AArmoured vehicles
M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle
battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle
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AArmoured vehicles
battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle
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Configuration
| Specification | M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle | Rakhsh (armoured personnel carrier) |
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| Type | battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle[source] | Armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Manufacturer | United Defense (now part of BAE Systems )[source] | Defense Industries Organization[source] |
| Chassis | high-mobility stretched M113A4 chassis as used by the Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL)[source] | — |
| Chassis extension | 34 inches[source] |
Width
Single source2.40 m[source]
fully loaded
Single sourceMass
Single source6.5 tonnes. 7.5 tonnes fully loaded[source]
+8 passengers
Single source2 (+8 passengers)[source]
Maximum; road
Single source80 km/h (road)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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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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| Place of origin | — | Iran[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Operators[source] |
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| Wars | — | Second Sudanese Civil War War in Darfur[source] |
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| Armor | — | Welded steel[source] |
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| Main armament | — | 12.7 mm DShK 1938/46 heavy machine gun, 30 mm cannon or a twin 23 mm anti air cannon.[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 23.8 hp/tonne[source] |
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| Suspension | — | parabolic leaf spring with hydraulic shock absorber[source] |
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| Reported operators | — |
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