Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Gmbh & Co. Kg

Thomas Mauthe

Gerhard Heise

Adolf Egger

Hans Hesse

A seating unit in a combat vehicle that is protected against mines is provided. The vehicle has a hull that is disposed on the chassis and that has at least one hatch in its roof plate that can be closed off by a hatch cover. The seating unit, which is disposed in the hull in the region below the hatch, is provided with a base on which is disposed a seat and that is suspended on the front or side wall and/or the roof plate of the hull via a tubular construction in such a way that the base is not at less than a prescribed spacing relative to the base of the hull. The tubular construction can comprise two guide tubes that extend parallel to one another and upwardly at an angle. The upper ends of the tubes are connected with the front wall, and the lower ends are suspended on the roof plate via connecting tubes. The base is displaceably disposed on the guide tubes via holding devices. A drive mechanism for moving the base back and forth enables displacement of the seat into a raised position directly below the hatch opening.

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Landsberg/Lech, Germany

Thomas Mauthe