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ELVO was founded in June 1972 by the name Steyr Daimler Puch – Hellas with the purpose to produce tractors, bicycles and diesel engines to equip tractors and trucks. Nowadays ELVO has various production lines, regarding various types of vehicles, such as track-laying armoured vehicles, city buses, coaches and trucks.
There have been produced until present day in total:
- More than 11.000 All-Terrain Mercedes vehicles and 600 Special Purpose Hummer vehicles.
- 12.000 military and civil multi purpose trucks in co operation with the companies STEYR, MAN, MERCEDES and OSHKOSH.
- 2.100 buses and coaches of various types to meet the needs of the civil market and the Greek Armed Forces.
- Main Battle Tank (MBT) LEOPARD 2HEL,
- Armoured Personnel Carriers (APC) LEONIDAS,
- the prototype Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) KENTAURUS and reconstructed Main Battle Tanks LEOPARD 1.