The Nimer-1 (Arabic: نمر Tiger), a wheeled armoured personnel carrier, is the first indigenous fighting vehicle made by Oman and is built by Engine Engineering Company LLC. An order for 6 armoured 4×4 vehicle has been tendered by the Royal Bahraini Army. The company is marketing these vehicles to police forces, foreign armies for border patrol or for riot control.

Nimer-1
Typearmoured personnel carrier
Place of origin Oman
Specifications
Mass5000 kg (gross)
Length54.8m
Width20.6
Height20.9
Crew2+6

Armor5mm Armoured steel - Level III NIJ (7.62×51mm)
Main
armament
12.7mm Mk18 machine gun for TAW missile launcher
Secondary
armament
2 4 tube 76mm smoke grenade launcher
Engine4 Stroke-cycle, water-cooled, Direct Injection Diesel Engine Naturally aspirated
102 hp (76KW) at 3500 rpm
Power/weight20.4 hp/ton
SuspensionSemi-elliptic laminated leaf spring
Operational
range
900 km
Maximum speed 107 km/h

The exterior views suggest it employs a V-hull design.

Variants

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Nimer-2 is a full armoured and slightly smaller variant of the Nimer-1. It uses Level B6 armour plating.

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