Seating unit in a combat vehicle that is protected against mines

A seating unit in a combat vehicle that is protected against mines and has a vehicle hull disposed on a chassis, wherein said hull has a roof plate provided with at least one hatch that can be closed off by a hatch cover, and wherein the seating unit is disposed in the vehicle hull in the region below said hatch, said seating unit comprising:

• a base;
• a seat disposed on said base;
• a back rest pivotably secured to said base;
• and
• a tubular construction, wherein said base is suspended on at least one of a front wall, a side wall and said roof plate of said vehicle hull via said tubular construction in such a way that said base is not at less than a prescribed spacing relative to a base plate of said hull, wherein said tubular construction comprises at least two guide tubes, which extend parallel to one another and upwardly at an angle relative to a plane of said base plate of said vehicle hull, wherein upper ends of said guide tubes are secured to an upper region of said front or side wall of said hull, wherein lower ends of said guide tubes are suspended on said roof plate on said hull via connecting tubes, wherein holding means are provided for displaceably disposing said base on said guide tubes, and wherein a drive mechanism is provided for effecting a back and forth movement of said base along said guide tubes.