RAM MK3
RAM MK3 (RAM 2000) is a light armored vehicle designed by IAI RAMTA. It is based on a 4×4 wheeled monocoque chassis. The vehicle is 5.6m long, 2.08m wide and 2.12m high. It has an unloaded weight of 5,300kg, combat weight of 6,500kg, payload capacity of 1,200kg.[1][2] The RAM Mk3 AT is equipped with 4-8 LAHAT laser guided anti-tank missiles. Unlike other armored vehicles, which have the engine at the front or under the protected cabin, RAM places the entire power-pack – engine, automatic transmission and transfer cases at the rear.[3]
Users[]
A RAM 2000 in Vietnamese police service.
Cameroon: 5 delivered in 2008 for the presidential guard[4]
Chad: ~42 delivered in 2006-2008[5]- Botswana
- Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Lesotho: 6 delivered in 2006[5]
- Malawi[4]
- Morocco
- Peru: 7 delivered for Peruvian Naval Infantry.
- Senegal: 55[4]
- Vietnam: 150 vehicles ordered in 2006 and delivered in 2009; for usage by SWAT, Gendarmerie and Anti-Drug Branch [6]
- Venezuela: 10 delivered in 1980 for the Fuerza Aérea Venezolana.
See also[]
- RBY MK 1
- COMBATGUARD
References[]
- ↑ http://www.army-technology.com/projects/ram-mk3-light-armoured-multi-mission-vehicle/
- ↑ http://www.iai.co.il/2013/35528-41139-en/Groups_Commercial_Aircraft_RAMTA_Products_RAMIII_LightArmoredMissionVehicle.aspx
- ↑ http://defense-update.com/20120327_ram-mkiii-armored-vehicle-rough-and-tough.html
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies". Jane's. http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Wezeman, Siemon T.. "Israeli arms transfers to sub-Saharan Africa". SIPRI. http://www.nonproliferation.eu/documents/other/siemontwezeman4e9eb5e5806bd.pdf.
- ↑ "Trade Registers". http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
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