Designation: | KM900 |
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Manufacturer: | Doosan Infracore Co. LTD - DI | |
Product type: | Armoured Vehicles | |
Name: | Wheeled armoured personnel carrier |
KM900 is light armored vehicle, which is produced in South Korea under an Italian license and is a variant of the Fiat 6614 4x4 armored personnel carrier. The vehicle is in service with the South Korean army.
The KM900 is armed with one 12.7-mm or 7.62-mm machine gun mounted over commanders cupola.
Armor of the APC provides protection against small arms fire and artillery shell splinters.
Passengers enter and leave the vehicle via a rear powered ramp or two roof hatches. There are firing ports with vision blocks provided for the troops.
Vehicle is fully amphibious and on water propulsion is provided by the road wheels.
During it's service history vehicle was improved and Koreans introduced their own variant, known as the KM901. It's versions include an armored ambulance, mortar carriers and command vehicles.
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