RCV-9

RCV-9
Type	Armoured Personnel Carrier
Place of origin	South Africa
Specifications
Weight	6.9 t
Length	5.38 m
Width	2.1 m
Height	2.08 m
Crew	1+8

Engine	turbocharged diesel engine 120 HP (88 KW)
Suspension	4×2 wheeled
Operational range	675
Speed	100 km/h

The RCV-9 is an armoured personnel carrier intended for riot control purposes and manufactured by Land Systems OMC (a business unit of BAE Systems) of South Africa.

Production history

It was developed in 1986 as a private venture by Sandock-Austral as an internal security vehicle for protecting high risk areas such as airports. Soon after the company taken over by TFM, it was merged into Reunert Defence OMC in 1997.

Operators

Map with RCV-9 operators in blue

Current operators

Colombia (60)
South Africa (South African Police Service)

Armoured Fighting Vehicles of South Africa

Armoured cars	Eland Marmon-Herrington Rooikat

Infantry Fighting Vehicles	Badger Mbombe Ratel

Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP)	Buffel Casspir Hippo Mamba Marauder Matador Maverick Okapi RCV-9 Reva RG-12 RG-19 RG-31 Nyala RG-32 Scout RG-33 RG-34 RG-35 RG-41 RG Outrider PUMA M26-15

Artillery, transport and combat engineering	Chubby G6 Rhino Mfezi Valkiri SAMIL

Related articles	Equipment of the South African Army South African Army

Modern wheeled infantry fighting vehicles and armoured personnel carriers

4 x 4	ABC-79M Akrep Aravis AVGP AV-VB4 BOV BDX BPM-97 BTR-40 Buffel (Unicorn) Bullet Burraq Bushmaster Cashuat Casspir (Mahindra MPV-I) Chaimite Cheetah MMPV Cobra Commando Condor Cougar Crocodile Didgori-1 Didgori-2 Dingo Dragoon 300 Dzik Fahd First Win Gazelle Golan Academi Grizzly KMW Grizzly Hippo Hunter TR-12 Igirigi ILAV Kaya Kirpi Komodo Kozak LOV-1 M3 M1117 M-ATV Mamba MAP-45 MAP-75 Marauder Matador Maverick MaxxPro Mohafiz MPCV MR-8 MX-8 MXT-MV Nimer-1 Nimr Okapi PNP Iveco Puma OTT Puma Rakhsh Ranger RCV-9 RG-12 RG-19 RG-31 RG-32 RG-32M RG-33 RG-34 Reva Roland Saxon Shorland S600 Simba SK-1 Type 6614 TAPV TM-170 Tur UR-416 Unibuffel VAB VN-4 VXB-170 Wolf Walid Wer'wolf

6 x 6	Al-Faris Anoa BTR-152 Bull Bulat Caiman Didgori-3 EE-11 Urutu Ejder Fuchs Grizzly Mbombe Pandur I Panhard VCR Pasi (XA-180) Pegaso BMR Iveco Puma Mowag Puma Ratel RG-35 RN-94 Saracen Sarir Shoet SIBMAS Tatrapan Typhoon WZ523 WZ551 VAB Valuk VBTP-MR

8 x 8	Al-Fahd ATOM AV8 AMV Arma Armoured Multirole Carrier ASLAV Bison Boxer BTR-3 BTR-4 BTR-7 BTR-60 BTR-70 BTR-80 BTR-90 BTR-94 Bumerang CM-32 Eitan Enigma Freccia Iveco Superav KW1 Scorpion Kestrel LAV-25 LAV III Lazar Lazar BVT MPC OT-64 SKOT Pandur II Pars Piranha RG-41 RN-94 Rosomak Ryś Saur 1 Shark Stryker SuperAV TAB-63 Terrex Type 96 VBCI VBCI-2 VBTP-MR Guarani Wisent Yavuz YP-408 ZBL09

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RCV-9

Production history

Operators

Current operators

See also