RAM MK3

RAM MK3 (RAM 2000) is a light armored vehicle designed by IAI RAMTA. It is based on a 4×4 wheeled monocoque chassis.

RAM MK3
IAI RAM-2000
Type	Reconnaissance vehicle
Place of origin	Israel
Service history
Used by	See Users
Production history
Designer	IAI RAMTA
Specifications
Mass	5300 kg (empty)
Length	5.6 m (18 ft)
Width	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
Height	2.12 m (6 ft 11 in)
Engine	6-cylinder turbocharged diesel[1] 185 hp[1]
Operational range	800 km (500 mi)
Maximum speed	96 km/h (60 mph)[1]

History

The vehicle was also listed for sale under Mahindra Defense Systems^[2] with plans to make the RAM MK3 under license for a future Indian military contract.^[3]

Operational history

RAM Mk3s of the 1er bataillon d'infanterie, Senegalese Army, before its deployment to Mali in 2017.

The RAM Mk 3 was used in Chadian and Senegalese military operations.^[4] Chadian RAM Mk3s were used during the Chadian Civil War that ended in 2010^[5] and during the 2013 Chadian intervention in Mali War.^[6]

Senegalese RAM Mk3s were deployed with UNOCI in Ivory Coast.^[1]

Variants

Anti-Tank

The RAM Mk3 AT is equipped with 4-8 LAHAT laser guided anti-tank missiles. Unlike other armored vehicles, which have the engine at the front or under the protected cabin, RAM places the entire power-pack – engine, automatic transmission and transfer cases at the rear.^[7][8]

Users

A RAM 2000 in Vietnamese police service.

• Cameroon: 5 delivered in 2008 for the presidential guard^[4]
• Chad: ~42 delivered in 2006-2008^[5]
• Botswana^[9]
• Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2^[10]
• Gabon: 7^[11]
• Lesotho: 6 delivered in 2006^[5]
• Malawi:^[4] 8^[12]
• Morocco^[13]
• Peru: 7 delivered for Peruvian Naval Infantry in 2016.^[14]
• Senegal: 55,^[4] in service with Army and Gendarmerie^[15]
• Vietnam: 150 vehicles ordered in 2006 and delivered in 2009; for usage by the Vietnam People's Public Security (especially the Mobile Police Command) ^[16]

See also

• RBY MK 1