Gila MBPV

Gila MBPV
Type	Mine Ballistic Protected Vehicle
Place of origin	South Africa
Specifications
Mass	12-13.6 tonnes
Length	6.39 metres (21.0 ft)
Width	2.5 metres (8.2 ft)
Height	2.75 metres (9.0 ft)
Crew	2 (commander and driver) + 9 (passengers)
Main armament	light turret which can accommodate 7.62-mm, 12.7-mm machine guns, or 20-mm cannon.
Secondary armament	rear roof-mounted gun ring for 7.62-mm machine gun or 40-mm automatic grenade launcher
Engine	Daimler-Chrysler diesel Euro III 215 hp (160 kW)
Drive	4×4-wheeled
Operational range	850 km
Maximum speed	105 kilometres per hour (65 mph) on road

The Gila MBPV is a mine protected vehicle from South Africa developed by private investors and manufactured by IVEMA and similar to the more popular Casspir. ^[1] The vehicle was introduced in 2006 ^[1] and production of the vehicle is at IVEMA facility in Midrand, South Africa. ^[2]

It is four-wheeled and is being used for transport of troops. It can hold a crew of two, plus nine passengers.

Operators

• United Nations: 24 units to United Nations/African Union forces (UNAMID) in Darfur, Sudan ^[2]
• Burkina Faso: 6 supplied by Canada ^[3] for Military Police of Burkina Faso
• Nigeria: private buyer ^[1] and also for use as ambulance in Dafur ^[2]

Variants

• Gila APC
• Gila Armoured Ambulance
• Missile Carrier
• mortar carrier
• electronic warfare vehicle
• battlefield re-supply vehicle
• command post vehicle

See also

• Buffalo (mine protected vehicle), a 6x6 originally built by Force Protection Inc
• Cougar (vehicle), a 4x4 originally built by Force Protection Inc
• Buffel, an early South African mine protected vehicle
• Oshkosh M-ATV, current generation lighter weight mine protected vehicle manufactured by Oshkosh Corporation
• Mahindra Mine Protected Vehicle, design inspired by the Casspir
• Casspir

References

1. "IVEMA Gila - Mine resistant ambush protected vehicle". Archived from the original on 2023-03-29. Retrieved 2022-08-20.
2. "IVEMA delivers 24 GILA to UNAMID". 27 November 2009.
3. "Trade Registers". Armstrade.sipri.org. Archived from the original on 2010-04-14. Retrieved 2013-06-20.