Description
Technical Specifications of Armored Cash-In-Transfer Vehicle BR4 Hiace
1. Introduction to Armored Cash-In-Transfer Vehicles
Armored Money Transfer Vehicles; Armored cash-in-transfer vehicles are an integral part of the cash-in-transit security solutions. These specially designed vehicles are most commonly utilized by financial institutions to safely transport money, currency, coins, and other valuable items between high-security locations. The main purpose of these special jewelry vehicles is to ensure secure transportation and prompt delivery of high-value items. This is why they are the main choice for all those that operate in precious metals industries.
In a bid to enhance the effectiveness of transporting smaller loads of precious metals, the BR4 Hiace was developed to be a perfect armored vehicle. The technology, speed, maneuverability, and security of the CIT vehicle will bolster safety while smuggling valuable loads. The vehicle is also highly adaptable and can operate on tarmacked roads, dirt tracks, and difficult terrain, making it ideal for use in mining. The vehicle is well-suited for upgrading into a Sand Casspir or weapons carrier for high-value cargo. Police can also use it as an armored troop carrier to transport personnel.
1.1. Purpose and Importance
These vehicles are required in the market for the safe transportation of the bank employees. The purpose of these vehicles is to transfer the amount from one place to the bank and vice versa. The Reserve Bank of India has many guidelines for these vehicles which are as follows:
– The chassis would be based on Toyota Hiace Highroof 3.0 GL discontinued model, having CRDi engine with suitable modifications as per BR4. – The FRP hardtop shell with heavy-duty dome/handrail would be insulated with PUF to prevent any sound pollution/dust from coming into the cash compartment. The hardtop shell would be approximately 4.5ft with an appealing look. Both the sliding windows should have sliding glass windows and stoppers of appropriate size. – The cash cabin area would be fully insulated with PUF. The storage area is a double corridor design with a partition between the corridors. – There are two doors at the rear with hydraulic door openers, and they come with a key fob to control the opening of the doors. They come with the automatic slam lock type with inside and outside handles. – The locker detail would be suppressed in B Part checkout point. – The complete body, roof, floor, sliding doors, including windows (both glass and steel) of the cash carrying would be covered under the armoring. PVB glass (unbreakable) should be provided for all vehicle windows.
Armored cash-in-transfer vehicles are critical for transferring cash and other valuable items securely. The design and technical specifications of these vehicles are discussed in this section for better understanding the design philosophies.
2. BR4 Hiace Model Overview
This BR4 Hiace model of Toyota was launched in competition with different brands’ custom-made security models, considering both its price competitiveness and technological sophistication. The business and industrial use of the cash Hiace cabin in the company is designed completely the same as the stock title for the transport of cash money, but specifically for reserve transfer. Depending on the customer’s order, there are different equipment choices and necessary modifications. This vehicle can carry up to 750 kg of reserve load. The central locking system is located in the cab and reserve formation.
Certain additional features are customized in accordance with customer requests. As for the center finishing and placement, we use 55 ballistic steel at the front cabin, which is repositioned through the advanced technology process of armoring the rear section of the vehicle with the necessary ballistic steel depth and layers. It has 4 simultaneous proper receiving hatches. It has a customized radio system along with a video alarm system. The Cash-In-Transfer Vehicle has a crew capacity of 7+1, including Toyota car operators. The prisoner compartment is separated from the driver’s cabin by an armor-steel partition plate. All walls in the prisoners’ compartment are armed with removable foam. It has 4 simultaneous proper cash deposit hatches. Also, upon customer request, monster and emergency lighting systems can be placed in the roof section with bar-type lights in the cabin.
2.1. Key Features
Subsection 2.1: Key features of BR4 Hiace
Armored Cash-in-Transfer Vehicle is based on the popular, common, and widely-used Toyota Hiace model for cash-in-transfer operations with a group of 5-6 members. Originally fitted with a 6-door coach, the interior of its passenger compartment includes the installation of a secure division, two optimal sliding doors, and a detachable roof hatch which serves as an emergency/exit route for passengers in emergency situations. The van is fitted with even steel excessive springs. The vehicle’s “armored capacity” is enough to prompt the driver to slow down when driving around curves to ensure the least rock among materials of the burglar-resistant cabin’s interior cargo.
