ACV-15[1] | |
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Type | Infantry fighting vehicle |
Place of origin | Turkey |
Service history | |
In service | 1992–present |
Used by | See Users |
Wars | Kurdish–Turkish conflict United Nations Operation in Somalia II 2013 Lahad Datu standoff Turkish military intervention in Syria Libyan Civil War (2014–present) Battle of Marawi[2] |
Production history | |
Manufacturer | |
Produced | 1992–present |
No. built | 2,945[3] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 14 tonnes |
Length | 5.26 m (17.3 ft) |
Width | 2.83 m (9.3 ft) |
Height | 2.88 m (9.4 ft) |
Crew | 3 + 8 |
Armor | Protection up to 14.5×114mm armor-piercing rounds |
Main armament | 25mm FNSS Sharpshooter Turret |
Secondary armament | 7.62mm Machine gun |
Engine | Detroit Diesel Model 6V-53T 5.2 litre[citation needed] 300 hp[4] |
Power/weight | 21.43 hp/tonne |
Transmission | Allison X200-4 with 4 forward and one reverse |
Suspension | torsion bar 350 mm |
Ground clearance | 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in) |
Fuel capacity | 416 litres (92 imp gal; 110 US gal) |
Operational range | 490 km (300 mi)[5] |
Maximum speed | 65 km/h (40 mph) |
ACV-15 is the designation of an amphibious Infantry fighting vehicle[6] family developed by the Turkish defense company FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş. This vehicle is also manufactured by DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies (DefTech) in Malaysia. The design is an attempt to combine the capabilities of an infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) and an armoured personnel carrier (APC). The ACV-15 is based on the American Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle, which in turn is based on the American M113A1 armored personnel carrier.