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From: davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown)
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Subject: Armoured Vehicles in the Gulf -- APCs (1 of N)
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From: davecb@nexus.yorku.ca (David Collier-Brown)

[This is the first posting of a series, on armour in use by
the belligerants in the Gulf War.  Suggestions for better layout,
references, etc are welcome -- dave]
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France 	AMX-10P, Mechanized Infantry Combat Vehicle

Used by:
	France, Greece, Quatar, Suadi Arabia, United Arab Emirates

Description:
  Replacement for AMX-13, prototyped 1960, in production 1968,
in service 1973.
  Resembles the Russian ``BMP'': light armour, amphibious, tracked.

Stats:
	2 crew, 9 infantrymen
	2.5m high, 3m wide, 6m long, 13.8 K kg
	65kph,  600 km range, amphibious
	1 * 20mm cannon, 1 * 7.62mm mg
Variants:
	ATGW, mortar, arty fire control, ambulance, others.
  

Comparative values (from Dunnigan, ``How to Make War'': a Merkava has a
firepower and protection of 10):
	firepower: 6
	protection: 4
	comfort: 6  
	ground pressure: 170 
	hp/wt: 20
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Data is from:
James F. Dunnigan, ``How to Make War'', New York (William Morrow) 1988.
Charles Messinger, ``Tanks and other Armoured Vehicles'', London (Penguin),
	 1990.
R.G. Lee, ``Introduction to Battlefield Weapons Systems'', Oxford (Pergamon),
	 1981 [UF 500 L43]
Richard E. Simpkin, `Antitank'', Oxford (Pergamon), 1982

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