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Mine Ballistic Protected Vehicle

Gila MBPV
Type	Mine Ballistic Protected Vehicle
Place of origin	South Africa
Specifications
Mass	12-13.6 tonnes
Length	6.39 metres (21.0 ft)
Width	2.5 metres (8.2 ft)
Height	2.75 metres (9.0 ft)
Crew	2 (commander and driver) + 9 (passengers)

Main armament	light turret which can accommodate 7.62-mm, 12.7-mm machine guns, or 20-mm cannon.
Secondary armament	rear roof-mounted gun ring for 7.62-mm machine gun or 40-mm automatic grenade launcher
Engine	Daimler-Chrysler diesel Euro III 215 hp (160 kW)
Drive	4×4-wheeled
Operational range	850 km
Maximum speed	105 kilometres per hour (65 mph) on road

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 9 passengers.

Operators

United Nations: 24 units to United Nations/African Union forces (UNAMID) in Darfur, Sudan
Burkina Faso: 6 supplied by Canada for Military Police of Burkina Faso
Nigeria: 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

References

^ "IVEMA Gila Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle". Military-Today.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
^ "IVEMA delivers 24 GILA to UNAMID". 27 November 2009.
"Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2013-06-20.

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