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Encyclopedia > Advanced Modular Vehicle
General Characteristics
Length: 7.7 m
Width: 2.8 m
Height: 2.3 m
Weight: 16,000 - 26,000 kg
Speed: over 100 km/h (road)
6 - 10 km/h (water)
Range: 800 km
Power plant: 360 kW DI 12 Scania Diesel
Personnel: Depending of the version
3 (commander, driver, gunner)
10 passenger

The Patria AMV 8x8 (Armoured Modular Vehicle) is a multi-role military vehicle produced by Finnish manufacturer Patria. The first prototype was produced in 2001 and first vehicles delivered to the Finnish Army in 2003. Serial production was started in 2004. The watt (symbol: W) is the SI derived unit of power, equal to one joule per second. ... Vehicles are non-living means of transportation. ... Patria is a Finnish company which produces a wide range of defence, aviation and aerospace technology. ... The Finnish Army (Finnish: Maavoimat) is one of the branches of the Finnish Defence Forces. ... 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...


The main feature of the AMV is modular design allowing the incorporation of different weapon, sensor, or communications systems on the same carriage. Designs exist for different APC and IFV versions, communications version, ambulance version and different fire support versions with large calibre mortar and gun systems.


The Polish Army has ordered 313 AMVs with the Italian Oto Melara 30 mm turret and 377 AMVs in various other configurations to be delivered between 2004 and 2013. Polish Army (Polish Wojsko Polskie) is the name applied to the military forces of Poland. ... Oto Melara is a Italian defence company with factories in Brescia and La Spezia. ...


The Finnish Army has ordered 24 AMVs fitted with the AMOS mortar system and 64 AMVs fitted with 12,7 mm turret. Amos was a Biblical prophet (see Amos (prophet)) and putative author of the Book of Amos. ... US soldier loading a M224 60-mm mortar. ...


On June 12, 2006 Ministry of Defence of Republic Slovenia declared that Patria AMV will be new 8x8 Armoured fighting vehicle of Slovenian Armed Forces (Patria will supply 136 vehicles). June 12 is the 163rd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (164th in leap years), with 202 days remaining. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted weapons. ... Slovenian Armed Forces (also Slovenian Army; officialy Slovene Slovenska vojska; SAF/SV) is onebranch armed force of Slovenia (Army includes Air and Naval Forces) and as of 2003 is organized as standing army (full proffesional army). ...

Patria XA-360 AMV 8x8
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Patria XA-360 AMV 8x8
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Image File history File links Download high resolution version (820x615, 93 KB) Patria XA-360 Armored personel carrier File links The following pages link to this file: Advanced Modular Vehicle ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (820x615, 93 KB) Patria XA-360 Armored personel carrier File links The following pages link to this file: Advanced Modular Vehicle ...

See also

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This is a List of armoured fighting vehicles worldwide. ... The Sisu XA-180 is a six-wheeled fully amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) originally designed for Finnish Defence Forces. ...

External links

  • AMV at Army Technology
  • AMV XC-360P at army-guide.com
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4 x 4

