Gila APC explained

Gila PAC
Origin:	South Africa
Type:	Mine-Resistant Vehicle
Is Vehicle:	yes
Crew:	2+9
Length:	6.39m (20.96feet)
Width:	2.5m (08.2feet)
Height:	2.75m (09.02feet)
Weight:	12-13.6 tonnes
Primary 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
Drive:	4×4-wheeled
Speed:	105kph on road
Vehicle Range:	850 km

The Gila APC is a mine protected vehicle from South Africa developed by private investors and manufactured by IVEMA and similar to the more popular Casspir.^[1]

This four-wheeled vehicle is used for troop transport. It can hold a crew of two, plus 9 passengers.

Operators

UN Forces in Darfur^[2]

• Burkina Faso

6 supplied by Canada^[3] for Military Police of Burkina Faso

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

Notes and References

1. Web site: IVEMA Gila Mine Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle . Military-Today.com . 2022-08-20.
2. Web site: The South African 4x4 GILA MRAP.
3. Web site: Trade Registers . Armstrade.sipri.org . 2013-06-20 . 2010-04-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100414022558/http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php . dead .