The van shall be delivered as standard with head-locks by manual and electric means, such that the head-locks are engaged in separate directions. It is essential for a Cash-in-Transfer Vehicle to maximize crew safety and improve response time for alert crew in case of theft and attacks. Access shall be as easy as possible to the cash compartment so that the crew is able to move without any hindrance. Side sliding doors were considered to be the best designed by the passenger handling department to provide safety and efficiency. A vehicle’s sliding door is fairly heavy, especially if there is a large crew within. Material costs would also be reduced even if our client chooses to design a door according to a circular division of the window. It is designed to provide the crew with quick access to extraction with a single glancing blow or hard kick. The optimized anti-slip handle provides positive engagement with the crew member.
3. Armoring Specifications Armored Money Transfer Vehicles
1) Protection level is as follows:
1.1. Against handgun threats: For this protection level, security steel and composite are used. The vehicle will protect from threats such as 6 shots of 5.56x45mm, 7.62x25mm, and 9x19mm rounds at a speed of up to 420 m/s.
2) All roof, complete floor, and four sides including overlap system, including all windows and occupants’ compartment sides, shall be totally armored with new certified steel and composite capable of defeating the following bullets:
2.1. Against machine gun and rifle assault threats for a Level BR4: For this protection level, security steel and composite are used against the following threats of 5.56x45mm, 7.62x51mm, 7.62x54mmR, and 9x19mm rounds at a speed of up to 420 m/s. The vehicle assembles all welded ballistic steel construction, having an energy-absorbing frame of protection: Sub-floor. Armored bulkhead located behind the existing bulkhead. All four sides of the vehicle armored, to include overlap system for complete protection of door seams, pillar posts, vertical side walls, complete roof line armored, and armored fuel tank for protection against the armament listed in Clause 2.2. Protection throughout provides one of the highest levels of safe protection available in the cash-in-transit industry today.
3. Armored material: In the manufacturing of external and internal Crew Compartment parts of the vehicle, high-quality steel is used as the primary raw armor material. The floor consists of a multi-layered ballistic-protected sandwich comprising of ballistic-grade steel, according to the specified protection level. The steel plates are designed to function on a crumple zone principle to reduce the effects of blast impact and meet mine-blast conditions. All armor overlaps will be finished via specially CNC reprogrammed machines to give a milling finish to ensure the final armor overlapping finishing is of the highest standard. Withstanding excessive shocks resulted from road impacts. Finishing interior & exterior shots blast treatments to control undercarriage bomb blast force propagation.
3.1. Protection Levels Armored Money Transfer Vehicles
Armored Money Transfer Vehicles; The Armored Cash-In-Transfer Vehicle Hiace, internally referred to as BR4 Hiace, is a fully armored cash-in-transfer vehicle developed to offer elite security and protection to passengers as well as valuable cargo inside a secure compartment. The vehicle is equipped with an innovative security monitoring system that helps the security head to monitor the surroundings and movement outside from inside the armored compartment. This innovative security monitoring system is connected to 5 displays placed inside the compartment, allowing to see the movement by others outside and around the vehicle.
3.1 Protection Levels The vehicle is armored to meet specific United Nations (UN) and The European Council CEN (Committee for European Normalization) Specifications/Standards against ballistic threats ‘U.N. Regulation ECE-R43 (ADR73/00)’. These stringent regulations were developed to increase the independent test security protection levels of the occupants as well as the structure of the vehicle and are based on both laboratory and real-life testing. The vehicle’s bullet-resistant configuration meets F or FB6 (similar to BR6) on the armored compartment and B4 (BR4) on the windshield and side doors. ABR or Ballistic Resistant Armoring (B4/BR4) has the ability to resist fire from a 9mm submachine* and .44 handgun. BR4 (B4) glass can withstand a .44 Magnum. ABR compartment of the armored cash-in-transfer vehicle DSTV Hiace, after meeting standard requirements, was tried and tested according to test procedures. Reality of conditions were conducted according to current UN qualification tests.
