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A Zhongxing Grand Tiger technical with a mounted FN MAG during the First Libyan Civil War. A technical, known as a non-standard tactical vehicle (NSTV) in United States military parlance, is a light improvised fighting vehicle, typically an open-backed civilian pickup truck or four-wheel drive vehicle modified to mount SALWs and heavy weaponry, such as a machine gun, automatic grenade launcher ...
The Eitan is an 8-wheeled vehicle much lighter than the Namer, weighing less than 35 tons, [8] fitted with the Iron Fist Light Decoupled active protection system. [9] The AFV has a top speed of 90 km/h and can carry up to 12 soldiers including 3 crew. The Eitan can be equipped with a 30–40 mm gun and a missile firing position with 2 Spike ...
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A technical armed with a ZU-23 autocannon operated by the Free Syrian Army during battles against Islamic State in the eastern Qalamoun Mountains, southern Syria, 2017. An improvised fighting vehicle is an ad hoc combat vehicle resulting from modified or upgraded civilian or military non-combat vehicle, often constructed and employed by civilian insurgents, terrorists, rebels, mobsters ...
Research on the future multi-functional wheeled combat vehicle (light-weight combat vehicle, LCV) is ongoing. LCV has a remote turret with line-of-sight (LOS) and non-line-of-sight (NLOS) firing capabilities, and a dual recoil gun system providing adequate internal layout for combat crews. The LCV also has a hybrid power system with in-wheel ...
The Ratel is a South African infantry fighting vehicle.It was the first wheeled infantry fighting vehicle to enter service worldwide [10] and was built on a modified MAN truck chassis. [1]
In June 2020, a new type of 8x8 armored was observed in development to replace the Type 08 wheeled armored vehicle. [3] In 2023, the vehicle entered service and was reportedly designated Type 19. Type 19 is the third-generation wheeled armored fighting vehicle of Chinese origin, after WZ-551 and Type 08 . [ 4 ]
The Type 08 (Chinese: 08式轮式装甲车族; pinyin: Líng bā Shì lúnshì zhuāngjiǎchē zú; lit. 'Type 08 wheeled armored vehicle family') [3] is a Chinese family of modern eight-wheeled, amphibious, modular armored vehicles developed by Norinco for infantry fire support, battlefield logistics, and quick reaction operations.