Engineering:RAM MK3

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RAM MK3
IAI RAM-2000
TypeReconnaissance vehicle
Place of originIsrael
Service history
Used bySee Users
Production history
DesignerIAI RAMTA
Specifications
Mass5300 kg (empty)
Length5.6 m (18 ft)
Width2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Height2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
Engine6-cylinder turbocharged diesel[1]
185 hp[1]
Operational
range
800 km (500 mi)
Speed96 km/h (60 mph)[1]

RAM MK3 (RAM 2000) is a light armored vehicle designed by IAI RAMTA. It is based on a 4×4 wheeled monocoque chassis.

History

The vehicle was also listed for sale under Mahindra Defense Systems[2] with plans to make the RAM MK3 under license for a future Indian military contract.[3]

Operational history

RAM Mk3s of the 1er bataillon d'infanterie, Senegalese Army, before its deployment to Mali in 2017.

The RAM Mk 3 was used in Chadian and Senegalese military operations.[4] Chadian RAM Mk3s were used during the Chadian Civil War that ended in 2010[5] and during the 2013 Chadian intervention in Mali War.[6]

Senegalese RAM Mk3s were deployed with UNOCI in Ivory Coast.[1]

Variants

Anti-Tank

The RAM Mk3 AT is equipped with 4-8 LAHAT laser guided anti-tank missiles. Unlike other armored vehicles, which have the engine at the front or under the protected cabin, RAM places the entire power-pack – engine, automatic transmission and transfer cases at the rear.[7][8]

Users

A RAM 2000 in Vietnamese police service.
  •  Cameroon: 5 delivered in 2008 for the presidential guard[4]
  •  Chad: ~42 delivered in 2006-2008[5]
  •  Botswana[9]
  •  Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2[10]
  •  Gabon: 7[11]
  •  Lesotho: 6 delivered in 2006[5]
  •  Malawi:[4] 8[12]
  •  Morocco[13]
  •  Peru: 7 delivered for Peruvian Naval Infantry in 2016.[14]
  •  Senegal: 55,[4] in service with Army and Gendarmerie[15]
  •  Vietnam: 150 vehicles ordered in 2006 and delivered in 2009; for usage by the Vietnam People's Public Security (especially the Mobile Police Command) [16]

See also

  • RBY MK 1

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Senegalese Ram Mk 3 vehicles break cover". 5 February 2015. https://www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/senegalese-ram-mk-3-vehicles-break-cover/?catid=50%3ALand&Itemid=105. 
  2. ↑ "Mahindra.com:Mahindra Defence System- Light Armoured Multi Role Vehicle". http://www.mahindraworld.com/mahindras/mahindrdefencesystem/light_armoured.htm. 
  3. ↑ https://www.ibef.org/download/Mahindra_&_Mahindra.pdf MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA History and Information
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Binnie, Jeremy; de Cherisey, Erwan (2017). "New-model African armies". Jane's. http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf. 
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Wezeman, Siemon T.. "Israeli arms transfers to sub-Saharan Africa". SIPRI Background Paper (SIPRI). http://www.nonproliferation.eu/documents/other/siemontwezeman4e9eb5e5806bd.pdf. 
  6. ↑ "Tchad - Bilan de la débâcle du contingent tchadien au Mali : une véritable hécatombe" (in fr). 2013-03-05. Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165405/http://www.civox.net/Tchad-Bilan-de-la-debacle-du-contingent-tchadien-au-Mali-une-veritable-hecatombe_a2309.html. Retrieved 2020-07-01. 
  7. ↑ "RAM MkIII – Rough and Tough". 27 March 2012. http://defense-update.com/20120327_ram-mkiii-armored-vehicle-rough-and-tough.html. 
  8. ↑ "RAM Mk3 MK III wheeled armored AT Nimrod anti-tank missile | Israel Israeli wheeled armoured and vehicle UK | Israeli Israel army military equipment UK". 10 January 2019. https://www.armyrecognition.com/israel_israeli_wheeled_armoured_and_vehicle_uk/ram_mk3_mk_iii_at_nimrod_anti-tank_missile_data_sheet_specifications_description_pictures_video.html. 
  9. ↑ The Military Balance 2021, p. 451.
  10. ↑ The Military Balance 2021, p. 461.
  11. ↑ The Military Balance 2021, p. 466.
  12. ↑ The Military Balance 2019. International Institute for Strategic Studies. February 2019. p. 477. ISBN 978-1857439885. 
  13. ↑ "sipri". https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php. 
  14. ↑ "RAM Mk3 4x4 armored IAI Peruvian Naval Infantry SITDEF 11905172 | SITDEF 2017 News Official Online Show Daily Coverage Report | Defence security military exhibition 2017 daily news category". 19 May 2017. https://www.armyrecognition.com/sitdef_2017_news_official_online_show_daily_coverage_report/ram_mk3_4x4_armored_iai_peruvian_naval_infantry_sitdef_11905172.html. 
  15. ↑ The Military Balance 2019, p. 486.
  16. ↑ "Trade Registers". http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php. Retrieved 21 September 2018. 
  • International Institute for Strategic Studies (February 2021). The Military Balance 2021. 121. Routledge. ISBN 9781032012278. 





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