3.2. Armor Materials Armored Money Transfer Vehicles
Bullet-proof jackets and helmets are mainly made of aramid or diplomatic-grade nylon blended fabrics. Both of these are so-called “high-performance fibers.” Levels of bulletproof vests are defined in 7 main types by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ). DuPont’s Kevlar brand fiber is what is commonly used for military helmets and vests. Kevlar has a tensile strength-to-weight ratio 5 times stronger than steel. Manganese-boron steel is a hot rolled, commercial form of armor steel that is liquid-quenched to provide this unique combination of properties.
Manganese, in solid solution in the steel matrix, provides high strength, non-linear work-hardening throughout the sheet thickness. It produces multiple strength layers while protecting the head from incoming enemy projectiles. With a hardness rating of 60 HRC to protect the surface of the steel, and a mechanical tensile strength of 1928 MPa, our proprietary ballistic strength steel protects every armored cash-in-transfer vehicle we ship, from every angle. The mixture of manganese, with 0.3% boron produces a metal that is extremely high in both hardness and tensile strength. The sheet reflects top-notch performance when seriously impacted by quicklime, an intensive heat incendiary. In typical ballistic applications, boron is used as an alloying element in the production of high strength, weldable structural steels. Boron enhances the mechanical properties of the steel. It is also added to control the density and strength of the weld. For armor steel, manganese-boron is used to increase the hardness, while significantly reducing the ductility required to maintain the basic ballistic characteristics.
4. Vehicle Performance
Specification Armored Money Transfer Vehicles
Sl No Description Specification
Engine A. Engine & Other installations 1 Number of Engine Cylinders: 4 2 Engine Total Displacement, in cubic cm: 2982 cc 3 Name of the Manufacturer: Toyota 4 Engine Model: 1KDFTV
B. Engine Transmission & Fuel System 5 Drive type: 4WD 6 Number of Gears: 5 7 Initial Gear Reduction Ratio: 3.790 8 Second Gear Reduction Ratio: 2.062 9 Third Gear Reduction Ratio: 1.436 10 Fourth Gear Reduction Ratio: 1.000 11 Fifth Gear Reduction Ratio: 0.838 12 Steering Type: Manual
C. Engine & Transmission 13 Transmission Gear Shift Type: Syncro Mesh 4 speed + 5 speed 14 Number of Clutches Plate, Diameter & Number of Springs: 5 15 Maximum Torque in Nm: 343 16 Maximum Power in HP/ KW: 120 / 88 17 Fuel Used by Engine: Normal Diesel (In absence of Super Diesel)
D. Running Performance 18 Maximum Vehicle Speed in Km/hr. (Km/Hr): 180 KMPH 19 Maximum vehicle speed during crosscountry crossing in km/hr: 40 KMPH 20 Engine Cooling System: Effective dust, water & mud entry proofing system is provided
E. Range 21 Range of vehicle (on plain tarred roads): Upto 300 Km. / refueling 22 Fuel Tank Capacity: 75 Liters
4.1. Engine Specifications Armored Money Transfer Vehicles
Making sure of the reliability and performance of the BR4 Hiace, we have tested and installed engines of worldwide known brands to this vehicle. 2.7 L, L4 DOHC 16V Dual VVT-i gasoline, 6-speed automatic, with 4WD, EFI, ECVT. The engine has a 2,694 cm3 cubic capacity and can deliver 160 hp to the wheels, making its rider feel the high performance with its 4-wheel drive and easy handling of the parking areas. This engine can reach a maximum speed of 150 km/h. While doing this, it consumes 15 liters of fuel for every 100 km distance in urban areas, 8.3 liters of fuel per 100 kilometers for every distance on highways, and 11.1 liters of fuel for every 100 kilometers of mixed usage.
