Cadillac Gage Commando vs Namer: Specs Compared

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Cadillac Gage Commando — licensed reference photograph

AArmoured vehicles

Cadillac Gage Commando

Armored car Armored personnel carrier Internal security vehicle

Credit

MSGT Bert Mau · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · 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

At a glance

Side by side

Cadillac Gage Commandolarger figure on 2 of 2

Speed+17%
Range+29%

Namerlarger figure on 0 of 2

None

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

19 of 59 rows sourced on both sides

6.12mV-200

8.2 מטרים

Length

All recorded figures & sources

5.69 m

V-100/V-150

Single source

6.12 m

V-200

Single source

Configuration

Details

Cadillac Gage Commando and Namer configuration
Specification	Cadillac Gage Commando	Namer
Type	Armored car Armored personnel carrier Internal security vehicle^[source]	Heavy armoured personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	United States^[source]	Israel^[source]
Used by	See Operators^[source]	Israel Defense Forces^[source]
Wars	List of Conflicts Vietnam War Cambodian Civil War Lebanese Civil War Guatemalan Civil War Laotian Civil War Communist insurgency in Sarawak Communist insurgency in Malaysia (1968–89) Indonesian occupation of East Timor Chadian–Libyan conflict Second Sudanese Civil War Somali Rebellion 1989 Philippine coup d'état attempt Gulf War 2003–2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh South Thailand insurgency Zamboanga City crisis Battle of Marawi

Designed	June 1962^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Cadillac Gage^[source]	IDF Ordnance (assembler)^[source]

Unit cost	US$30,000 (equivalent to $289,671 in 2025) in 1967^[source]	$5 million^[source]

Produced	1963–2000^[source]	2008–present^[source]

No. built	3,200^[source]	Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027^[source]

Variants	See Variants^[source]	—

Main armament	1× Cockerill Mk3 90 mm cannon 1× 20 mm autocannon 1× 40 mm grenade machine gun 1× 12.7 mm machine gun 1× 7.62 mm machine gun^[source]	Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher^[source]

Secondary armament	2× 6× 40 mm smoke grenade launchers^[source]	1 × 7.62 mm (0.300 in) FN MAG MG 1 × 60 mm (2.4 in) external mortar 12 × smoke grenades^[source]

Power/weight	20.42 hp/tonne (15.22 kW/tonne)^[source]	20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)^[source]

Ground clearance	0.38 m (V-100/V-150) 0.43 (V-200)^[source]	—

Fuel capacity	303 liters (V-100/V-150) 379 liters (V-200)^[source]	—

In service	—	2008–present^[source]

Designer	—	Israel Military Industries^[source]

Armor	—	Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.^[source]

Payload capacity	—	9 infantrymen^[source]

Suspension	—	Helical spring^[source]

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