VIU-55 Munja
| VIU-55 Munja | |
|---|---|
| Type | Combat engineering vehicle Armored personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | Serbia & Russia |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Military Technical Institute |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 32 tonnes & 38.3 tonnes |
| Length | 6.20 m |
| Width | 3.27 m |
| Height | 2.05 m |
| Crew | 2 + 6 passengers |
| Armor | T-55 Hull |
Main armament | 3×7.62mm Zastava M84 machine gun, 30mm M-93 grenade launcher |
| Engine | diesel 780 hp |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
Operational range | 545 km |
| Maximum speed | 50 km/h |
VIU-55 Munja (from Serbian: муња, lit. 'lightning') is a combat engineering vehicle produced by Serbia. VTI did the conceptual design of the Munja general-purpose engineer vehicle and the Technical Overhauling Institute "Čačak" built the vehicle. The main idea was converting the T-55 tank, using its main structure and subsystems and adding new components, equipment and devices to create a vehicle for entirely different purposes. Good terrain negotiating ability and ballistic protection of T-55 tank were retained, while engineer equipment and armament were refitted. Starting in 2004, about 210 of these vehicles were produced. It was the first armoured vehicle for the Serbian engineer corps, outfitted with special purpose engineer equipment and a respectable armament belonging to the most modern designs of this kind.