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Roshel Senator
Canadian armoured personnel carrier From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Roshel Senator is a wheeled military armoured car produced by Roshel of Canada, based on a Ford F-550 chassis.[2] As an APC, it is designed to protect against small arms fire.[3] While designed as effectively a highly versatile SWAT platform, for peacekeeping and law enforcement activities,[4] it is capable of light duty as an armoured personnel carrier (APC) or infantry mobility vehicle (IMV).
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Roshel classifies it as an APC.[4]
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Production began in April 2018, with the vehicle entering service later that year.[4]
In 2020, during the Crew Dragon Demo-2 test flight, Senators were used to securely transport astronauts Bob Behnken and Doug Hurley.[5]
In 2022, many newly built Senators were shipped to Ukraine as part of military aid packages to the Ukrainian government during the Russian invasion.[6][7] Some of the donated Senators have been deployed by the State Border Service of Ukraine.[8] In response to the increase in demand, Roshel plans to ramp up production to 1,000 vehicles a year.[2] This was the first time the vehicle was used for combat.
In January 2023, Canada announced an aid package to Ukraine worth $90 million CAD (US$67.3 million) for 200 Senators.[9] That same month, the Interior Minister of Tuzla Canton in Bosnia and Herzegovina announced that it had acquired four Senators for police use.
By 10 July 2023, defence-blog.com reported that 550 Senators have been delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[10] By 3 September 2024, it has been visually confirmed that 16 units were destroyed, 10 damaged and 4 were captured by Russian forces [11][12] On 21 October 2023, Ukraine took delivery of another batch of Senators, having a total of 750 Senators.[13] Roshel Senator vehicles were seen in active use as part of the August 2024 Kursk Oblast incursion.[14]
On 21 December 2023, the 1000th Senator was delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces.[15] By March 2025 Roshel had delivered 1700 Senators to Ukraine. 90% of these were financed by foreign governments, including Ukraine. The remaining 10% were donated by Canada. A single vehicle cost around $600,000. 120 Senators were being built per month by a workforce of 500 full-time employees.[16]
As of December 2025, according to the pro-Ukrainian website Oryx, 176 vehicles have been documented to have been destroyed, damaged or captured in service.[17] The Russian website Lost Armour likewise contains 188 destroyed or damaged vehicles, as well as 12 captured vehicles.[18]
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Operators
- Sarajevo Canton Police - 5 vehicles[19]
- Tuzla Canton Police - 4 vehicles[19]
- Federation Police Administration 2 vehicles[20]
- State Border Guard Service of Ukraine - 200 vehicles[26]
- Armed Forces of Ukraine - 1,500 vehicles delivered by March 2025.[27]
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement - 20 vehicles on order[28]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration[29]
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Variants
- Senator APC: Original version available from 2018 onwards, featuring a four-door SUV body with single rear door and capacity for up to 10 passengers.
- Senator Emergency Response Vehicle: Variant oriented towards SWAT vehicle roles, featuring CEN B7 protection, emergency sirens, and external view cameras.[30]
- Senator Pickup: Variant oriented towards cargo transport featuring a four-door, 5 passenger crew cab pickup truck body and payload rating raised to 3,500 kg.[31]
- Senator Medical Evacuation Vehicle: Variant oriented towards medical evacuation, featuring double rear doors for enhanced access to rear compartment, deletion of the weapons mount on the roof, and fitment of an air filtration system.[32]
- Senator Explosive Ordnance Disposal: Variant oriented towards bomb disposal, featuring a heavy-duty rear ramp for deployment of bomb disposal robots, as well as a higher roof for accommodation of specialty equipment.[33]
- Senator MRAP: Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicle variant, first presented in 2023, featuring a heavily modified two-door body with capacity for up to 8 passengers. The Senator MRAP features a double V-hull for enhanced protection from mines and IEDs and is certified to meet STANAG 4569 Level II ballistic protection and Level III blast protection.[34]
- Senator Ram MRAP: Based on the Ram pickup platform.[35]
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