[Vehicle] AML 90. [WIP]

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The Panhard AML (called the AML 245 by Panhard) 60/90 is a light armoured car with permanent 4×4 drive for mobility. It can carry either a 90 mm quick firing low pressure gun, or a 60 mm breech loading mortar as main weapons.

During the 1950s, the French Army used the Daimler Ferret in large numbers but decided to build their own armoured car and Panhard started the production of the AML in 1960. Since then over 4000 vehicles have been completed and manufacture continues for the export market. The AML 60/90 have been sold to over 30 countries. In addition to the French production, 1300 AML 60/90 were built under licence by South Africa under the name of Eland 60/90.

An armoured personnel carrier (APC) version was also developed, the Panhard M3. The M3 and the AML share 95% of working parts, encouraging many countries to employ both the M3 and the AML in order to reduce operational costs.


Operators :

* Algeria: 55/44 AML-60
* Argentina: 48 AML-90
* Bahrain: 48, 22 AML-90 and 26 AML-60
* Benin: 22
* Bosnia and Herzegovina: 12
* Burkina Faso: 15
* Burundi: 18
* Chad: 50
* Côte d'Ivoire: 16, 8 AML-90 and 6 AML-60
* Djibouti: 24
* Gabon: 24
* Ecuador: 27
* Egypt
* El Salvador: 10 AML-90
* Iraq: 10
* Republic of Ireland: 47
* Kenya: 72
* Lebanon: 70, 60 AML-90
* Lesotho: 10
* Malawi: 13
* Malaysia: 140 AML-60
* Mauritania: 60, 39 AML-90 and 20 AML-60
* Mexico
* Morocco: 230, 140 AML-90 and 38 AML-60
* Myanmar
* Nigeria: 180, 120 AML-90 and 60 AML-60
* Niger: 125
* Polisario captured from morocco
* Portugal: 40, 15 AML-90 and 32 AML-60
* Rwanda: 12 AML-60
* Saudi Arabia: 300/235
* Senegal: 57, 24 AML-90 and 28 AML-60
* Somaliland
* South Africa: 118
* Sudan: 6 AML-90
* Togo: 10
* Tunisia: 35, 20 AML-90 and 10 AML-60
* United Arab Emirates: 50, 49 AML-90
* Venezuela: 22
* Yemen: 185
* Zimbabwe: 20 AML-90

(Source : Wikipedia.)

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