Selected aspects of the construction of armoured bank vehicles of new generation

The high degree of persons and property security risk, especially during cash value transport increases the demand for Cash/valuables-in-transit (CVIT) vehicles. These vehicles are, in addition to the transport of valuables, which include money, goods made of silver, gold, platinum, may also carry documents containing classified information important for the security of the State. It is noticeable tendency to increase safety requirements for use of these vehicles. The new Regulation of the Minister of Internal Affairs and Administration respecting “the requirements to be met to protect the monetary value stored and transported by businesses and other agencies” of 7 September 2010 (Dz.U. 2010.0166.1128) introduces three groups of CVIT vehicles: type A, type B and type C. The most strict, but also providing the highest levels of security are requirements for CVIT vehicles type A. This article refers to some problems concerning the design of these vehicles. The article presents regulations and standards referring to the CVIT vehicles obligatory in Poland. There are presented the uppermost technical requirements for new generation of CVIT vehicles. There are also proposed the attack protection performance classes and ratings for quality assessment of these vehicles, including the energy ratio. Some of the issues of construction and armour in relation to the use of the series cargo truck bodies and chassis for building the CVIT vehicles are discussed. There are discussed the operation and application of an innovatory auxiliary drive unit and some electronic systems