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Configuration
| Specification | MT-LB | Namer |
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| Type | Amphibious armoured personnel carrier Multi-purpose armored vehicle[source] | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] |
| Place of origin | Soviet Union[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | early 1970s – present[source] | 2008–present[source] |
| Used by | See Operators[source] | Israel Defense Forces[source] |
100 rpm SW 680 at 2,200 rpm
Single sourceYaMZ 238 , V-8 diesel SW 680 , I6 diesel (in Poland) YaMZ 238 at 2
Single sourceYaMZ 238 , V-8 diesel SW 680 , I6 diesel (in Poland) YaMZ 238: 240 hp at 2,100 rpm SW 680: 240 hp at 2,200 rpm[source]
turbocharged diesel engine
Single source1,200 hp (895 kW) turbocharged diesel engine[source]
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| Wars | Soviet–Afghan War Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Transnistrian War First Nagorno-Karabakh War War in Abkhazia (1992–1993) First Chechen War Second Chechen War Iraq War Russo-Georgian War Boko Haram insurgency Syrian civil war War in Iraq (2013–2017) Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian War[source] | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] |
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| Designer | Central Auto and Tractor Directorate[source] | Israel Military Industries[source] |
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| Designed | 1950s[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Kharkov Tractor Plant[source] | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] |
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| No. built | Over 55,000, including the MT-LBu[source] | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] |
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| Armor | 14 mm max.[source] | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] |
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| Main armament | 12.7mm NSV / Kord heavy machine gun ; or 30mm AGS17D / AGS-30 Automatic grenade launcher , or 30mm 2A42 / 2A72 autocannon[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 | PKT (2,500 rounds)[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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| Power/weight | 20 hp/tonne[source] | 20 hp/tonne (15 kW/tonne)[source] |
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| Suspension | Torsion bar[source] | Helical spring[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $5 million[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Payload capacity | — | 9 infantrymen[source] |
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