.5 tonnes. With preparation the Kodiak may ford water obstacles up to a depth of 2.25 meters. As modeled the front mounted dozer blade may be replaced by a Pearson full-width mineplow and lane marking system. Additionally, the vehicle may be equipped with the Lemur remote weapon station.
The Pionierpanzer 3 is crew-able at the Commander's (F7), Gunner/Engineer (F6), and Driver's (F9) positions, but only partially modeled with rudimentary interior views.
Beginning with Steel Beasts Professional version 4.000, engineering vehicles such as the Pionierpanzer 3 may carry barrier materials (concertina wire rolls) for the construction of wire obstacles and, as of version 4.156, may construct one and two tier vehicle emplacements during runtime. Refer to the Obstacles And Fortifications page for information regarding the placement and construction of such obstacles and emplacements. Additionally, with revision 4.156, the Pionierpanzer 3 may be equipped with the Diehl Active Vehicle Protection System (AVePS) to enhance protection against RPG and ATGM threats.
Currently the Pionierpanzer 3 is in service with the armed forces of the Netherlands, Singapore, and Switzerland.