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Eitan AFVlarger figure on 2 of 3
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| Specification | Eitan AFV | Namer |
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| Type | Armoured fighting vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Israel / United States[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | Since May 2023[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | Israel Defense Forces[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
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| Wars | Gaza war[source] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Designer | Ministry’s Tank Development Program Directorate (Mantak)[source] | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Designed | 2016[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | 60 % Oshkosh Allison Elbit Rafael MTU[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$5 million[source] | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | Since 2020 (serial production)[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| Variants | Armoured personnel carrier ; Infantry fighting vehicle[source] | — |
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| Passengers | 9 troops[source] | — |
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| Armor | Iron Fist Light Decoupled APS[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | Samson RCWS (Katlanit) with a M2 machine gun ( APC variant)[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 | Pintle-mounted 7.62mm NATO machine gun ( APC variant)[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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| Transmission | Allison 4800 SP[source] | — |
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| Suspension | 8×8[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| No. built | — | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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