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Engineering & recovery2009–present
Armoured engineering variant of a main battle tank
AEV 3 Kodiak is a armoured engineering variant of a main battle tank originating in Germany Switzerland. It was built by Rheinmetall (local assembly/conversion is an option if not new-build).
Armoured engineering variant of a main battle tank
Germany Switzerland
2009–present
See Users
War in Afghanistan
Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH and RUAG Defence; Krauss-Maffei Wegmann are technical design parent of the base platform
from 2002
Rheinmetall (local assembly/conversion is an option if not new-build)
Leopard 2A6 base platform: US$5.74 million (2007)
2007–present
42 (plus 44 on order 2021)
Military Load Classification (MLC) 70
10.2 metres (400 inches)
3.54 m (139 in) (transport width)
2.6 m (100 in) (without machine gun)
2 or 3
welded steel, with a package of spaced multilayer passive composite armour
a RCWS (Remote Controlled Weapon Station) with options ranging from 5.56 mm light machine gun to 40 mm grenade launcher can be fitted at the commander's hatch
MTU 873 Ka-501 liquid-cooled V12 twin-turbo diesel engine 1,500 PS (1,479 hp, 1,103 kW) at 2,600 rpm
21.4 PS/t (15.7 kW/t) (approx. based on MLC 70 classification)
Renk HSWL 354 automatic with 4 forward and 2 reverse gears
Torsion bar suspension
1,100 litres (242 imperial gallons; 291 US gallons) in interconnected tanks
500 km on roads (estimated)
68 km/h (42 mph) forward; 31 km/h (19 mph) reverse
Germany
Netherlands
Singapore
Switzerland
Sweden
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 10.2 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 10.2 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 10.2 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
AEV 3 Kodiak equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Number column of the Wikipedia list table under "Combat engineering equipment". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Reported count for AEV 3 Kodiak. Service scope: Royal Netherlands Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 10. Origin: Germany Switzerland. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for AEV 3 Kodiak. Service scope: Singapore Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 14. Origin: Germany Switzerland. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for Ingenjörbandvagn 120. Service scope: Swedish Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): quantity: 6. Origin: Germany. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Reported count for AEV 3 Kodiak Geniepanzer Kodiak. Service scope: Swiss Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): quantity (2024): 12. Origin: Germany Switzerland. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Germany, Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland, Sweden
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