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Mamba APC:
Mamba Mk3
Type Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin South Africa
Specifications
Weight 5.7 tonnes
Length 5.46 m (17.91 ft)
Width 2.205 m (7.23 ft)
Height 2.495 m (8.19 ft)
Crew 11
Primary
armament		 12,7 mm MG
Engine 312N Mercedes Benz turbocharged diesel
Suspension 4x4 wheeled
Operational
range		 900 km (560 mi)
Speed 102 km/h (road); km/h (off-road)

The Mamba is a South African armoured personnel carrier based on the Unimog that is ideally suited for regions with weak or no road infrastructure. The V-shape hull protects the crew against anti-tank mines by deflecting the blast. The Mamba is made by Land Systems OMC, a subsidiary of BAE Systems.

Contents

[edit] Production history

[edit] Variants

  • Mamba Mk1 - Original 2x4 (Over 500 built by TFM Industries later becomes Reumech OMC)
    • Springbuck Mk1 - modified version
    • Reva Mk1 - modified version by ICP
    • Puma - modified version with a Toyota Dyna 7-145 powerplant and drivetrain
  • Mamba Mk2 - 4x4 (built by Sandock Austral and TFM) Mamba Mk II - Improved production version.
    • Mamba Mk2 EE - Version produced for the Estonian Army
    • Mamba Mk2 SW - Version produced for the Swedish Army
    • Komanche - A short wheeled base (SWB) version which can carry up to 7 troops
    • Sabre - 4 man cab with a cargo area in the rear
    • Alvis 4 - Version produced by Alvis UK for the British Army
    • Alvis 8 - Komanche SWB version produced by Alvis UK for the British Army
    • RG-31 Nyala - redesigned version by TFM
    • Romad - modified version by Sandock Austral)
    • Reva Mk2 - modified version by ICP with Cummins powerplant
    • Springbuck Mk2 - modified version
  • Mamba Mk3 - 4x4 version fitted with Mercedes Benz 312N engine. Built by Alvis OMC
    • Reva Mk3 - modified version by ICP
  • Taipan - a version with a Mercedes Benz OM366LA turbo-diesel engine that lost the bid for the Australian Specialised Vehicle System (ASVS) proposal (Project Bushranger)

[edit] Operators

[edit] Combat history

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ House of Commons Hansard Written Answers for 25 July 2006 (pt 2065)
  2. ^ Sunday Times - Choose the wrong car in Baghdad and you die

[edit] See also

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Modern wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and personnel carriers
4 × 4
AGF Serval · Akrep  · ATF Dingo  · Badger ILAV · BPM-97 · BOV · Bushmaster · Casspir · Cheetah MMPV · Cobra · Commando · Chaimite · Cougar H · Duro III · Dozor-B · Dzik · Eagle · Enok  · FNSS Pars · Fennek · FTTS · FMC XR311 · G-Class · Golan · Grizzly · HMMWV · Iveco LMV · Komatsu LAV · Land Rover Perentie · Land Rover Wolf · M1117 Guardian · Mamba · MaxxPro · Millenworks Light Utility Vehicle · Mungo ESK · MWMIK · MXT-MV · MX-8 Barako · Peugeot P4 · Pinzgauer · Puma · Reva · RG-12 · RG-31 Nyala · RG-32 Scout · RG-33 · S600  · Sand Cat · Santana Anibal · Saxon · Simba · Sherpa 2 · Storm · T-98 Kombat · Tiuna · Tempest MPV · GAZ-2975 (Tigr) · Tur · UR-416 ·  · URO VAMTAC · VAB · VBL · VXB · Vodnik · Wolf ·
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8 × 8
Al-Fahd · Patria AMV · ASLAV · AV-81 Terrex · Boxer MRAV · BTR-3 · BTR-4 · BTR-80 · BTR-90 · BTR-94 · Centauro VBC · CM-32 · FNSS Pars  · LAV-25 · LAV III · Luchs · LVS · Piranha · NZLAV  · Pandur II 8x8 · Rooikat · Saur I  · Stryker · OT-64 SKOT · VBCI · Yavuz ·
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