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Mine Protected Combat Vehiclelarger figure on 1 of 3
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| Specification | Mine Protected Combat Vehicle | Namer |
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| Type | Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Rhodesia[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 1978–present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | Rhodesia , Zimbabwe[source] | Israel Defense Forces |
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| Wars | 1980 Entumbane clashes 1981 Entumbane uprising Mozambican Civil War Second Congo War 2017 Zimbabwean coup d'état[source] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Armor | 4.5 to 10 mm & composite[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | One 7.62 mm, 12.7 mm or 14.5 mm machine guns[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 | Personal weapons through gunports[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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| Suspension | Wheels, 4 × 4[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| Manufacturer | Kew Engineering[source]MPCV · bare vehicle production in 1979; final armament/electronics fitted at Gwelo workshops | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| Designer | — | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| No. built | — | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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