How to recognise light armoured vehicles
16 light armoured vehicles in Spotrep’s field guide, each with a photo, where it comes from, who uses it and the details that tell it apart from the rest.
Practise in Classic- ATF Dingo 2Light vehicles · Germany
Four-wheeled armoured truck with a long bonnet and a tall, boxy crew cell.
- BRDM-2Light vehicles · Soviet Union
Boat-shaped four-wheeled scout car with a small conical turret; extra belly wheels sit between the axles.
- Cougar MRAPLight vehicles · USA
Tall, box-shaped MRAP with a V-shaped hull, four or six wheels, a short bonnet and many small armoured windows.
- FennekLight vehicles · Germany
Low, flat 4x4 scout car with a sharply angled front and a telescopic sensor mast on the roof.
- Iveco LMVLight vehicles · Italy
Small armoured 4x4 with a sloped bonnet, V-shaped hull and narrow armoured windows.
- KamAZ Typhoon-KLight vehicles · Russia
Tall 4x4 MRAP with a sloping nose and a single one-piece armoured body holding crew and troops, with side doors, a rear door and small armoured windows.
- MaxxPro MRAPLight vehicles · USA
Very tall four-wheeled MRAP with a V-shaped hull and a large boxy armoured body.
- MOWAG EagleLight vehicles · Switzerland
Compact, wedge-shaped armoured 4x4 with a low bonnet, large windscreen and often a remote weapon station on the roof.
- Panhard VBLLight vehicles · France
Very small, low 4x4 armoured car with a sloped bonnet and a ring-mounted machine gun on the roof.
- No photo yetBushmaster PMVLight vehicles · Australia
Tall four-wheeled MRAP with a big squared bonnet, high windscreen and many side windows.
- No photo yetFoxhoundLight vehicles · United Kingdom
Small, tall 4x4 with a short bonnet, a narrow V-shaped crew pod and large wheels set at the corners.
- No photo yetGAZ TigrLight vehicles · Russia
Boxy four-wheeled armoured car with a flat front grille and a high roof line.
- No photo yetHMMWVLight vehicles · USA
Wide, low four-wheel-drive vehicle with a flat bonnet and a squared-off cab.
- No photo yetJLTVLight vehicles · USA
Taller than the Humvee, with a steep V-shaped underbody, big wheels and a sloping bonnet.
- No photo yetMercedes-Benz G-ClassLight vehicles · Germany
Boxy 4x4 with flat body panels, an upright windscreen and round headlights; unarmoured or lightly armoured.
- No photo yetOshkosh M-ATVLight vehicles · USA
Large 4x4 MRAP with a tall body, big wheels on independent suspension and a sloping bonnet over a wide grille.
