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Configuration
| Specification | ASLAV | Namer |
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| Type | Reconnaissance vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Australia / Canada[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1995–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | Australian Army[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Iraq War , Afghanistan , East Timor[source] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Designer | General Dynamics Land Systems[source] | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Designed | 1992–1994[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | General Motors Diesel & General Dynamics Land Systems–Australia[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| Unit cost | A$ 2.2M[source] | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | 1995–2007[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | 257[source] | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Variants | See variants[source] | — |
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| Passengers | — |
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| Main armament | M242 25mm Bushmaster Chain Gun 210 rounds[source] | Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] |
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| Secondary armament | FN MAG 58 7.62 mm machine gun 1000 rounds[source] | 1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades[source] |
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| Power/weight | 15.53 kW/tonne[source] | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Drive | Wheeled 8x8[source] | — |
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| Transmission | Allison MT653[source] | — |
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| References | Australian Army & Jane's[source] | — |
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| Armor | — | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Helical spring[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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