76. Paramount Marauder – Jordan

Manufacturer: Paramount Group
Primary Users: Jordanian Armed Forces, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Singapore
Cost: $485,000*
Produced by South Africa’s Paramount Group, the Marauder is a mine-protected, armored vehicle that was launched in Abu Dhabi during the Middle East’s largest arms exhibition. The recon vehicle is designed for urban, building-heavy, confined areas, and it comes in a 4×4 or 6×6 configuration.

Paramount Marauder @ghoulbasement / Twitter.com
The Marauder has found customers in the Jordanian Armed Forces, Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Singapore. The military vehicle’s payload allows for various weapons systems, including machine guns, cannon weapons, missile launchers, and control systems. The Marauder can be configured to allow mortars to be fired from the payload’s platform. It requires two to crew and can hold up to eight passengers.

77. Hagglunds Bandvagn 206 – Sweden

Manufacturer: BAE Global Combat Systems
Primary Users: Swedish Army
Cost: $4.81 million*
The Hagglunds Bandvagn 206 is currently in use by the Swedish Army. This military vehicle is an all-terrain, tracked articulated character. Hagglunds, which is a subsidiary of BAE, developed the vehicle, which has two units. The vehicle can carry seventeen passengers.

Hagglunds Bandvagn 206 ©Elena Odareeva / Shutterstock
Each of its trailer units can be adapted for various uses. The Bandvagn 206 started development in the seventies, and it took several years for the Swedish Defense Administration to authorize the vehicle for military use. It has an ambulance version, the 206A, which can carry stretchers in its rear compartment, making it combat- and medical-ready. The 206’s low ground pressure means it can cope with any number of difficult conditions.

78. Denel Casspir – South Africa

Manufacturer: Denel
Primary Users: South African Police
Cost: $300,000-$550,000*
The Casspir is an MRAP that has been used in South Africa by police and military forces since the eighties. The MRAP is a four-wheel-drive vehicle used to transport troops. The MRAP can hold two crewmembers and twelve additional soldiers, along with their equipment.

Denel Casspir @TimesLIVE / Twitter.com
The Casspir was extremely unique when it was first produced, and it helped the U.S. Marines develop guidelines for what they wanted from their new, contemporary Mine-Resistant Ambush Protected Vehicles. The Casspir’s unique feature was that it allowed for passive mine defense, as the vehicle’s steel body was hoisted high off the ground, protecting occupants in the event of a detonation.

79. Hatehof Wolf – Israel

Manufacturer: Carmor (Hatehof)
Primary Users: Israel Defense Forces
Cost: Unknown
The Israel Defense Forces came up with the idea for the Hatehof (then Carmor) Wolf when they realized they needed to upgrade to a vehicle better-equipped for transporting soldiers during missions in urban environments. The IMD ordered 150 Wolf Armored Vehicles for urban combat.

Hatehof Wolf @jakartagreater / Pinterest
The Wolf handles and protects better than the Bardelas M113, providing the IDF with a much-needed upgrade. The Wolf has a truck’s speed and maneuverability, as well as APC armor. These qualities are all necessary when involved in low-intensity confrontation. The Wolf’s chassis is actually based on the chassis of a Ford F-550 pickup truck, and it has a V8 under the hood.

80. SA-8 Gecko – Russia

Manufacturer: P.M. Chukadov 
Primary Users: Middle Eastern Militaries, Russian Army
Cost: $48.44 million-$60.55 million*
The 9K33 Osa has the NATO reporting name “SA-8 Gecko.” The Gecko is a low-altitude, high-mobility, short-range surface-to-air missile system. The Soviets developed the Gecko in the sixties, and it was fielded in the early 1970s. Exporters know it as Romb.

SA-8 Gecko ©Miraleks / Shutterstock
The Gecko was the first of its kind. It was a novel air defense missile system, which incorporated engagement radars onto a single vehicle. The Gecko weighs 17.5 tons, and it requires a crew of five soldiers to man. The vehicles were almost all produced at the Znamya Truda Plant. 1,200 rolled off the line until 1988, when production ceased near the end of the Soviet Union.

81. Komatsu LAV – Japan

Manufacturer: Komatsu
Primary Users: Japan Self-Defense Force
Cost: $270,000*
The Japan Self-Defense Force exclusively uses the Komatsu, a light armored vehicle that first rolled off the line in 2002. The Komatsu LAV (factory designation: KU50W) is similar to the Panhard VBL, which the French Army uses, but the Komatsu LAV differs because it has four doors and a much larger cabin, which is used to carry soldiers.

Komatsu LAV ©Hunini / Wikimedia.org
The KLAV first appeared in Kuwait, when the JGSDF deployed the vehicle to Samawah, Iraq for humanitarian operations. The KLAV was chosen over the Toyota High Mobility Vehicles, as well as the Mitsubishi Light Trucks, as neither provided protection from small arms fire.

