Gila MBPV
Mine Ballistic Protected Vehicle
Maximum speed The Gila MBPV is a mine protected vehicle from South Africa developed by private investors and manufactured by IVEMA and similar to the more popular Casspir.[1] The vehicle was introduced in 2006[1] and production of the vehicle is at IVEMA facility in Midrand, South Africa.[2]
It is four-wheeled and is being used for transport of troops. It can hold a crew of two, plus 9 passengers.
Operators
- United Nations: 24 units to United Nations/African Union forces (UNAMID) in Darfur, Sudan[2]
- Burkina Faso: 6 supplied by Canada[3] for Military Police of Burkina Faso
- Nigeria: private buyer[1] and also for use as ambulance in Dafur[2]
Variants
- Gila APC
- Gila Armoured Ambulance
- Missile Carrier
- mortar carrier
- electronic warfare vehicle
- battlefield re-supply vehicle
- command post vehicle
See also
- Buffalo (mine protected vehicle), a 6x6 originally built by Force Protection Inc
- Cougar (vehicle), a 4x4 originally built by Force Protection Inc
- Buffel, an early South African mine protected vehicle
- Oshkosh M-ATV, current generation lighter weight mine protected vehicle manufactured by Oshkosh Corporation
- Mahindra Mine Protected Vehicle, design inspired by the Casspir
- Casspir
References
- ^ a b c "IVEMA Gila Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle". Military-Today.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
- ^ a b c "IVEMA delivers 24 GILA to UNAMID". 27 November 2009.
- ^ "Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
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