RAM MK3#Users

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| caption=IAI RAM-2000

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| type=Reconnaissance vehicle

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| designer = IAI RAMTA

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| length={{convert|5.6|m|abbr=on}}

| width= {{convert|2.08|m|abbr=on}}

| height={{convert|2.12|m|abbr=on}}

| weight= 5300 kg (empty)

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| speed = {{convert|96|km/h|mph|abbr=on}}

| vehicle_range={{convert|800|km|abbr=on}}

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| engine =6-cylinder turbocharged diesel

| engine_power = 185 hp

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

History

The vehicle was also listed for sale under Mahindra Defense Systems{{cite web |url=http://www.mahindraworld.com/mahindras/mahindrdefencesystem/light_armoured.htm |title=Mahindra.com:Mahindra Defence System- Light Armoured Multi Role Vehicle |website=www.mahindraworld.com |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021218144341/http://www.mahindraworld.com/mahindras/mahindrdefencesystem/light_armoured.htm |archive-date=18 December 2002 |url-status=dead}} with plans to make the RAM MK3 under license for a future Indian military contract.https://www.ibef.org/download/Mahindra_&_Mahindra.pdf MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA History and Information

Operational history

File:5th Senegalese contingent to Mali trained with USMC in Thiès, 7 June 2017 15 (cropped).jpg, before its deployment to Mali in 2017.]]

The RAM Mk 3 was used in Chadian and Senegalese military operations. Chadian RAM Mk3s were used during the Chadian Civil War that ended in 2010 and during the 2013 Chadian intervention in Mali War.{{cite web |title= Tchad - Bilan de la débâcle du contingent tchadien au Mali : une véritable hécatombe|url= http://www.civox.net/Tchad-Bilan-de-la-debacle-du-contingent-tchadien-au-Mali-une-veritable-hecatombe_a2309.html|date=2013-03-05|website= Ndjamena-matin|language=fr|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303165405/http://www.civox.net/Tchad-Bilan-de-la-debacle-du-contingent-tchadien-au-Mali-une-veritable-hecatombe_a2309.html|archivedate=2016-03-03|accessdate=2020-07-01}}

Senegalese RAM Mk3s were deployed with UNOCI in Ivory Coast.{{cite web|title=Senegalese Ram Mk 3 vehicles break cover|url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/senegalese-ram-mk-3-vehicles-break-cover/?catid=50%3ALand&Itemid=105|date=5 February 2015}}

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.{{Cite web|url=http://defense-update.com/20120327_ram-mkiii-armored-vehicle-rough-and-tough.html|title=RAM MkIII – Rough and Tough|date=27 March 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/israel_israeli_wheeled_armoured_and_vehicle_uk/ram_mk3_mk_iii_at_nimrod_anti-tank_missile_data_sheet_specifications_description_pictures_video.html|title = RAM Mk3 MK III wheeled armored AT Nimrod anti-tank missile | Israel Israeli wheeled armoured and vehicle UK | Israeli Israel army military equipment UK| date=10 January 2019 }}

Users

File:RAM-2000 in the Vietnam People's Police service.jpeg

{{flag|Cameroon}}: 5 delivered in 2008 for the presidential guard{{cite web|first1=Jeremy |last1=Binnie|first2=Erwan|last2= de Cherisey|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170622123315/http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf|title= New-model African armies|publisher= Jane's|date= 2017|archive-date= 22 June 2017|url=http://www.janes.com/images/assets/520/71520/New-model_African_armies.pdf}}
{{flag|Chad}}: ~42 delivered in 2006-2008{{cite journal|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131215174232/http://www.nonproliferation.eu/documents/other/siemontwezeman4e9eb5e5806bd.pdf|archive-date=15 December 2013|title= Israeli arms transfers to sub-Saharan Africa|url=http://www.nonproliferation.eu/documents/other/siemontwezeman4e9eb5e5806bd.pdf|journal=SIPRI Background Paper|publisher=SIPRI|first=Siemon T. |last=Wezeman}}
{{flag|Botswana}}{{sfn|The Military Balance 2021|p=451}}
{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}: 2{{sfn|The Military Balance 2021|p=461}}
{{flag|Gabon}}: 7{{sfn|The Military Balance 2021|p=466}}
{{flag|Lesotho}}: 6 delivered in 2006
{{flag|Malawi}}: 8{{cite book|title=The Military Balance 2019|date=February 2019|publisher=International Institute for Strategic Studies|ref={{harvid|The Military Balance 2019}}|isbn=978-1857439885|page=477}}
{{flag|Morocco}}{{cite web |title=sipri |url=https://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php}}
{{flag|Peru}}: 7 delivered for Peruvian Naval Infantry in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/sitdef_2017_news_official_online_show_daily_coverage_report/ram_mk3_4x4_armored_iai_peruvian_naval_infantry_sitdef_11905172.html|title = RAM Mk3 4x4 armored IAI Peruvian Naval Infantry SITDEF 11905172 | SITDEF 2017 News Official Online Show Daily Coverage Report | Defence security military exhibition 2017 daily news category| date=19 May 2017 }}
{{flag|Senegal}}: 55, in service with Army and Gendarmerie{{sfn|The Military Balance 2019|p=486}}
{{flag|Vietnam}}: 150 vehicles ordered in 2006 and delivered in 2009; for usage by the Vietnam People's Public Security (especially the Mobile Police Command) {{cite web |title=Trade Registers |url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |website=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |accessdate=21 September 2018}}

References

{{cite book|title=The Military Balance 2021|date=February 2021|volume=121|isbn=9781032012278|publisher=Routledge|ref={{harvid|The Military Balance 2021}}|author=International Institute for Strategic Studies|author-link=International Institute for Strategic Studies}}