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MAP45 Armoured Personnel Carrier | |
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Type | Armoured personnel carrier |
Place of origin | Rhodesia |
Service history | |
In service | 1978–present |
Used by | Rhodesia Zimbabwe |
Wars | Rhodesian Bush War 1980 Entumbane clashes 1981 Entumbane uprising Mozambican Civil War Second Congo War |
Specifications | |
Mass | 9 tonnes (combat) 7.59 tonnes (empty) |
Length | 6.6 m |
Width | 2.28 m |
Height | 2.9 m |
Crew | 2+12 |
Armor | 10 mm mild steel |
Main armament | one 7.62 mm, 12.7 mm or 14.5 mm machine guns |
Secondary armament | personal weapons through gunports |
Engine | 6-cylinder 5.67L Benz diesel OM352 110 hp |
Power/weight | hp/ton hp/tonne |
Drive | 4 × 4 |
Operational range | 600 to 700 km |
Maximum speed | 80 km/h/60 km/h km/h |
The MAP45 Armoured Personnel Carrier (a.k.a. MAP 'four five') is a Rhodesian/Zimbabwean 4x4d heavy troop-carrying vehicle (TCV) first introduced in 1978 based on a Mercedes-Benz truck chassis. It remains in use with the Zimbabwe National Army.