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Armoured vehiclessince 2014
Amphibious wheeled Armoured personnel carrier
VBTP-MR Guarani is a amphibious wheeled Armoured personnel carrier originating in Brazil / Italy. It was built by Iveco.
Brazil / ItalyAmphibious wheeled Armoured personnel carrier
Brazil / Italy
since 2014
Iveco
US$ 1,074 million (2016)
16.7 t
6.9 m (23 ft)
2.7 m (8.9 ft)
2.34 m (7.7 ft)
3 (+ 8 passengers)
Basic armour: STANAG 4569 Level 2. Add on armour: STANAG 4569 Level 4 (max)
Armoured remote controlled AEL Systems UT30 turret 30 mm Mk44 Bushmaster II autocannon with Coaxial FN MAG MG 7.62 mm, 6 smoke grenade launchers (can be fitted with add on armour), equipped with infrared/thermal/night vision electronic sight.
7.62 mm FN MAG MG, M2 Browning installed in Remote controlled stabilized REMAX turret (fitted with 4 smoke grenade launchers, electronic thermal/infrared, night vision), or armoured manual turret REMAN (STANAG 4569 Level 2).
Iveco Cursor 9 diesel engine 383 hp
Hydropneumatic
600 km (370 mi)
110 km/h (68 mph)
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 6.9 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
VBTP-MR Guarani equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BrazilBrazil Army holdings only. Estimated Guarani 6×6 APC fleet; the separately listed IFV version is outside this count.
GhanaReported count for VBTP-MR Guarani. Service scope: Ghana 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: 11. 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. Cited source 2021-07-07. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
PhilippinesArmy exact named equipment holdings: VBTP-MR Guarani. 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.
Army holdings of the exact named VBTP-MR Guarani component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.