M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle vs VP22

AArmoured vehicles

M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle

battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle

BArmoured vehicles

VP22

armored, MRAP transport and patrol all-terrain vehicles

First system

Second system

Measured figures

Head to head

2 of 22 rows sourced on both sides

298kW

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Power

All recorded figures & sources

298.279949 kW

turbocharged Detroit Diesel 6V53TA engine

Single source

turbocharged Detroit Diesel 400 hp 6V53TA engine^[source]

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Configuration

Details

M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle and VP22 configuration
Specification	M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle	VP22
Type	battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle^[source]	armored, MRAP transport and patrol all-terrain vehicles^[source]
Manufacturer	United Defense (now part of BAE Systems )^[source]	China North Industries Corporation ( Norinco )^[source]
Chassis	high-mobility stretched M113A4 chassis as used by the Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL)^[source]	—
Chassis extension	34 inches^[source]Length added to underlying hull, not complete vehicle length	—
Running gear	additional road wheel (for a total of six on each side)^[source]	—
Transmission	Allison X200-4A automatic transmission with integrated hydrostatic steering and braking^[source]	—
Patient capacity	accommodation for four litters or eight ambulatory patients^[source]AMEV patient layouts, not crew count	—
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	—
Configuration	—	6x6 derivation^[source]VP22sixwheelconfiguration; separateVP238x8notinherited
Role	—	operate in high threat areas that requires mine protection capability^[source]
Mission modules	—	troop transport, command post, and armored ambulance^[source]
Protection	—	protection against small arms fire and artillery shrapnel^[source] protection against mine blast and improvised explosive device (IED)^[source]
Hull	—	V-shaped hull^[source]
Country of origin	—	China^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 8, row 30, cell 4; revision 1373722962; retrieved 2026-10-01

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M113A4 armored medical evacuation vehicle

VP22

Type

battlefield emergency medical evacuation (medevac) vehicle^[source]

armored, MRAP transport and patrol all-terrain vehicles^[source]

Manufacturer

United Defense (now part of BAE Systems )^[source]

China North Industries Corporation ( Norinco )^[source]

Chassis

high-mobility stretched M113A4 chassis as used by the Mobile Tactical Vehicle Light (MTVL)^[source]

—

Chassis extension

34 inches^[source]Length added to underlying hull, not complete vehicle length

—

Running gear

additional road wheel (for a total of six on each side)^[source]

—

Transmission

Allison X200-4A automatic transmission with integrated hydrostatic steering and braking^[source]

—

Patient capacity

accommodation for four litters or eight ambulatory patients^[source]AMEV patient layouts, not crew count

—

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

—

Configuration

—

6x6 derivation^[source]VP22sixwheelconfiguration; separateVP238x8notinherited

Role

—

operate in high threat areas that requires mine protection capability^[source]

Mission modules

—

troop transport, command post, and armored ambulance^[source]

Protection

—

protection against small arms fire and artillery shrapnel^[source]

protection against mine blast and improvised explosive device (IED)^[source]

Hull

—

V-shaped hull^[source]

Country of origin

—

China^[source]Inventory Origin column; table 8, row 30, cell 4; revision 1373722962; retrieved 2026-10-01