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Infantry fighting vehicle
LAV III is a infantry fighting vehicle originating in Canada.
CanadaTechnical data
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.98 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.98 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.98 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.98 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Infantry fighting vehicle
Canada
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LAV II
Stryker NZLAV LAV 6.0 LAV 700 Desert Viper
19-21 metric tons (gross)
6.98 m (22 ft 11 in)
2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
3 (Driver, Commander, Gunner, + 6 passengers)
1 × M242 25 mm chain gun with TIS
2 × C6 7.62 mm machine gun ( coaxial , and roof mounted)
Caterpillar 3126 diesel 260 kW (350 hp)
Hydropneumatic
450 km (280 mi)
109 km/h (68 mph)
Canada
Chile
Colombia
New Zealand
Saudi Arabia
United States
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
LAV III equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Canada
Chile
ColombiaArmy exact named equipment holdings: LAV III. 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 / IFV. 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 of LAV III. 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 / IFV. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Reported count for LAV III. Service scope: National Army of Colombia; 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: 82. Origin: Canada. 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.
New ZealandArmy exact named equipment holdings of NZLAV. 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): ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE VEHICLES / AEV. No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.
Canada, Chile, Colombia, New Zealand, Saudi Arabia, United States
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Saudi Arabia
United States