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M113 armored personnel carrierlarger figure on 0 of 2
Puma (German infantry fighting vehicle)larger figure on 2 of 2
Measured figures
Length
Single source4.863 metres (15 ft 11.5 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | M113 armored personnel carrier | Puma (German infantry fighting vehicle) |
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| Type | Armored personnel carrier[source] | Infantry fighting vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | United States[source] | Germany[source] |
| In service | 1960–present[source] | 2015–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Official specification · puma; 7.4 m
Manufacturer claimSchützenpanzer Puma · Length · Länge
Single sourceWidth
Single source2.686 metres (8 ft 9.7 in)[source]
Maximum; Maximum speed
Single sourceMaximum; swimming
Single source67.6 km/h (42.0 mph), 5.8 km/h (3.6 mph) swimming[source]
Maximum; Official specification · puma; 70 km/h
Manufacturer claimMaximum; On road
Single sourceDetroit Diesel 6V53T , 6-cylinder diesel engine
Single sourceDetroit Diesel 6V53T , 6-cylinder diesel engine 275 hp (205 kW)[source]
MTU Fried. MT 892 Ka-501 v10 11.1-litre (at 3,800 rpm), 2,200 N⋅m (1,623 ft⋅lb)
Single sourceOfficial specification · puma; 800 kW
Manufacturer claimMTU Fried. MT 892 Ka-501 v10 11.1-litre 1,088 PS (800 kW) (at 3,800 rpm), 2,200 N⋅m (1,623 ft⋅lb)[source]
800 kW[source]
1.088 PS[source]Schützenpanzer Puma · MotorleistungSource text · numeric interpretation needs review
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
Bundeswehr[source] |
| Wars | Cold War Vietnam War Laotian Civil War Cambodian Civil War Cambodian–Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War Six-Day War Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 Civil conflict in the Philippines Indo-Pakistani war of 1971 Yom Kippur War Turkish invasion of Cyprus Lebanese Civil War 1982 Lebanon War Southern Lebanon conflict U.S. invasion of Panama Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Yugoslav Wars Kosovo War Global War on Terrorism War in Afghanistan Iraq War Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Second Intifada 2006 Lebanon War Gaza War Libyan civil war (2011) Operation Protective Edge Iraqi insurgency Central African Republic Civil War Syrian Civil War War in Iraq (2013–2017) Yemeni Civil War Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen Houthi-Saudi Arabian conflict Battle of Marawi Brazilian drug war Russo-Ukrainian War Russo-Ukrainian war (2022–present) Gaza war 2025 Cambodia‒Thailand conflict[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | FMC Corporation United Defense BAE Systems[source] | Rheinmetall AG, KNDS Deutschland[source] |
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| Produced | 1960–2007[source] | 2009–present[source] |
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| No. built | ≈80,000 (all variants)[source] | 350 as of December 2022[source] |
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| Variants | Numerous, see text[source] | — |
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| Passengers | 11–15 passengers[source] |
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| Armor | 5083 aluminum alloy 28–44 millimeters (1.1–1.7 in)[source] | AMAP modular composite armor composite armour[source] |
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| Main armament | M2 Browning machine gun[source] | Autocanon MK 30-2/ABM ( 30 mm , 200 rounds ready to fire, 200 in storage)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | Varies (See text)[source] | Base variant: HK MG4 ( 5.56×45mm NATO ) S1 variant: Spike LR (MELLS) ATGM Multishot grenade launcher for close-in defense[source] |
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| Power/weight | 22.36 hp/tonne[source] | 18.6 kW/t[source] |
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| Suspension | torsion bar, 5 road wheels[source] | Horstman hydrostruts[source] |
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| Designer | — | Krauss-Maffei Wegmann Rheinmetall Landsysteme[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1995–2009[source] |
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| Transmission | — | Renk HSWL 256[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 900 L (240 U.S. gal; 200 imp gal)[source] |
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| Reported occupants | — | 3+6[source]Schützenpanzer Puma · BesatzungSource text · numeric interpretation needs review |
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| Reported operators |
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