82. NORINCO Type 92 – China

Manufacturer: Norinco
Primary Users: People’s Liberation Army (China)
Cost: Unknown
The Norinco Type 92, also known as the WZ-551, is a wheeled personnel carrier that is armed to the teeth. The 92 actually covers two different types of vehicles, both of which are used by the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. The 92 first appeared in the mid-eighties.

NORINCO Type 92 @PromoterBoxing / Twitter.com
However, the first versions did not impress the Chinese military, who had to modify the design to improve the chassis. The new and improved 92 entered military service nearly a decade later in 1995. The fully amphibious vehicle can be driven in the water using shrouded propellers. The platform in the Type 92 is the same one found on the Mercedes-Benz 2026 truck.

83. ERC 90 Sagaie – France

Manufacturer: Panhard
Primary Users: French Armed Forces
Cost: $333,016* (Hull Cost)
The ERC 90 Sagaie, made by Panhard, is a six-wheeled armored car in service with the French military. The ERC is NBC-proof, highly mobile, and amphibious. Many different models of the 90 were tested, but only two entered production: the Sagaie and the Lynx.

ERC 90 Sagaie @Raphal89032561 / Twitter.com
The main difference between the Lynx and Sagaie is the turret, as well as the 90mm gun that is fitted. Sagaie is the French word for “assegai,” which is a type of African spear. The Sagaie has been around since 1975, and several hundred of these 8.3-ton vehicles have been built. The Sagaie vehicles are a common sight at French military parades.

84. Nurol Edjer Yalcin – Turkey

Manufacturer: Nurol Makina
Primary Users: Hungarian, Senegalese, Moroccan, Tunisian, Turkish, Uzbekistani, and Qatari Armed Forces
Cost: $600,000*
The Nurol Edjer Yalcin is part of a family of armored vehicles that have been produced by Nurol Makina, a Turkish military company. “Edjer” means “Dragon” in Turkish. The Nurol Edjer Yalcin is the brand’s 4×4 armored combat vehicle. The vehicle is newer than many of those on the list, as mass production began in 2014.

Nurol Edjer Yalcin @webteknocom / Pinterest
The Yalcin has a V-shaped hull, which integrates blast mitigation seating and floating floor plates, which protect against IEDs and mines. The Yalcin can fit up to eleven people, and it can carry a payload of four tons. The Yalcin was studied and in development for two years before Turkey approved it for production.

85. Nexter SERVAL – France

Manufacturer: Nexter and Texelis
Primary Users: French Armed Forces
Cost: $1.21 million*
The SERVAL is a newer vehicle, and it was developed by Nexter and Texelis, two companies who were notified in late 2020 by the French military that they had been selected for a new armored vehicle. The SERVAL is a fifteen-ton, multi-role armored vehicle that is similar to the SCORPION in many ways, though it has a lot of new features.

Nexter SERVAL @DefenceDatabase / Pinterest
It has the SCORPION’s electronic core and SICS, but it is even more flexible, with a greater payload. The SERVAL is intended to complement the GRIFFON in combat zones. Nexter and Texelis are still undergoing testing for this armored vehicle, and the first 364 SERVALs were ordered in January of 2021.

86. Pereh – Israel

Manufacturer: Rafael Advanced Defense Systems
Primary Users: Israel Defense Forces
Cost: Unknown
The Israel Defense Forces also use the Pereh, which is a guided missile carrier that is disguised as a tank. The vehicle has been around since the 1980s, but it was kept under strict classification until June 2015, when the Pereh was declassified.

Pereh @u/patriot-renegade / Reddit.com
The tank destroyer has the same hull as the Magach 5, but it has an enlarged turret with twelve Spike missiles in a missile launcher at its rear. The launcher is camouflaged as a turret bustle. The Pereh has been involved in pretty much every single Israeli military operation in the past three decades, though the vehicle has been photographed very few times.

87. Otokar Cobra – Turkey

Manufacturer: Otokar
Primary Users: Turkish Armed Forces
Cost: $600,000*
The Cobra is one of a family of Otokar military vehicles, which are used by the Turkish Armed Forces. The Cobra has a monocoque steel V-shaped hull that protects against artillery shell shrapnel, small arms fire, and, to some extent, against tank mines, IEDs, and anti-personnel mines. The front wheel arches of the Cobra are designed to dissipate in an explosion, freeing blast pockets.

Otokar Cobra @DefenseDtb / Twitter.com
The armored vehicle is nothing to mess with. In 2016, footage of an attempted attack against a Otokar Cobra went viral when the Cobra survived a direct hit from an RPG. The crew inside was completely unharmed.