90 mm D921/GIAT F1 (20 rounds) 60mm Brandt mortar (53 rounds)[6]
Secondary armament
7.62 mm MAS coaxial machine gun (2,400–3,800 rounds)[6]
Engine
Panhard 1.99 L (121 in3) Model 4 HD flat 4-cylinder air-cooled petrol[7] 90 hp (67 kW) at 4,700 rpm[5]
Power/weight
16.36 hp/tonne (11.9 kW/tonne)[5]
Suspension
Wheeled 4x4
Ground clearance
0.33 m (1 ft 1 in)[5]
Fuel capacity
156 L (41 US gal)
Operational range
600 km (370 mi)[6]
Maximum speed
100 km/h (62 mph)[6]
The Panhard AML (Auto Mitrailleuse Légère, or "Light Machine Gun Car")[3] is an armoured car with reconnaissance capability.[8] Designed by Panhard on a lightly armoured 4×4 chassis, it weighs an estimated 5.5 tonnes, and is thus suitable for airborne deployment.[9] Since 1959, AMLs have been marketed on up to five continents; several variants remained in continuous production for half a century.[10] These have been operated by fifty-four national governments and other entities worldwide, seeing regular combat.[11]
The AML-245 was once regarded as one of the most heavily armed scout vehicles in service, fitted with a low velocity DEFA D921 90 mm (3.54 in) rifled cannon firing conventional high explosive and high explosive anti-tank shells, or a 60 mm (2.36 in) breech loading mortar with 53 rounds and dual 7.5mm MAS AA-52 NF-1 machine guns with 3,800 rounds, all mounted coaxially in the turret.[9] An AML is capable of destroying targets at 1,500 meters with its D921 main gun. In this configuration it is considered a match for second-line and older main battle tanks.[12][13]
AMLs have appeared most prominently in Angola, Iraq, and Chad, as well as in the Lebanese Civil War between 1975 and 1990.
^Defence Update (International), 1984, Volume 1 Issue 48–58 p. 8.
^"Mobile firepower for contingency operations: Emerging concepts for US light armour forces" (PDF). Defense Technical Information Center. 4 January 1993. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2015.
^ abCullen, Tony; Drury, Ian; Bishop, Chris (1988). The Encyclopedia of World Military Weapons (1988 ed.). Greenville: Crescent Publications. pp. 68–70. ISBN 978-0-517-65341-8.
^Collet, Andre (1989). Armements: mutation, réglementation, production, commerce. Paris: Économica. p. 55. ISBN 978-2717816808.
^ abcdeChristopher F. Foss (16 May 2000). Jane's Tanks and Combat Vehicles Recognition Guide (2000 ed.). Harper Collins Publishers. p. 252. ISBN 978-0-00-472452-2.
^ abcdefghChristopher F. Foss (1976). Jane's World Armoured Fighting Vehicles (1976 ed.). Macdonald and Jane's Publishers Ltd. p. 132-133. ISBN 978-0-354-01022-1.
^Ogorkiewicz, R. M. AFV Weapons Profile 039 Panhard Armoured Cars (Windsor, Berks: Profile Publications).
^David Miller (10 February 2003). Conflict Iraq: Weapons and Tactics of the US and Iraqi Forces (2003 ed.). Salamander Books, Ltd. p. 88. ISBN 978-0-7603-1592-7.
^ abDavid Jordan (2005). The History of the French Foreign Legion: From 1831 to Present Day (2005 ed.). Amber Books Ltd. pp. 181–185. ISBN 978-1-59228-768-0.
^Henk, Daniel (2006). South Africa's armaments industry: continuity and change after a decade of majority rule (2006 ed.). University Press America. p. 164. ISBN 978-0-7618-3482-3.
^Based on adding together all operators in the map and those listed below.
^Christopher F. Foss (1977). The illustrated encyclopedia of the world's tanks and fighting vehicles: a technical directory of major combat vehicles from World War I to the present day (1977 ed.). Chartwell Books. p. 93. ISBN 978-0-89009-145-6.
^Tokarev, Andrei; Shubin, Gennady (2011). Bush War: The Road to Cuito Cuanavale: Soviet Soldiers' Accounts of the Angolan War (2011 ed.). Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd. pp. 128–130. ISBN 978-1-4314-0185-7.
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