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Infantry mobility vehicle
IAG Guardian is a infantry mobility vehicle originating in United Arab Emirates. It was built by International Armored Group (IAG). Reported operators include Bangladesh, Bulgaria, Chile, Haiti, Lithuania, Malaysia, Niger, Vietnam.
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Infantry mobility vehicle
United Arab Emirates
International Armored Group (IAG)
8-12 tonnes
5.95 meters
2.43 meters
2.56 meters
2 + 10 passenger
STANAG level II (basic) STANAG level III (with add on armor)
M2HB Browning 12.7mm
6.7L V8 Diesel (300hp/790lb-ft) 6.2L V8 Petrol (385hp/430lb-ft) 6.8L V10 Petrol (288hp/424lb-ft)
4x4 6x6
120 km/h
Bangladesh : In police service .
Bulgaria : An initial batch of 4 Guardian Xtreme MRAPs was delivered in December 2021 for the Bulgarian Special Forces. Likely more were delivered in 2022. They were built locally at the SAMARM 90 factory.
Chile : In Chilean Gendarmerie .
Haiti : delivered to Haitian security forces on September 27 2026 Armed Forces of Haiti Haitian National Police
Lithuania : In Public Security Service .
Malaysia : 12 Guardian 4x4 Xtreme in service with Malaysian Army United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon , 4 in service with General Operations Force , Royal Malaysia Police .
Niger : The Nigerien Army received IAG Guardian courtesy of German assistance.
Vietnam : Several IAG Guardian Tactical 4x4s, bought in 2016, still in police service .
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
IAG Guardian equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Bangladesh
BulgariaArmy exact named equipment holdings: IAG Guardian. 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 / AUV. 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.
Chile
HaitiReported count for IAG Guardian Xtreme MRAP. Service scope: current equipment of the Haitian Army; does not replace a national total. 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): units in service: 5. Origin: United Arab Emirates. 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.
Lithuania
MalaysiaPolice–General Ops Force exact named equipment holdings: IAG Guardian. 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 / PPV. 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.
MaliArmy exact named equipment holdings: IAG Guardian. 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 / PPV. 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.
NigerArmy exact named equipment holdings: IAG Guardian Xtreme. 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 / PPV. 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.
UgandaUgandan People’s Defence Force exact named equipment holdings: IAG Guardian Xtreme. 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 / PPV. 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.
VietnamBangladesh, Bulgaria, Chile, Haiti, Lithuania, Malaysia, Niger, Vietnam
Equipment reference ↗Reported count for IAG Guardian Xtreme MRAP. Service scope: current equipment of the Haitian 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): units in service: 5. Origin: United Arab Emirates. 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: IAG Guardian. 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 / PPV. 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 holdings of the exact named IAG Guardian component, counted as equipment units: active, operational reserve and training equipment, excluding equipment in store. Service-scoped IISS observation, not a national total or combat-readiness figure. No parent, sibling, mounted-weapon or heading aggregate quantity inherited.