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	LIGHT ARMOURED VEHICLES The 2003 edition of Jane’s Defence Weekly’s supplement on Light Armoured Vehicles has the crucial details of more platforms than before – and ten of the vehicles covered are new entries.

Introduction
An increasing number of countries have already or are planning to acquire fleets of 6 x 6 and 8 x 8 light armoured vehicles (LAVs). In some cases these have virtually replaced their tracked counterparts, while other countries have opted for a more balanced force structure of heavier tracked and lighter wheeled vehicles. There are advantages to both.
February 14, 2003

ADI Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle - Australia
Australia selected the ADI Bushmaster in March 1999, after an internationally contested evaluation process, to meet the army's operational requirement for an Infantry...
February 14, 2003

Alvis Hägglunds Bv 206 S armoured personnel carrier - Sweden
Alvis Hägglunds has developed the Bv 206 S all-terrain armoured personnel carrier (APC) from the earlier unarmoured Bv 206 all-terrain vehicle, of which...
February 14, 2003

Alvis Hägglunds BvS 10 armoured personnel carrier - Sweden
Alvis Hägglunds developed the BvS 10 armoured personnel carrier based on its experience designing, developing and producing the unarmoured Bv 206 and armoured...
February 14, 2003

Alvis OMC RG-32M mine hardened patrol vehicle - South Africa
The now Alvis OMC developed the RG-32M to meet a number of specific emerging military requirements. User trials with pre-production vehicles were carried...
February 14, 2003

Alvis Vickers Scarab fast attack/scout vehicle - United Kingdom
Alvis Vickers designed the Scarab 4 x 4 fast attack/scout vehicle as a private venture; it completed the first of two pre-production vehicles...
February 14, 2003

Alvis Vickers Stormer armoured personnel carrier - United Kingdom
The now Alvis Vickers developed the Stormer armoured personnel vehicle as a private venture, drawing on experience obtained in the design, development and...
February 14, 2003

ARGE Fennek consortium - Fennek reconnaissance vehicle - International (Germany and Netherlands
The Fennek reconnaissance vehicle is a further development of the multi-purpose carrier (MPC) originally developed by the now Dutch company SP aerospace and...
February 14, 2003

Cadillac Gage M1117 Armored Security Vehicle - USA
Textron Marine & Land Systems secured the contract to provide the US Army with the Armored Security Vehicle (ASV) for use by the...
February 14, 2003

FNSS Savunma Sistemleri Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle - Turkey
FNSS Savunma Sistemleri developed the Armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (AIFV) to meet the operational requirements of the Turkish Land Forces Command (TLFC). The...
February 14, 2003

Stryker infantry carrier vehicle - USA
The US Army selected the General Motors Defense and General Dynamics Land Systems (GM GDLS) Defence Group Light Armoured Vehicle III (LAV-III) in...
February 14, 2003

General Motors Defense LAV-25 - Canada
MOWAG of Switzerland developed the Piranha family of 4 x 4, 6 x 6 and 8 x 8 light armoured vehicles (LAVs) as...
February 14, 2003

Iveco Light Multirole Vehicle - Italy
The Defence Vehicles Division of Iveco developed the Light Multirole Vehicle (LMV) as a private venture. The first two of 10 prototypes were...
February 14, 2003

Iveco Puma armoured personnel carrier - Italy
Consorzio Iveco-Oto, which developed the Puma family of 4 x 4 and 6 x 6 armoured personnel carriers (APCs), is the prime contractor...
February 14, 2003

Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Dingo All-Protected Vehicle - Germany
Krauss-Maffei Wegmann (KMW) originally developed the Dingo All-Protected Vehicle (APV) as a private venture. It is a standard Mercedes-Benz Unimog 4 x 4...
February 14, 2003

MOWAG Eagle armoured reconnaissance vehicle - Switzerland
The Swiss Army was the first to adopt the Eagle 4 x 4 armoured reconnaissance vehicle, which was originally developed as a private...
February 14, 2003

MOWAG Piranha IV multi-purpose armoured vehicle - Switzerland
MOWAG has developed the Piranha IV 8 x 8 series of multi-purpose armoured vehicles as a private venture mainly for export. The first...
February 14, 2003

RN-94 armoured personnel carrier - International (Romania and Turkey)
The first prototype of the RN-94 6 x 6 armoured personnel carrier, developed as a private venture by the Nurol Machinery and Industry...
February 14, 2003

O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Company M1114 up-armoured HMMWV - USA
The M1114, developed by the O'Gara-Hess & Eisenhardt Armoring Company, is the latest Enhanced Capacity Vehicle (ECV) version of the US Army AM...
February 14, 2003

Otokar Cobra armoured personnel carrier - Turkey
Using its experience in the design, development and production of light armoured vehicles based on the Land Rover Defender 4 x 4 chassis,...
February 14, 2003

Panhard VBL scout car - France
Following extensive trials, the French Army selected the Panhard VBL (Véhicule Blindé Leger) to meet its future requirements for a light scout vehicle...
February 14, 2003

Patria Vehicles Armoured Modular Vehicle - Finland
Patria Vehicles has developed the new Armoured Modular Vehicle (AMV) based on its experience designing, developing and producing the XA series of 6...
February 14, 2003

Patria Vehicles XA-200 armoured personnel carrier - Finland
The now Patria Vehicles developed the first of the XA series of 6 x 6 armoured personnel carriers (APCs) in the early 1980s....
February 14, 2003

Rheinmetall Landsysteme Wiesel 2 multi-purpose carrier - Germany
The now Rheinmetall Landsysteme completed the first prototype of the Wiesel 2 multi-purpose carrier in 1994.The German Army already uses the older Wiesel...
February 14, 2003

Satory Military Vehicles VAB armoured personnel carrier - France
The VAB (Véhicule de l'Avant Blindé) was developed to meet the requirements of the French Army, which has almost 4,000 vehicles in the...
February 14, 2003

Boragh armoured personnel carrier - Iran
The Shahid Kolahdooz Industrial Complex of the Iranian Defence Industries Organization (DIO) developed the Boragh armoured personnel carrier (APC) to meet the Iranian...
February 14, 2003

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pandur armoured personnel carrier - Austria
Steyr-Daimler-Puch Spezialfahrzeug AG & Co KG originally developed the Pandur 6 x 6 as an armoured personnel carrier (APC) that could be used...
February 14, 2003

Steyr-Daimler-Puch Pandur II armoured personnel carrier - Austria
Five countries have purchased the original Steyr-Daimler-Puch 6 x 6 armoured personnel carrier (see previous entry). Further development of the carrier as a...
February 14, 2003

Singapore Technologies Kinetics Bronco all-terrain tracked carrier - Singapore
Singapore Technologies Kinetics developed the Bronco all-terrain tracked carrier (ATTC) to meet the operational requirements of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF).The prototype was...
February 14, 2003

United Defense Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light - USA
The Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL) is essentially a stretched and improved M113-series armoured personnel carrier (APC) with greater internal load capacity, higher...
February 14, 2003

BMD-3 airborne combat vehicle - Russian Federation and Associated States
The BMD-3 airborne combat vehicle was developed at the Volgograd Tractor Plant where the older BMD-1 and BMD-2 airborne combat vehicles were also...
February 14, 2003

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