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Tata Motors and DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies Sdn Bhd (DEFTECH), a wholly-owned subsidiary of DRB-HICOM Berhad, Malaysia, have signed a co-operation agreement to develop, promote and market Tata Motors’ high-mobility 4x4 trucks with payloads ranging from 2.5 tonnes to 5.0 tonnes, for the armed forces of Malaysia. Initially DEFTECH will work on two of Tata Motors models, LPTA 715 and LPTA 1623. These vehicles are suitable in various configurations including troop carriers, command post, ambulance, reconnaissance missions, as an armoured carrier communication shelter and others.
Tata Motors has been associated with India’s off-road defence and security forces and has supplied vehicles to the Indian military and paramilitary forces and exports its range of specialised defence vehicles to the SAARC, ASEAN and African regions.
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