The Gila MBPV is a mine protected vehicle from South Africa developed by private investors and manufactured by IVEMA and similar to the more popular Casspir. The vehicle was introduced in 2006 and production of the vehicle is at IVEMA facility in Midrand, South Africa.
It is four-wheeled and is being used for transport of troops. It can hold a crew of two, plus nine passengers.
Operators : 24 units to United Nations/African Union forces (UNAMID) in Darfur, Sudan : 6 supplied by Canada for Military Police of Burkina Faso : private buyer and also for use as ambulance in Dafur
Variants
Gila APC Gila Armoured Ambulance Missile Carrier mortar carrier electronic warfare vehicle battlefield re-supply vehicle command post vehicle
See also Buffalo (mine protected vehicle), a 6x6 originally built by Force Protection Inc Cougar (vehicle), a 4x4 originally built by Force Protection Inc Buffel, an early South African mine protected vehicle Oshkosh M-ATV, current generation lighter weight mine protected vehicle manufactured by Oshkosh Corporation Mahindra Mine Protected Vehicle, design inspired by the Casspir Casspir
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