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The Cadillac Gage LAV-300, originally named the V-300, [2] is a family of American light armored vehicles (LAVs) including up to 15 configurations. It was originally created and designed by CG as a private venture project.
Textron Marine & Land Systems, formerly Cadillac Gage, is an American military contractor that manufactures armored vehicles, turrets, advanced marine craft, surface effects ships, and other weapon systems. It is owned by Textron, and was formed in the merger between Cadillac Gage and Textron Marine in 1994. [1]
The Cadillac Gage Commando, frequently denoted as the M706 in U.S. military service, [7] is an American armored car designed to be amphibious. [6] It was engineered by Cadillac Gage specifically for the United States Military Police Corps during the Vietnam War as an armed convoy escort vehicle. [ 7 ]
M113A3 TUR – Otherwise known as the TLAV (Tracked Light Armoured Vehicle) or LAV-T is an APC version of the M113A3 standard equipped with a Cadillac-Gage 1 metre turret taken from a AVGP Grizzly, armed with a M2HB.50cal machine gun and a C6 GPMG.
The Cadillac Gage LAV-600, also known as the V-600, [2] is an American light armored 6×6 wheeled vehicle, derived from the LAV-300. Developed by Cadillac Gage as a private venture project, [ 1 ] the LAV-600 offers superior firepower and mobility to the LAV-300, normally being equipped with a 105mm main gun.
Cadillac Gage Textron submitted the Commando Stingray with the LAV-105 turret. [68] [nb 12] Team Hägglunds USA submitted a variant of the Combat Vehicle 90 with a GIAT turret. [68] This was the only version proposed without an autoloader. Series production would take place in Canada. [65]
A member of USAF Security Forces manning an M60 machine gun mounted atop a Cadillac Gage Ranger in 1983. The Cadillac Gage Ranger is built on a Dodge Ram truck chassis with a shorter wheelbase. [3] [10] It uses a front-engine, four-wheel-drive layout, coupled to an automatic transmission with three forward gears and one reverse gear.
Cadillac Gage LAV 300, configurable as a self-propelled anti-air vehicle, armoured personnel carrier or anti-tank missile carrier. An armoured Humvee, depending on its configuration, may serve as a reconnaissance vehicle, infantry mobility vehicle or, when equipped with a TOW missile launcher, a light anti-tank vehicle.