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DefTech AV8larger figure on 1 of 1
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Configuration
| Specification | DefTech AV8 | Namer |
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| Type | Armoured fighting vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Malaysia[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 2014-present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | Malaysian Army[source] | Israel Defense Forces |
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| Designer | DefTech FNSS Defence Systems[source] | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Manufacturer | DefTech[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[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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| Armor | Composite aluminium and steel armour, add-on armour at front and sides of the hull up to STANAG 4569 Level 4[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | 30mm Denel LCT30 turret or 25mm Sharpshooter turret[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 Herstal MAG 58M coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun and 4 ZT3 Ingwe anti tank missile for LCT30 turret[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 | 18.3-19.6 HP/ton[source] | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Suspension | Independent air suspension system[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| Wars | — | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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