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LAV3
Configuration: 8X8 drive, wheels are independent
Chassis: stretched version of the MOWAG 8X8 LAV-25
Combat weight: 16,300 kg
Speed: 100 km/h
Mobility ratio: 21.47 hp/t
Range: approx. 600 km
Armament: (main) M242 25 mm chain gun
(coax) C6 7.62 mm MG
C9 5.56 MG pintle mounted
3 portable Eryx anti-tank rockets launchers
2X4 76 mm grenade launchers
Ammunition: 420- 25 mm rounds
1,760- 7.62 mm rounds
3,200- 5.56 rounds
16- 76 mm smoke-fragmentation grenades
Equipment: 2 DIM 36T/HIRE thermal imager
Crew: Driver, Gunner, Commander + 7 infantry soldiers
Quantity: 360 ordered + 291 more in option
Builder: Diesel Division, General Motors of Canada, London, Ontario
Leopard C2
Crew: 4 (Driver, Commander, Gunner, Radio operator/Gunner)
Engine: MTU MB 838 Ca-M500 Multi-fuel engine, 10 cylinders developing 818 hp at 2200 rpm
Weight: 42,4 t
Mobility ratio: 19,57 hp/t
Speed: 65 km/h
Range: (road) 600 km (cross-country) 450 km
Fording: with preperation 4 m
Gradient: 60%
Side slope: 30%
Vertical obstacle: 1,15 m
Trench: 3 m
Armament: 105 mm L7A3 riffled tank gun
7.62 mm C6 coaxial machine gun
7.62 mm C6 machine gun
2X4 smoke grenades dischargers
Ammunition: (main) 60 ; (7.62mm) 5500
Ammunition types: APFSDS, APDS, HESH, HEP, HEAT, Smoke
In service: 1978
Quantity: 114
Builder: Krauss-Maffei, Germany
M109A4
Crew: 7
Engine: Detroit Diesel Model 8V-71T, turbocharged, 2-stroke, liquid-cooled 8 cylinder diesel
developing 405 bhp at 2 300 rpm
Weight: 24,98 tons
Mobility ratio: 16,21 hp/t
Speed: 56,3 km/h
Range: 349 km
Fording: 1,07 m
Gradient: 60%
Side slope: 40%
Vertical obstacle: 0,53 m
Trench: 1,83 m
Armament: 155 mm M185 howitzer gun
12,7 mm (.50) machine gun
Weapon range: 18 km
Ammunition: (main) 34 + 2 CLGP ; (12,7 mm) 500
Ammunition types: CLGP, HE, HERA, Smoke.
In service: 1968
Quantity: 76
Builder: Bowen_McLaughlin-York, York PA USA