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Configuration
| Specification | DRDO Armoured Ambulance | Mercedes-Benz short-bonnet trucks |
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| Type | tracked military ambulance[source] | — |
| Designer | Combat Vehicles Research and Development Establishment (CVRDE), a branch of the Defence Research and Development Organisation ( DRDO )[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | AVANI[source] | Daimler-Benz (1959–1995) Freightliner (1975–1991) Iran Khodro Diesel Company (1979–present)[source] |
| Medical equipment | continuous ECG monitoring, a ventilator, a suction unit to remove unwanted fluids, a DC refrigerator for preserving drugs, and an air-conditioner with optional heating facility[source] | — |
| Capacity |
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seating capacity of 12 persons including two crew, two medical attendants and eight sitting patients[source]Seated-patient configuration, not other stretcher arrangements |
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| Patient configurations | four stretcher patients only or two stretcher and four sitting patients[source] | — |
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| Armament | It retains the turret but without the gun or smoke grenade launchers.[source] | — |
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| Protection | special blower and absorbent filter for nuclear, biological and chemical (NBC) protection[source] | — |
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| Communications | external and internal radio communication for navigation[source] | — |
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| Country of origin | India[source]Inventory Origin column; table 1, row 15, cell 5; revision 1377113086; retrieved 2026-09-30 | West Germany[source]Inventory Origin column; table 9, row 8, cell 4; revision 1375919249; retrieved 2026-10-01 |
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| Production | — | 1959–present[source] |
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| Assembly | — | West Germany: Mannheim (medium-weight trucks) West Germany: Gaggenau (heavy trucks) Brazil: São Bernardo do Campo Iran: Tehran South Africa: East London[source] |
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| Class | — | Truck[source] |
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| Layout | — | FR layout[source] |
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| Successor | — | Freightliner FL-Series (in-direct)[source] |
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