In EPSILON BR4 Hiace, there is a 3.5-liter DOHC V6 24 Valve Dual VVT-i petrol engine used, 6-speed automatic gearbox, and 4WD drive system used. The engine used in the vehicle is both reliable and high performance. With its cylinders consisting of 6 in 24 valve 88.5mm-boring and 96.0-stroke pistons, the maximum power of the engine can go up to 278 hp with 5000 rpm. This engine, which can achieve a maximum torque of 460 Nm with 2800 to 4800 rpm, consumes 14 liters of fuel for 100 km of rural use, 8 liters for 100 km of urban use, and 10 liters on average for use on mixed routes. The vehicle can reach a maximum speed of 185 km/h. EPSILON BR4 HIACE has a 6-stage automatic ECVT gearbox that works with a 17.7-liter engine. The spill system fluid volume is 1.1 liters. With the dimensions of 5390x1880x2280 mm, the vehicle offers an excellent space for the passengers in a 3.21 m exclusive cabin design. The interior volume of the vehicle is 2,337 m3.
4.2. Speed and Range Armored Money Transfer Vehicles
Speed & Range
The rear- and all-wheel drive armored Cash-in-Transfer vehicles are powered by a 2.8-litre turbo-diesel engine producing a maximum output of 151 bhp @ 3,400 rpm and a maximum torque of 300 Nm @ 1,600-2,800 rpm. Together with a 6-speed automatic transmission, a top speed of around 160 km/h is achievable. This performance level is sufficient for normal everyday traffic situations in the target transmission market.
The Armormax Cash-in-Transfer vehicle is capable of a continuous gradeability of up to 12% with a heavy payload. The use of a remarkably reliable engine as used in the armored cars in conjunction with the robust major parts of the Toyota Hiace chassis ensures that the Cash-in-Transfer vehicle built by Armormax will be reliable in a large variety of different climatic and traffic conditions and easy and cheap to maintain.
The standard diesel tank has a capacity of 70 litres which provides the Cash-in-Transfer Hiace with a theoretical cruising range of around 700 km with a weight of 3 ton. In optimal conditions, therefore, two full shifts certainly can be completed without having to refuel.
The range of the present vehicle can be tailored to suit specific customer’s requirements by installing high capacity fuel tanks and increasing the overall weight (both options very important when planning rural transmissions). Also noteworthy is the addition of an optional exterior-mounted spare wheel and all-terrain off-road tires. This adjustment, while minor, provides the Hiace with the ability to maneuver through more challenging terrains and can be added to any 4 x 4 or rear-wheel drive conversion.
At such high altitude on roads with a 10% incline it takes longer than 75 seconds to crest a hill, which is the typical speed limit for this scenario. For 4 x 4 applications, an optional 2.7L Petrol VVT-I or 2.8L turbo diesel with varying power outputs is available.
5. Conclusion Armored Money Transfer Vehicles
The study focused on strengthening the media to explore the vehicle’s review of the Hiace armored cash-in-transfer vehicle Type C that meets the EN 1063 European standard. The aim was to improve the efficiency of innovative low-cost development vehicles. Analyses of technical specifications and literature reviews show that Hiace is capable of withstanding blast and ballistic attacks. By construction, steel and glass armored vehicles used to carry cash in transit are made. The vehicle complies with the European standard for ballistic resistance and dynamic testing of the body as well as individual fragments.
In conclusion, Hiace can be used for cash-in-transfer services and gold shipments. However, further research is needed to determine the full extent of where the vehicle can be used. The technological solutions tested can engender commercial competitiveness and balance to the operations of cash-in-transit (CIT) business while increasing vehicle security and crew safety. In many countries, attempts have been made to use vehicles not designed for transportation of cash to carry it due to lower costs. To provide connections on a global scale, this article first examines the technological specifications of one of the most common vehicles available, the BR4-coated Toyota Hiace cash-in-transfer vehicle. Proof that the vehicle is suitable for commercial cash shipments. The BR4 armored, 5,800mm selected vehicles for mechanical development showed 43.5% capital production, 31.43% indirect costs and, for extra diversification, additional features. A prototype example for testing and experiment development is also provided.
