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Configuration
| Specification | Ideal Motors CATV | Mercedes-Benz short-bonnet trucks |
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| Type | Military All Terrain Vehicle[source] | — |
| Place of origin | Sri Lanka[source] | — |
| In service | 2023 – present[source] | — |
| Used by | Sri Lanka Navy[source] | — |
| Designer | Ideal Motors[source] | — |
| Manufacturer | Ideal Motors |
Daimler-Benz (1959–1995) Freightliner (1975–1991) Iran Khodro Diesel Company (1979–present)[source] |
| Unit cost | LKR 8 Million[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2023 – present[source] | — |
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| Role | military light utility vehicle[source]Exact source equipment subject, not its payload or a supported platform | — |
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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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| Country of origin | — | West Germany[source]Inventory Origin column; table 9, row 8, cell 4; revision 1375919249; retrieved 2026-10-01 |
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