LAV-600 | |
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Type | Light Armored Vehicle |
Place of origin | United States |
Service history | |
In service | None |
Used by | None |
Production history | |
Designer | Cadillac Gage |
Designed | 1985 |
Manufacturer | Textron |
Unit cost | $1,519,000 (2003)[1] |
Produced | 1985–2000 |
No. built | 3 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 18,500 kg. |
Length | 6.30 m |
Width | 2.667 m |
Height | 2.74 m |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | strengthened steel |
Main armament | 1 × 105 mm, 2 × 7.62 mm Machinegun |
Secondary armament | 8 × 40 mm Smoke Dischargers |
Engine | Cummins 6 CTA 8.3 diesel turbo charged engine 275 bhp |
Power/weight | 14.59 bhp/ton |
Suspension | 6x6 |
Operational range | 600 km |
Maximum speed | 100 km/h (road) |
The Cadillac Gage LAV-600, also known as the V-600,[2] is an American light armored 6×6 wheeled vehicle, derived from the LAV-300. Developed by Cadillac Gage as a private venture project,[1] the LAV-600 offers superior firepower and mobility to the LAV-300, normally being equipped with a 105mm main gun.[3]
The vehicle was actively being marketed at the time for countries that want to purchase a wheeled fire support vehicle as an alternative to tracked fire support vehicles at a cheaper price.
As of 2020, it is not being marketed by Textron since it was never mass-produced.[3]