Bullet Armoured Personnel Carrier | |
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Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
Place of origin | Rhodesia |
Service history | |
In service | 1978 - 1980 |
Used by | Rhodesia |
Wars | Rhodesian Bush War |
Specifications | |
Mass | 7.2 tonnes |
Length | 4.95 m |
Width | 2.4 m |
Height | 2.8 m |
Crew | 2+10 |
Armor | 4.5 to 10 mm |
Main armament | one 7.62 mm, 12.7 mm or 14.5 mm machine guns |
Secondary armament | personal weapons through gunports |
Engine | Daimler-Benz OM352 turbo diesel 120 hp |
Power/weight | hp/ton hp/tonne |
Suspension | wheels, 4 × 4 |
Operational range | 700 km |
Maximum speed | 80 km/h/60 km/h km/h |
The Bullet Troop-Carrying Vehicle (TCV) is a light 4x4 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) developed by Rhodesia in the late 1970s based on the body of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog light truck.