Patria AMV vs Patria 6x6: how to tell them apart

Two armoured personnel carriers that are easy to mix up at a glance. Here is what tells them apart.

Patria AMV

Armoured personnel carrier, Finland. In service since 2004

What gives it away

Eight wheels, long hull with a sloped front glacis, turret mid-hull.

Used by

Finland, Poland, Slovakia, Croatia, Sweden

Patria 6x6

Armoured personnel carrier, Finland. In service since 2021

What gives it away

6x6 with the angular, sloping nose of the Patria AMV, the driver and commander side by side at the front and a rear door; a successor to the XA-180.

Used by

Finland, Latvia, Sweden, Denmark, Germany; ordered by Lithuania and Norway

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