VBTP-MR Guarani

The VBTP-MR Guarani is a Brazilian 6x6 armoured personnel carrier developed through cooperation between Iveco and the Brazilian Army. It was created as part of a wider modernization effort to replace ageing EE-11 Urutu and related wheeled vehicles with a new family of armoured platforms. The programme is therefore both a vehicle entry and an industrial project, with Brazilian production and long-term fleet renewal at its core.

The Guarani is designed around protected mobility for infantry and support roles. Army Guide describes it as a six-wheel-drive amphibious vehicle developed as the basis for a family of armoured multimission vehicles, including reconnaissance and fire-support variants. This matters because a modern APC is not only a troop carrier; it is a common chassis that can support command, weapons, ambulance, and specialist configurations.

Operationally, the Guarani is the bridge from Brazil's older export-successful Engesa vehicles to a contemporary armoured vehicle family. It keeps the wheeled, amphibious mobility concept useful for Brazil's geography while adding newer protection, systems, and production arrangements. That continuity gives users a clearer story than treating the Guarani as an isolated APC specification.