The KOV "Krpan" (Kolesno Oklepno Vozilo, "Wheeled Armoured Vehicle") from Sistemska Tehnika Armas is the Slovenian license version of the Pandur II with a number of improvements and with 55% of its components and subsystems produced locally. This APC was proposed to the Slovenian Army but was not bought, because the Army decided to buy the Patria AMV instead. Philippine variant The Sabrah Light Tank wheeled version is a new variant developed and offered by Elbit Systems for the Philippine Army's Light Tank Acquisition Project. It uses the Pandur II 8x8 platform fitted with a new turret armed with a 105 mm gun developed by Elbit in partnership with Denel Land Systems. The Notice of Award (NOA) for the project was issued to Elbit Systems Land by the Department of National Defense in September 2020. Operators Current Operators – Austrian Armed Forces – On 22 December 2016, the Austrian Ministry of Defence ordered 34 units of the Pandur 6x6 EVO for 105 million Euro from GDELS Steyr. – A first batch of 17 Pandur II were delivered to the Czech Army by 2012, with the remainder rolled out in 2013. The Czech army received the following variants: 72 IFVs with the RCWS-30 turret, 11 command post vehicles, 8 reconnaissance vehicles with and 8 without radar, 4 ambulances and 4 engineer variants. Two more variants were ordered in 2017. – On 24 November 2016 Indonesian government ordered an undisclosed number of Pandur II 8x8 APCs (including Tatra trucks and M3 Amphibious Rigs) for US$39 million from the Czechoslovak Group which has an agreement with General Dynamics to produce, maintain, and market these vehicles in Asia and Central and Eastern Europe. On 12 April 2019 a contract about the manufacture of another 22 units was signed. These units were supposed to be manufactured locally as the Pindad Cobra 8x8''. – Portuguese Army; 188 units in 9 variants operated by Intervention Brigade. Future operators – Elbit Systems won the Light Tank Acquisition Project of the Philippine Army. They will supply 10 wheeled light tanks that uses the Pandur II 8x8 platform. Delivery is expected to be completed by 2023. References External links Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeuge Wheeled armoured personnel carriers Combat vehicles of Austria Eight-wheeled vehicles