BMC Kirpi vs Namer: Specs Compared

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BMC Kirpi — licensed reference photograph

AArmoured vehicles

BMC Kirpi

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle

Credit

АрміяInform · CC BY 4.0 · Resized · CC BY 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

Namer

Heavy armoured personnel carrier

Credit

https://www.flickr.com/people/45644610@N03 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

Measured figures

Head to head

18 of 43 rows sourced on both sides

7.08mlong version; 4×4

8.2 מטרים

Length

All recorded figures & sources

7.075 m

long version; 4×4

Single source

6 m

(short version; 4×4) and

Single source

Configuration

Details

BMC Kirpi and Namer configuration
Specification	BMC Kirpi	Namer
Type	Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle^[source]	Heavy armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	Turkey^[source]	Israel^[source]
In service	Active (in service)^[source]	2008–present^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	Israel Defense Forces^[source]

Wars	Kurdish–Turkish conflict Syrian Civil War 2012 Syrian-Turkish border clashes Turkey-ISIL conflict 2019 Turkish offensive into north-eastern Syria Second Libyan Civil War Russian invasion of Ukraine^[source]	Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War^[source]

Designer	BMC^[source]	Israel Military Industries^[source]

Designed	2009 (first prototype)^[source]	—

Manufacturer	BMC^[source]	IDF Ordnance (assembler)^[source]

Variants	4×4 and 6×6^[source]	—

Armor	STANAG 4569 Level 3 (MRAP) a^[source]	Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.^[source]

Main armament	7.62 or 12.7 mm machine guns^[source]	Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher^[source]

Transmission	Allison 3000 type 3000SP^[source]	—

Suspension	Leaf spring^[source]	Helical spring^[source]

Ground clearance	345 mm^[source]	—

Fuel capacity	310 liter^[source]	—

Unit cost	—	$5 million^[source]

Produced	—	2008–present^[source]

No. built	—	Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027^[source]

Secondary armament	—	1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades^[source]

Power/weight	—	20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)^[source]

Payload capacity	—	9 infantrymen^[source]

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