DRDO Armoured Ambulance
The DRDO Armoured Ambulance is a tracked military ambulance based on "Sarath" Indian license-produced variant of BMP-2. Designed by the Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment, a branch of the Defence Research and Development Organisation, it is manufactured at the AVANI.
Equipment
It has in-built medical facilities including continuous ECG monitoring, a ventilator, a suction unit to remove unwanted fluids, a DC refrigerator for preserving drugs, and an air-conditioner with optional heating facility.Seating configuration
It has a seating capacity of 12 persons including two crew, two medical attendants and eight sitting patients, but this can vary depending on the number of stretcher patients, four stretcher patients only or two stretcher and four sitting patients.It retains the turret but without the gun or smoke grenade launchers. The ambulance can cross a variety of terrains and even traverse water with the same mobility as Sarath Infantry Combat Vehicles. Its features include a special blower and absorbent filter for nuclear, biological and chemical protection, and external and internal radio communication for navigation.