FNM cutia
I have for many years been interested in the activities of Alfa Romeo in other than the motor car business and have bemoaned the woeful lack of information on anything other than the mainstream business. This has started to be addressed starting with the Negri Foundation publication of the Camion Alfa book however there is still an amazing lack of information on other aspects of the world of Alfa Romeo in particular its overseas operations . It was while trying to research this aspect of a AR history that I came across the little tracked vehicle produced in prototype form for the Brasilian army by FNM in 1966. I made contact with Grupo Alfa Romeo Brasil who kindly sent me the following photos of the armoured car known as the CUTIA.
Full details ( in Portugese) can be obtained here in
www.defesa.ufjf.br/fts/cutia.pdf pdf form , the article also has lots of extra photos including an overview of the FNM works. I also include a link to the fantastic thesis of Mr. Eduardo Paiva on FNM
http://fnm.ufrj.br
Details of the Cutia are as follows
Made by FNM - FABRICA NACIONAL DE MOTORES
ENGINE - ALFA ROMEO 4CYL 95HP 1975CC ( the motor from FNM JK ,instrument panel also used in cutia)
LENGTH 3.60m
WIDTH 1.85m
HEIGHT 1.12m
WEIGHT 2.700kg
MAX SPEED 80km/h on road
50km/h off road
FUEL CAPACITY 60 lt
RANGE 300km
4 seated pass
ARMAMENT .30 MACHINE GUN
I hope this proves of some interest
Charley