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| Specification | JCB HMEE | Namer |
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| Type | Backhoe loader[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom United States[source] | Israel[source] |
| Used by | Australia , Belgium , Denmark , Germany , Ireland , Israel , New Zealand , Spain , Sweden , Ukraine , United Kingdom , United States[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
| Wars | War in Afghanistan Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War |
9.45 to 10.10 m (372 to 398 in) 6x6: 6.9 m (270 in)[source]
8.2 מטרים[source]
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| Manufacturer | JCB[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| Produced | 2007–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | >900 (as of 2020)[source] | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Armor | A-kit: standard unprotected B-kit: applique and transparent armour C-kit (Theatre Entry Standard): blast mitigation belly plate, internal spall liner, slat armour, capacity for electronic counter-measures and situational awareness.[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Transmission | ZF Ergopower transmission (6 gears forward, 2 backwards)[source] | — |
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| Ground clearance | 0.4 m (16 in)[source] | — |
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| In service | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Designer | — | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $5 million[source] |
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| Main armament | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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| Suspension | — | Helical spring[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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