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Scout car
EE-3 Jararaca is a scout car originating in Brazil. It was built by Engesa. Current inventory lists document it in Gabon.
Technical data
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Scout car
Brazil
See Operators
Iran–Iraq War Gulf War
1979
Engesa
USD $82,000 (new)
1982–1990
See Variants
5.8 tonnes (6.4 short tons ; 5.7 long tons )
4.16 m (13 ft 8 in)
2.23 m (7 ft 4 in)
1.56 m (5 ft 1 in) (hull)
3 (commander, gunner, driver)
12.7mm M2 Browning machine gun (1,000 stowed rounds)
Mercedes-Benz OM 314A 4-cylinder water-cooled diesel 120 hp (89 kW) at 2,800 rpm
20.7 hp/tonne (14.9 kW/tonne)
Semi-elliptical springs with hydropneumatic shock dampers
0.31m
135 litres
750 km
100 km/h (62 mph)
Cyprus : 36
Ecuador : 10
Gabon : 12
Uruguay : 16
Brazil
Iraq : 280
Iran : 67
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EE-3 Jararaca equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
National Guard exact named equipment holdings of EE-3 Jararaca. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ANTI-TANK/ANTI-INFRASTRUCTURE / SP. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for EE-3 Jararaca · EE-3 Tank destroyer. Service scope: Land Forces; 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: 36. Origin: Brazil. 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.
Army exact named equipment holdings: EE-3 Jararaca. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / RECCE. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Army exact named equipment holdings: EE-3 Jararaca. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / RECCE. Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for EE-3 Jararaca. Service scope: Uruguayan 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: 16. Origin: Brazil. 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 EE-3 Jararaca. Country-wide list; no individual service specified. 1 distinct quantity component(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Explicit source inventory scope: active; no other stock status or total inferred. Count column(s): in service: 12. Origin: Brazil. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2021), not the article revision. 2021 cited publication year. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.