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LAV-300larger figure on 1 of 2
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Configuration
| Specification | LAV-300 | Namer |
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| Type | Light Armored Vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1983 – present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
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| Wars | United States invasion of Panama Invasion of Kuwait Civil conflict in the Philippines[source] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Designed | 1979[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Cadillac Gage[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| Unit cost | $USD562,900 (2003)[source] | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | 1983-1994[source] | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | 103[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 | Protects against 7.62mm ammunition.[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | 1 x 90 mm, 1 x 7.62 mm Machinegun[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 | 2x6 40 mm Smoke Dischargers[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 | 18.36 bhp/ton[source] | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Suspension | 6 x 6[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| Former operator · Iraq | Iraq[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Kuwait | Kuwait[source] | — |
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| Former operator · Panama | Panama[source] | — |
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| Designer | — | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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