Simba APC with standard one man .50 caliber MG turret. The Simba 4X4 APC was developed by GKN as a private venture and was adopted by the Philippines as it's new wheeled APC. A total of 150 were ordered with most being assembled from kits in Subic. Total cost of the deal was $46 million. GKN supplies many of the armored infantry vehicles used by the British Army, such as the Warrior MICV, the FV432 APC and the Saxon wheeled 4X4 APC. GKN has since merged with Alvis, the producers of the Scorpion series of light tanks and other armored vehicles.
PA Simbas are normally armed with the .50 caliber MG turret and are also sometimes seen with a pintle-mounted 40 mm automatic grenade launcher from CIS of Singapore.
Only the Philippines uses the Simba, though Malaysia did mention a passing interest in it at one point.
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Posted - 07/24/2010 : 10:58:22
