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The Grizzly is manufactured by Blackwater Armored Vehicle, a division of Academi (formerly known as Blackwater Worldwide and Xe Services LLC), in a 70,000-square-foot (6,500 m 2) factory in Camden, North Carolina. [5] It was scheduled to begin production in April 2007 and Blackwater predicted production of at least a vehicle a day to meet demand.
One of the first armored vehicles to be used in combat was the Spanish Schneider-Brillié, which saw action in Morocco. It was built from the chassis of a Schneider P2-4000 bus and could carry 12 passengers. [2] The genesis of the armoured personnel carrier was on the Western Front of World War I.
The TM-170 is an armored personnel carrier was announced for the first time in 1978 and entered production in 1979. It was originally designed primarily for use as an APC or an internal security vehicle, but could be adapted for a wide range of other roles.
Heron, like the smaller Waran 4×4 transporter, is the result of cooperation between Huta Stalowa Wola and the Czech company Tatra Export s.r.o. The basis for the transporter from HSW is the Czech design of the TADEAS 6×6 vehicle (Tatra Defence Armoured Solution), built on the chassis of the Tatra 815-7 truck.
Armed Forces of Ukraine — Since 2016, the specialized armored vehicle for the transportation of personnel "Varta" has been approved for operation in the Armed Forces of Ukraine for a special period under the name "Varta". On December 28, 2017, the Ministry of Defense received a batch of armored vehicles ahead of schedule.
The ABC-79M is a simplified version of the earlier TAB-77 8x8 armored personnel carrier, which was itself a Romanian version of the BTR-70. Both vehicles share several common components. The ABC-79M is fully amphibious, and is equipped with a single water-jet for propulsion.
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The Mildef Tarantula HMAV [2] is a Malaysian 4×4 V-hull mine-resistant infantry mobility vehicle that provides high level protection against a variety of battlefield threats such as mines and improvised explosive devices.