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Gazelle FRV | |
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Type | infantry fighting vehicle |
Place of origin | Zimbabwe |
Specifications | |
Crew | 2+2 |
Armor | 4.5 to 6 mm welded steel plate |
Main armament | 1 12.7mm or 14.5mm Heavy Machine Gun |
Secondary armament | 1 20mm auto cannon or 1 7.62 mm light machine gun |
Engine | Daimler-Benz OM352 turbo diesel 120 hp |
Power/weight | hp/ton hp/tonne |
Suspension | wheels, 4 × 4 |
Operational range | 700 km |
Maximum speed | 85 km/h |
The Gazelle FRV or Fast Reconnaissance Vehicle is a 4×4 infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) built for reconnaissance on the chassis of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog light truck developed by Zimbabwe in the early 1980s.