Mercedes-Benz E-Guard VR4 Armored Vehicle
The E-Guard is not your regular W212 E-Class – it’s been beefed up substantially to give extra protection to the occupant inside, but the extra protection are all hidden and cannot be seen by the naked eye. It starts off as a regular E-Class chassis, made to regular series production standards.
Next, protective elements are installed. These are precisely formed to exactly fit the contours of the bodyshell without encroaching on the interior space. The fit must be perfect to provide proper protection. The slightest misfit might cause a bullet to be able to pierce through. There is also optional underbody armour, which will allow the entire underfloor of the passenger area to withstand the explosion of a DM51 hand grenade.
All the extra protection helps the E-Guard conform to VR4 protection class. BMW’s “Security” series of armored cars also conform to this same specification. This means it can withstand handgun bullets of up to .44 Magnum in calibre at random angles of fire and not just via certain angles, to provide the most realistic protection possible. Runflat tyres in 17 inch size are used for additional protection (all BMWs except some M cars have this as standard), ensuring the car can still go at up to 50km and 80km/h speed in case attackers damage the tyres.
Of course all the extra parts makes the E-Guard so much more heavier than a regular E. Brakes, suspension and stability control systems must be adjusted and recalibrated to suit the new weight. The E-Guard uses a special Level II version of the AIRMATIC air suspension system as standard.
Look after the jump for some pretty interesting videos talking about the E-Guard and its assembly process. It also demonstrates with a loaded gun the difference between a normal W212 and the E-Guard in terms of bulletproofness. Enjoy the videos!
VIDEO: All about the Mercedes-Benz E-Guard
VIDEO: The Mercedes-Benz E-Guard’s run-flat tyres
July 6, 2009 @ 3:17 am
My Cherie Amour, lovely as a summer’s day
My Cherie Amour, distant as the Milky Way
My Cherie Amour, pretty little one that I adore
You’re the only girl my heart beats for
How I wish that you were mine
~ Stevie Wonder
July 6, 2009 @ 3:58 am
GERMAN ENGINEERING is really marvellous!
July 6, 2009 @ 8:20 am
Alaa, takde sunroof yang boleh bukak pulak.
Kalau tak, boleh buat macam citer Wanted.
Takleh tembak dari tepi, die tembak dari atas. Woooooo…
July 6, 2009 @ 8:28 am
so what if i fire rockets at the rims and damage the brakes or suspension?
July 6, 2009 @ 8:31 am
wow… now it’s like batmobile….
July 6, 2009 @ 8:32 am
Cool car!
Maybe the US Army should order some!
Would be a great getaway car for Mafias!
A fantastic car for the warlords of Africa! de kar is indistructibel.
July 6, 2009 @ 8:36 am
next car to be purchased by the G =D
cam.shaft
July 6, 2009 @ 10:27 am
Still got a lot of weakness.. it just proposed to avoid from bomb and sniper..
but if:
1. As what droll said above, Rocket aim at the rims..sure lost control.
2. 1st shoot ok, got the bullet proof to protect the target..but if 2nd shoot go through the same place less than a second..sure die..
3. if the car was throw in to the river, the target still can die.. many idea can be done to kill the target..
No matter how human create the machine to protect themselves from die, the others can create new tactics to kill the target..
just stay in a safe country, no crazy politician..so everything should be ok..
p/s: watch too much movie.. Autobots….transform…!
July 6, 2009 @ 12:19 pm
that is more than enough for a car, stop complaning and those who need real protection get tanker.
July 6, 2009 @ 12:22 pm
LOL
we no need it lah, malaysia peace mah, but politic ppl may need order for their official use. no need perdana, camry now can use benz because e guard can bullet proof..
July 6, 2009 @ 1:06 pm
funny comments..
But to some, it is indeed needy to have an amour car to be driven around. It does not only applies to sernior Gov.personels, but also to the ultra rich.
They may need it to protect themselves or their family members from the perpetrators or would be kidnappers.
The amour cladded limousine here is just enough for you to get away from further danger. It’s better than no armour at all, well a parang or hand gun would have done fatal damage.
Joke all you want, but this is serious stuffs to those ppl who are deemed as high risk.
July 6, 2009 @ 1:23 pm
i believed the armor only provide you time to drive away to safety not to stop RPG or any bullet bigger than .44 If you need more than this protection you need a tank !
July 6, 2009 @ 1:30 pm
Now that’s some worthy protection, at how much extra we are paying?
The protection are only sufficient for hand guns thou, but anyway, when your enemies decided to use a heavier weapon to take you out, you should be good enough to have your own army.
July 6, 2009 @ 2:15 pm
haha…so many what if..
what if nuclear bomb drop onto the car?
Get a ‘transformers’ car
July 6, 2009 @ 4:04 pm
Robocop the best.. Ask Merc to create one..
George Bush shold buy this.. he got A LOT of enemies…
For the Super Rich person, i dont think he need this car.. maybe he can get Helicopter. oh no..rocket launcher still can kill him.. soo? hmmm.. make plastic surgery maybe the best answer.. hehe..
anyway..this is new technology… but a wastage R&D… for a murder, to kill a person, not only using a gun or a bomb..but also using poison in their food,drink.. huh…
But I like the concept of Bullet Proof Car… also need to provide Sound Proof Car, Waterproof Car …
July 6, 2009 @ 4:21 pm
Thank God we don’t need such cars in Malaysia.
July 6, 2009 @ 5:32 pm
“Thank God we don’t need such cars in Malaysia.”
Absolutely true !
BTW: Such cars are sold in large numbers in Brasil, Russia and South Africa to common businessmen, not Mafia guys.
The pictured car is of the less armoured class, which can only withstand rifle and pistol bullets.
Cars with the highest protection class are only sold to gouvernment agencies and can also withstand “panzerfaust” rocket launcher projectiles and bombs under the car.
The former foreign minister of Russia and later president of Georgia, Mr. Eduard Shewardnatze, was attacked by rocket launcher fire in his amoured S-Class and survived…
July 6, 2009 @ 5:33 pm
Aiyaah, just buy RM5 of RON 95 to make 10 molotov cocktails and RM5 diesel to spray over the tyres. And dun forget 5 parangs while waiting for the guy to come out.
July 6, 2009 @ 7:28 pm
if u do nothing wrong in life u wont need this level of protection.
it’s to protect the guilty! :p
July 7, 2009 @ 12:16 am
Why need this when we got the Bumblebee?
July 7, 2009 @ 7:02 pm
this car is good enough in a normally peaceful situation where u only expect to be fired from small hand carried weapons. If u are in a warzone with all those bazooka, rocket lauchers, artillery and so on, get a tank.
July 8, 2009 @ 8:11 am
alaa kereta kebal proton lagi best.. setakat kena tembak speed-trap rileeekkkk je.. ape ade hal? kecos laa merc!
July 9, 2009 @ 9:21 am
life as rich people can be a misery.got a lot of money but no peace inside
July 15, 2009 @ 6:20 am
As others have said, the E-Guard is not supposed to play the role of an armored US Army Hummer! This vehicle is designed to protect people who “may” be targets of random attacks in urban areas patrolled by Police.
Again, this is not designed so you can roam free in Baghdad! It’s meant to keep you alive with mobility and speed until you can reach a safe area, presumably within minutes.