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Panhard AML

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The Panhard AML is an armoured car with a reconnaissance capability. Designed by Panhard on a lightly armoured 4x4 chassis, it weighs an estimated 5.5 tonnes and is suitable for airborne deployment. Since 1959 AMLs have been marketed on up to five continents, and several variants remained in continuous production for half a century. They have been operated by fifty-four national governments and other entities worldwide, seeing regular combat. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Partially Attested
Introduced Year
1960 1
First prototype appeared in 1959 and the vehicle was put into production in 1960; the article also says the AML Type 245 entered service in 1961. No single introduction year is stated.
Classification
Caliber
60mm 1
Weapon Class
Armoured car with reconnaissance capability 1
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Tank / Armored Vehicle 1
Connections

Operated By

Israeli Defense Forces, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Panhard AML

Used In

Angolan Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Panhard AML
Cambodian Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Panhard AML
Djiboutian Civil War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Panhard AML
Eritrean War of Independence, Wars
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Falklands War, Wars
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First Congo War, Wars
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Gulf War, Wars
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Iran-Iraq War, Wars
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Rwandan Civil War, Wars
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Second Congo War, Wars
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Second Sudanese Civil War, Wars
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Six-Day War, Wars
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Yom Kippur War, Wars
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In the Other Atlases
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Sources
1. Wikipedia: Panhard AML
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    is an armoured car with reconnaissance capability
  • History section
    The first prototype appeared in 1959 and the vehicle was put into production in 1960
  • caliber:60mm
    54 in) rifled cannon firing conventional high explosive and high explosive anti-tank shells, or a 60 mm (2
  • Used In: Six-Day War, infobox wars field: 'Six-Day War'
  • Used In: Angolan Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Angolan Civil War'
  • Used In: Cambodian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Cambodian Civil War'
  • Used In: Yom Kippur War, infobox wars field: 'Yom Kippur War'
  • Used In: Falklands War, infobox wars field: 'Falklands War'
  • Used In: Eritrean War of Independence, infobox wars field: 'Eritrean War of Independence'
  • Used In: Iran-Iraq War, infobox wars field: 'Iran?Iraq War'
  • Used In: Gulf War, infobox wars field: 'Gulf War'
  • Used In: Djiboutian Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Djiboutian Civil War'
  • Used In: Rwandan Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Rwandan Civil War'
  • Used In: First Congo War, infobox wars field: 'First Congo War'
  • Used In: Second Congo War, infobox wars field: 'Second Congo War'
  • Used In: Second Sudanese Civil War, infobox wars field: 'Second Sudanese Civil War'
  • Operated By: Israeli Defense Forces, Wikipedia article text
    The IDF armoured cars had been received by the end of 1963 and were first displayed publicly on the eve of Yom Ha'atzmaut, 1966.
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Wikidata: Panhard AML
Wikidata Q295358, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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