The Gila APC is a mine protected vehicle from South Africa developed by private investors and manufactured by IVEMA and similar to the more popular Casspir.[1]

Gila PAC
TypeMine-Resistant Vehicle
Place of originSouth Africa
Specifications
Mass12-13.6 tonnes
Length6.39 metres (21.0 ft)
Width2.5 metres (8.2 ft)
Height2.75 metres (9.0 ft)
Crew2+9

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
EngineDaimler-Chrysler diesel
215 hp (160 kW)
Drive4×4-wheeled
Operational
range
850 km
Maximum speed 105 kilometres per hour (65 mph) on road

This four-wheeled vehicle is used for troop transport. It can hold a crew of two, plus 9 passengers.

Operators

edit

Variants

edit
  • Gila APC
  • Gila Armoured Ambulance
  • Missile Carrier
  • mortar carrier
  • electronic warfare vehicle
  • battlefield re-supply vehicle
  • command post vehicle

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ "IVEMA Gila Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle". Military-Today.com. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
  2. ^ "The South African 4x4 GILA MRAP".
  3. ^ "Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2013-06-20.
edit