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Armoured fighting vehicle
DefTech AV8 is a armoured fighting vehicle originating in Malaysia. It was built by DefTech. Reported operators include Malaysian Army.
Armoured fighting vehicle
Malaysia
2014-present
Malaysian Army
DefTech FNSS Defence Systems
DefTech
257
See variants
± 28,000 - 30,000 kg
8 m
2.7 m (not incl. side armour)
2.17 m (hull top)
3 + 11 soldiers
Composite aluminium and steel armour, add-on armour at front and sides of the hull up to STANAG 4569 Level 4
30mm Denel LCT30 turret or 25mm Sharpshooter turret
FN Herstal MAG 58M coaxial 7.62 mm machine gun and 4 ZT3 Ingwe anti tank missile for LCT30 turret
Deutz TCD 2015 V6 diesel 550 hp
18.3-19.6 HP/ton
Independent air suspension system
700 km (430 mi)
100 km/h on road 6 km/h in water
Malaysia : 257 units. The first 12 AV8s were in service with the Malaysian Army on January 27, 2015.
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
DefTech AV8 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
MalaysiaReported count for AV8 Gempita. Service scope: Malaysian Army; does not replace a national total. 2 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: 257 / quantity: 9. Origin: Malaysia. 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.