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BArmoured vehicles
battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle
Measured figures
Configuration
| Specification | LAV II | M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle |
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| Type | Armoured car[source] | battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | Canada[source] | — |
| In service | 1980s–present[source] | — |
| Designer | General Motors Diesel[source] | — |
| Developed from | AVGP[source] | — |
Width
Single source2.50 m (8.2 ft)[source]
depending on variant
Single source2–4 (depending on variant)[source]
Maximum; land
Single sourceMaximum; water
Single source100 km/h (62 mph) (land) 10 km/h (5.4 kn) (water)[source]
Operational; Operational range
Single source650 km (400 mi)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Developed into | LAV-25 Bison and Coyote armoured vehicles ASLAV[source] | — |
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| Main armament | 1 × M242 25mm chain gun with 1 × C6 7.62mm machine gun ( coaxial )(Coyote variant only)[source] | — |
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| Secondary armament | 1 × C6 7.62mm machine gun ( pintle ) 8 × grenade launchers (2 × cluster of 4) (all variants)[source] | — |
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| Suspension | 8×8 wheeled, 4× drive[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | — | United Defense (now part of BAE Systems )[source] |
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| Chassis | — | high-mobility stretched M113A4 chassis as used by the Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL)[source] |
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| Chassis extension | — | 34 inches[source]Length added to underlying hull, not complete vehicle length |
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| Running gear | — | additional road wheel (for a total of six on each side)[source] |
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| Transmission | — | Allison X200-4A automatic transmission with integrated hydrostatic steering and braking[source] |
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| Patient capacity | — | accommodation for four litters or eight ambulatory patients[source]AMEV patient layouts, not crew count |
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| Service status | — | In September 2020 the U.S. Army began phasing the AMEV out of service[source]USArmyphaseout start only; not globalretirement, Ukraine current exactrow retained |
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