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Armoured vehicles1983 – present
Light Armored Vehicle
LAV-300 is a light Armored Vehicle originating in United States. It was built by Cadillac Gage. Reported operators include Philippines, United States.
United StatesLight Armored Vehicle
United States
1983 – present
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United States invasion of Panama Invasion of Kuwait Civil conflict in the Philippines
1979
Cadillac Gage
$USD562,900 (2003)
1983-1994
103
See Variants
14,696 kg.
6.40 m
2.54 m
2.7 m (turret roof), 1.98 m (hull top)
3 (Crew) + 9 (Passengers)
Protects against 7.62mm ammunition.
1 x 90 mm, 1 x 7.62 mm Machinegun
2x6 40 mm Smoke Dischargers
Cummins 6 CTA 8.3 diesel turbo charged engine 260 bhp
18.36 bhp/ton
6 x 6
925 km
105 km/h (road), 3 km/h (water)
Philippines : 24 vehicles as of 2015 from the original 36 in 1990. In 2001, Floro International Corporation was contracted to modernize LAV-300s in use by the Philippine Marine Corps. Another upgrade project was announced in 2015 with a contract for PhP34.5 million ($USD784,000 in 2015) to upgrade the LAV-300 FSV's turret systems. Another was launched in 2018 with a bid awarded to Larsen & Toubro to replace worn out components in 2019.
United States : A used LAV-300 purchased in 2008 and refurbished with thermal sensors, computerized tracking devices (including FLIR), night vision and tear gas launchers with a breaching tool used for dynamic entry methods. It's used by the Cobb County Police Department SWAT team. In 2016, a LAV-300 was refurbished and used by the Bartonville Police Department. Another is used by the Victoria County Sheriff's Office; the vehicle was upgraded by Clegg Industries.
Iraq : Captured from Kuwait during Gulf War .
Kuwait : 62 vehicles, destroyed during the Invasion of Kuwait .
Panama : 12 vehicles. Formerly used by the PDF's 5th Infantry Company, 6th Infantry Company and Battalion 2000.
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True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
LAV-300 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
PhilippinesMarines exact named equipment holdings: LAV-300. 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 / APC (W). 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.
Marines exact named equipment holdings of LAV-300. 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): ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited. The source declares a separate Marines subsection within Navy.
United States