The Slingsby SAH 2200 hovercraft is a small military hovercraft produced by Slingsby Amphibious Hovercraft Company of Kirkbymoorside, England, and used by the Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

 Frontier Guard.

Configuration

The SAH 2200 is a small military hovercraft powered by a single Cummins 6CTA-8-3M-1 diesel engine, and armed with a single 12.7mm machine gun.

Military use and production

The Finland Frontier Guard acquired its first SAH 2200 in March 1993. Three more were ordered in February 1998 and delivered in late 1999. Engineering and Professional Services Inc. purchased Slingsby Advanced Composites Limited and will continue producing a version of the SAH 2200 hovercraft manufactured out of composit materials, now renamed the EPS SAH 2200. The EPS SAH 2200 will be built at the company’s facilities in Titusville, Florida

Titusville, Florida

Titusville is a city in Brevard County, Florida in the United States. It is the county seat of Brevard County. Nicknamed Space City, USA, Titusville is on the Indian River, west of Merritt Island and the Kennedy Space Center and south-southwest of the Canaveral National Seashore...

, where EPS presently has under construction a number of larger EPS M-10 hovercraft for delivery commencing in 2009 to the Border Guard of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Specifications

• Designer / Manufacturer: Slingsby Amphibious Hovercraft Company
• Crew 2
• Dimensions
  • Length 10.6 metres
  • Width 4.2 metres
  • full load displacement 5.5 tons
• Propulsion
  • Motor: diesel engine
  • Power: 1 Cummins 6CTA-8-3M-1 diesel engine 300 horsepower for lift and propulsion
  • Propellers: 1 three bladed variable pitch propeller
• Performance
  • Speed 40 knots
  • Range 400 miles at 30 knots
  • Military Lift: 12 troops or 2.2 tons of cargo
• Weapons
  • 1 X 12.7mm machine gun
• Radar
  • Navigation: Raytheon R41; I-band