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Cadillac Gage Commando Scoutlarger figure on 2 of 3
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Configuration
| Specification | Cadillac Gage Commando Scout | Namer |
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| Type | Scout car[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1982–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] |
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Israel Defense Forces[source]
| Manufacturer | Cadillac Gage[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| Produced | 1977–1987[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | 140[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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| Armor | Cadloy welded steel[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | 1 × 20 mm autocannon, 1 × 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun; 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun, 1 × 40 mm grenade launcher; 1 × BGM-71 TOW launcher, 1 × 7.62 mm machine gun; 1 × 106 mm M40 recoilless rifle[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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| Power/weight | 20.58 hp/tonne[source] | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Transmission | Allison 4-speed automatic[source] | — |
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| Suspension | Wheeled 4x4 , Trailing arm[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| Ground clearance | 290 mm (11 in)[source] | — |
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| Fuel capacity | 378 L (83 imp gal ; 100 US gal )[source] | — |
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| Wars | — | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Designer | — | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $5 million[source] |
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| Secondary armament | — | 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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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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