BOV | BTR-40 | Bushmaster | Casspir | Cougar H | Mamba | RG-12
RG-31 Nyala | RG-32 Scout | Saxon | VAB | VBL | Vodnik
6 x 6
AVGP | Boxer MRAV | BTR-152 | Buffalo H | Cougar HE
EE-11 Urutu | Fuchs | Ratel | RG-33 | Shoet | Sisu XA-180 | VAB
8 x 8
ASLAV | Boxer MRAV | BTR-4 | BTR-60 | BTR-70 | BTR-80 | BTR-90 | BTR-94
LAV 25 | LAV III | Patria AMV | Piranha | Spähpanzer Luchs | Stryker | Terrex AV-81 | VBCI Production History Variants BOV-VP - basic APC BOV-SN - ambulance BOV-M - police version BOV-1 / Polo M83 (Croatia) - anti-tank version 6xAT-3 missiles BOV-3 - Self-Propelled Anti-aircraft gun with 3 x 20mm cannons, 4 crew BOV-30 - Self-Propelled Anti-aircraft gun simular to BOV-3... The BTR-40 armored personnel carrier was developed in 1950 by a team headed by V. A. Dedkov and was produced from 1950 to 1958 at Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod. ... The Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle is an Australian designed and built wheeled armoured vehicle produced by Australian Defence Industries Limited (ADI). ... The Casspir, a combat-proven, landmine-protected personnel carrier (APC), has been in use in South Africa for over 20 years. ... The Cougar is an armored fighting vehicle designed to be resistant to anti-vehicle mines and improvised munitions. ... 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 RG-12 is a multi-purpose armoured personnel carrier with anti-personnel mine, grenade, fire bomb and 5. ... The RG-31 Nyala is multi-purpose mine-protected vehicle made by Land Systems OMC in South Africa, based on the same manufacturers Mamba APC. The vehicle’s V-shaped monocoque welded steel hull and high suspension are designed to resist a blast equivalent to two TM-57 anti... The RG-32 (Scout) is a family of mine-proof 4x4 light armoured vehicles made by Land Systems OMC in South Africa. ... General characteristics Length 5. ... Medical evacuation version detail of propeller for amphibious operation Milan anti-tank missile variant 25 mm Dragar turret variant The Véhicule de lAvant Blindé or VAB (Armoured Vanguard Vehicle in French) is an armoured personnel carrier manufactured by the Euro Mobilité Division of GIAT Industries of France. ... Panhard Véhicule Blindé Léger (Light armoured vehicle) is a wheeled 4x4 all-terrain vehicle offered in various configurations. ... GAZ-3937 Vodnik and its modified version GAZ-39371 is a high-mobility multipurpose vehicle from GAZ. It has been refered to as the Russian Hum-Vee. However the 3937 has some fetures the Hum-Vee doesnt have such as a water-displacing hermetic hull to easily overcome... AVGP means Armoured Vehicle General Purpose. ... The Boxer is a European Multirole Armored Vehicle (MRAV) designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. ... The BTR-152 was the first Soviet attempt at an armoured infantry vehicle. ... Buffalo mine-protected vehicle Buffalo mine-protected vehicle and GI Buffalo showing remote manipulator arm. ... The Cougar is an armored fighting vehicle designed to be resistant to anti-vehicle mines and improvised munitions. ... The EE-11 Urutu is a 6 x 6 armoured personnel carrier developed in the seventies by Engesa of Brazil. ... In British service TPz (Transportpanzer) Fuchs (fox) is an armoured personnel carrier developed by Daimler-Benz and built by Thyssen-Henschel (now Rheinmetall Landsysteme) in 1979. ... The Ratel is the basic Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) of the South African National Defence Forces mechanized infantry battalions, and is named after an African animal known in English as the Honey Badger, which has a reputation as a ferocious fighter. ... The RG-33 is a mine-proof 6x6 light armoured vehicle made by Land Systems OMC in South Africa and the United States of America. ... Shoet in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Israel. ... The Sisu XA-180 is a six-wheeled fully amphibious armoured personnel carrier (APC) originally designed for Finnish Defence Forces. ... Medical evacuation version detail of propeller for amphibious operation Milan anti-tank missile variant 25 mm Dragar turret variant The Véhicule de lAvant Blindé or VAB (Armoured Vanguard Vehicle in French) is an armoured personnel carrier manufactured by the Euro Mobilité Division of GIAT Industries of France. ... The Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV), is an Australian version of the Mowag Piranha. ... The Boxer is a European Multirole Armored Vehicle (MRAV) designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. ... BTR-4 is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in Ukraine by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (SOE KMDB)as a private venture. ... The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. ... The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier originally developed during the late 1970s and fielded by the Warsaw Pact and allies beginning in the early 1980s. ... BTR-80 is a 8x8 wheeled Armoured personnel carrier designed in the Soviet Union. ... BTR-90 (GAZ-5923) is a 8x8 wheeled Armoured personnel carrier designed in Russia. ... The BTR-94 amphibious armoured personnel carrier is an Ukrainian modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80. ... LAV-25, also known as Bison, is said to be an 8 wheeled vehicle that has been used to destroy non-biological land-mines while safely carring 6 people. ... The LAV III AV is the latest in General Motors Light armoured vehicle line. ... Piranha-derived LAV25 in USMC service Canadian Piranha-derived, six-wheeled Cougar AVGP, with Scorpion tank turret (76 mm gun) Prototype of a Mobile Gun System derivative of the Piranha, mounting a 105 mm tank gun Piranha-derived Stryker, clad with a supplementary anti-HEAT shell slat armour Canadian Forces... The Spähpanzer Luchs (German for lynx) is a German amphibian reconnaissance tank (Spähpanzer) in service since 1975. ... For the manufacturer of medical and orthopedic products, see Stryker Corporation. ... The Terrex AV-81 is an armoured fighting vehicle developed by Singapore Technologies. ... The Véhicule Blindé de Combat dInfanterie (VBCI, Armoured vehicle for infantry combat) is a French armoured fighting vehicle designed to replace the AMX-10P. They are planned to join active service in 2008, with 550 combat vehicles (VBCI/VCI) and 150 command vehicles (VBCI/VPC). ...


  Results from FactBites:
 
Advanced Modular Vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (209 words)
The Patria AMV 8x8 (Armoured Modular Vehicle) is a multi-role military vehicle produced by Finnish manufacturer Patria.
The first prototype was produced in 2001 and first vehicles delivered to the Finnish Army in 2003.
The main feature of the AMV is modular design allowing the incorporation of different weapon, sensor, or communications systems on the same carriage.
Army Technology - Patria - AMV Armoured Modular Vehicle (702 words)
The Patria AMV (Armoured Modular Vehicle) is designed to meet the most demanding military multi-role vehicle requirements.
Owing to its versatility, different versions of the Patria AMV vehicle can easily be built to suit various tasks, and thus the need for training, maintenance and spare parts will not be noticeably greater.
AMV with Denel 30mm turret in South-Africa 2004
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