LAV III
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The LAV III AV is the latest in General Motors' Light armoured vehicle line. It is the primary mechanized infantry vehicle of the Canadian Armed Forces and New Zealand military. The United States Army uses a very similar, more lightly armed vehicle, the Stryker. It is an 8x8 wheeled armored vehicle with a 25 mm cannon, and can reach speeds of 100 kilometres per hour. The LAV III is C130 transportable.
Crew
- 10 total:
- * Driver
- * Vehicle Commander
- * Gunner
- * 7 Troops
Dimensions
- Combat Weight - 36,000 lb
- Length - 273 inches
- Height - over Hull 77 inches
- Width - 105 inches
Armament
- Armament Primary: M242 25 mm chain gun with TIS
- Secondary: C6/M240 7.62 mm machine gun mounted coaxially to the main gun
- Supplementary: C9/M249 5.56 mm machine gun pintle mounted
- Ancillary Weapon: Two 76 mm Smoke and Fragmentation Grenade Launchers
- Ammunition (Ready): 210 rounds 25 mm
- Ammunition (Ready): 440 rounds 7.62 mm
- Ammunition (Ready): 8 Smoke Grenades 76 mm
- Ammunition (Stowed): 210 rounds 25 mm
- Ammunition (Stowed): 1320 rounds 7.62 mm
- Ammunition (Stowed): 3200 rounds 5.56 mm
- Ammunition (Stowed): 8 Smoke Grenades 76 mm
See also
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