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Alvis Saladinlarger figure on 1 of 4
Temsah 2larger figure on 3 of 4
Measured figures
Length
Single source4.93 m (16 ft 2 in)[source]
without the extra tire
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Alvis Saladin | Temsah 2 |
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| Type | Armoured car[source] | MRAP[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | Egypt[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Egyptian Armed Forces[source] |
| Wars | First Sudanese Civil War Six-Day War Aden Emergency Nigerian Civil War Dhofar Rebellion The Troubles Lebanese Civil War Sri Lankan Civil War Second Sudanese Civil War Maluku sectarian conflict[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
with the extra tire
Single source7.44 m without the extra tire, 8.04 m with the extra tire[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Designer | Crossley Motors[source] | Arab Organization for Industrialization[source] |
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| Designed | 1954[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Alvis[source] | Kader Factory for Developed Industries[source] |
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| Produced | 1958–1972[source] | — |
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| No. built | 1,177[source] | — |
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| Armour | Up to 32 mm (1.3 in)[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 76 mm L5A1 gun with 42 rounds[source] | A personnel carrier equipped with a Remote Controlled Weapon Station containing a 7.62 x 51 mm or 12.7 x 99 mm machine gun A combat vehicle equipped with a combat turret armed with a versatile 30 mm cannon An Egyptian-made 40 mm automatic grenade launcher[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 2 × M1919A4 machine guns with 3,500 rounds[source] | — |
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| Power/weight | 15.5 hp/tonne[source] | — |
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| Suspension | 6x6 wheel[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Australia | Australia[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Bahrain | Bahrain[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Biafra | Biafra[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Ghana | Ghana[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Iraq | Iraq[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Indonesia | Indonesia[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Jordan | Jordan[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Kenya | Kenya[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Kuwait | Kuwait[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Lebanon | Lebanon[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Libya | Libya[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Oman | Oman[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Portugal | Portugal[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Qatar | Qatar[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Sierra Leone | Sierra Leone[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Sudan | Sudan[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Uganda | Uganda[source] | — |
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| Former operator · United Arab Emirates | United Arab Emirates[source] | — |
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| Former operator · United Kingdom | United Kingdom[source] | — |
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| Former operator · West Germany | West Germany[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Yemen | Yemen[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 2016-present[source] |
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| Transmission | — | Manual transmission with 5 forward and 1 reverse speeds with an additional two-speed transmission[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 400 mm[source] |
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