SABIEX International - Military Vehicle Maintenance, Upgrade and Trade

SABIEX began trading in the military vehicle business in 1967. Gradually, the company has moved into handling spare parts, and also the repair and upgrading of vehicles and military hardware.

Over the years, SABIEX's activities have encompassed vehicle upgrades, vehicle repair and trading, spare-parts trading, optronics maintenance and repair, developments and modifications for vehicles and optronics; and special defence products trading. Since 2000, Sabiex has also designed and developed new vehicles such as the armoured 4x4 IGUANA FV4.

SABIEX has 50,000m² of warehouse space and 20,000m² of workshops, and has gained an enviable reputation throughout the world for its skilled engineering team, efficient service and guaranteed quality of its products.

DESIGN AND ENGINEERING

The SABIEX engineering team uses the latest Computer Aided Design (CAD) techniques for their new vehicle designs and vehicle upgrading programmes. Finite elements analysis enables designs to be verified and optimised before manufacture.

Our team of engineers is involved in modernising or converting vehicles and systems. SABIEX carries out this modernisation on vehicles such as the AMX-13, M113 A2/A3, M109, Leopard 1 or AML 60/90. SABIEX is currently busy with the conversion of the OF 40 tank into ICV.

NEW: IGUANA FV4 LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLE

SABIEX Engineering department has achieved the development of a brand new vehicle, the IGUANA FV4. It is an armoured 4x4 light vehicle (9.5t combat weight) able to carry, in its basic version, the driver, the commander and four to eight crew members.

Its engine (rated at 215hp) and its specially designed suspension provide the IGUANA FV4 with high mobility in all terrains. Sabiex intend to create around the IGUANA FV4 a large family of vehicles (including recce vehicles, AIFVs and ambulances), that will respond to a large range of needs with unified logistics; a concept simplified by the use of commercial off-the-shelves components.

SELLING AND BUYING MILITARY VEHICLES

SABIEX buys military vehicles and surplus goods and resells after reconditioning them in its workshops. The company is particularly well known for supplying tracked armoured vehicles (AMX-13s, M109s and M113s), armoured wheeled vehicles (AML 60s / 90s) and riot-control vehicles (BDXs).

Sabiex currently stocks Eland 60s / 90s (the South African version of the AML) and GEPARD anti-aircraft tanks with bitube 35mm Oerlikon guns (including more than 400,000 rounds).

MILITARY VEHICLE SPARE PARTS

SABIEX holds a large inventory of spare parts for American (M113, M109, M60), French (AMX 10-13-30, AML 60/90, M3), German (Leopard, Gepard) and Russian (T55, PT76, BTR60, BRDM2) vehicles.

The inventory is managed using a stock-control system based on standard NATO classification which enables items to be retrieved almost immediately, thus ensuring the fastest possible response to the customer request. SABIEX can dispatch any part to anywhere in the world from its warehouses, with extremely short delivery times, and can meet long-term supply requirements.

SPECIAL DEFENCE PRODUCTS

SABIEX is engaged in constant improvements in the tactical efficiency of military vehicles in close co-operation with various partners, offering, for example:

• Add-on armour and NBC system to improve vehicle survivability and crew protection
• Fire control systems to shorten target-acquisition times and increase first-hit probabilities
• Weapon stations to improve the combat efficiency

SABIEX is also specialised in solving customers' sourcing problems for any kind of defence equipment, through its large network of partner companies which provide a large range of products.

OPTRONICS REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE SHOP

SABIEX have built an electro-optical division with a state-of-the-art optronic lab, fully equipped with integration stations (optical table, auto-collimators, etc.) and a large cleanroom. SABIEX opto-mechanical engineers and technicians have extensive experience that enables them to ensure the repair and modernisation of all kind of FCS and day or night electro-optical devices. Sabiex engineers have also developed their own product, the FLASH 3D, a compact driver's night-vision episcope.