Malaysia Seeks ACV-300 APCs

14 November 2007

ACV-300 (photo : Defencetalk)

Malaysia is looking to purchase 48 ACV-300 armoured personnel carriers from Turkey, which has been actively pushing the sale of additional vehicles. This follows the recent purchase of eight mortar-carrier versions for the Malaysian Army, which already has 211 of the vehicles, known as the Adnan in Malaysian service.

The 48 ACV-300s are expected to be a mix of specialised variants, including a command post version that will be modified to encompass the army battlespace management system (BMS) currently under development, which the Malaysian Army hopes to field within the next two years.

(Jane’s)