ACMAT Bastion information

ACMAT Bastion
ACMAT Bastion
	A MINUSMA Bastion APC in Northern Mali, 2015
Type	Armoured personnel carrier
Place of origin	France
Service history
In service	2012–present
Wars	Insurgency in the Sahel; Somali Civil War; 2015 offensive against Boko Haram; Yemeni Civil War; 2019 Gabon Coup D'etat;
Production history
Designer	ACMAT
Manufacturer	ACMAT (Former, France); Renault Truck Defense (Former, France); Arquus (Current, France); MACK Defense (Former, USA)[better source needed]; AM General (Current, USA);
Variants	Bastion; PATSAS; Fortress;
Specifications
Mass	12 tonnes
Length	6 m (19 ft 8 in)
Width	2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Height	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Crew	2
Passengers	8–10
Armour	STANAG 4569 level 1 to level 3
Main; armament	7.62 mm or 12.7 mm ring or remote control turret
Engine	180 hp (130 kW)
Suspension	wheeled
Operational; range	1,400 km (870 mi)
Maximum speed	110 km/h (68 mph)

The ACMAT Bastion is a modern French armoured personnel carrier, manufactured by ACMAT.

The Bastion was available to customers in North America and Oceania via Mack Defense.^[7]^[8] As of 2021, AM General is making the Bastion.^[3]

^ ^a ^b ^c de Cherisey, Erwan (6 June 2018). "Cameroon's Bastion APCs now in action" (PDF). Jane's Defence Weekly. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 January 2019. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^ As of October 2017, using the Wayback machine on the official MACK Defense website indicates that it no longer shows the Bastion family.
^ ^a ^b "Bastion by AM General".
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Bastion APC ARQUUS: 4x4 Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier Vehicle France". armyrecognition.com. 9 October 2018. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ "Bastion". arquus-defense.com. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 5 January 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference AM General was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "MACK Bastion.PDF" (PDF).
^ https://sotatalousseura-fi-bin.directo.fi/@Bin/a6669c15439b7a5fc3ddc07326e47b1c/1571276489/application/pdf/177947/Volvo^{[permanent dead link]} Trucks presentation Sotataloudellinen seura 25112013.pdf

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