Leopard security vehicle

Leopard Security Vehicle
Leopard Security Vehicle Mk6, No 594 of 700.
Type	MPAV ("Mine Protected Armoured Vehicle")
Place of origin	Rhodesia
Specifications
Mass	Recorded as 2.2 tons (1980 kg), actual weight of dry vehicle without crew 1760 kg
Crew	1+5 (later 1+4 regardless of version)
Armor	Early marks: mild steel plate with conveyor belting sandwiched in-between, later marks; (lower hull): 12 mm "Bennox" steel plate, (upper hull): mild-steel plate. (The armour was primarily intended as protection against land-mine blasts, and offered limited resistance to small arms fire).
Main armament	Optional 7.62 mm LMG such as the FN MAG, various anti-ambush devices.
Secondary armament	Crew weapons
Engine	Air-cooled 4-cylinder petrol engine, VW Type 1, dual port. 1600cc
Suspension	2*4-wheel, rear-wheel drive, VW 'Type 2' (T2b) Kombi Transporter / Bus front and rear sub assemblies[1]
Operational range	Never recorded, but estimated at under 300 km, always considered inadequate due to limited size of fuel tank.
Maximum speed	Max 80 km/h on tar road.

The Leopard Security Vehicle is an unusual land-mine protected APC used by the Rhodesian government and civilian population during the 1964–1979 Rhodesian Bush War. It offered basic but necessary protection against mine attack through the use of a V-hull.^[2]