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Configuration
| Specification | Namer | Plasan SandCat |
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| Mass | 60+ tonnes[source] | — |
| Type | Heavy armoured personnel carrier[source] | Light armoured vehicle[source] |
| Place of origin | Israel[source] | Israel[source] |
| In service | 2008–present[source] | — |
| Used by | Israel Defense Forces[source] | See Operators |
turbocharged diesel engine
Single source1,200 hp (895 kW) turbocharged diesel engine[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Gaza War (2008–2009) Operation Protective Edge Gaza war 2026 Lebanon War[source] | Mexican drug war Second Nagorno-Karabakh war[source] |
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| Designer | Israel Military Industries[source] | Nir Kahn[source] |
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| Manufacturer | IDF Ordnance (assembler)[source] | Plasan / Oshkosh Corporation / IBN Industrias Militares/IBN Military Industries[source] |
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| Unit cost | $5 million[source] | — |
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| Produced | 2008–present[source] | 2004-present[source] |
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| No. built | Up to 290 are currently operational 531 in total planned to be produced by 2027[source] | around 700[source] |
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| Armor | Classified composite matrix of laminated ceramic – steel – nickel alloy + underlaid reactive armour . Sloped modular design.[source] | steel/ceramic/Kevlar; protection level to suit requirement[source] |
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| Main armament | Samson RCWS equipped with either 12.7 mm (0.50 in) M2 machine gun or Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] | Remote weapon station (optional)[source] |
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| Secondary armament | 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 (15 kW/tonne)[source] | — |
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| Payload capacity | 9 infantrymen[source] | up to 2,109 kg (generation and variant dependent)[source] |
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| Suspension | Helical spring[source] | coil springs and shock-absorbers at the front and leaf springs and shock-absorbers at the rear. Uprated as required (second generation had a Plasan-designed coil spring and trailing arm rear suspension)[source] |
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| Designed | — | 2004[source] |
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| Engine | — | 6.7 L Power Stroke diesel V8 (6.4 L in early variants)[source] |
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| Transmission | — | Ford Torqshift six-speed automatic (five-speed in some early models)[source] |
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| Ground clearance | — | 280 mm (4th generation M-LPV)[source] |
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| Fuel capacity | — | 150 litres (4th generation)[source] |
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