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Nimer 1

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Place of origin
  
Oman

Length
  
54.8m

Height
  
20.9

Weight
  
5000 kg (gross)

Width
  
20.6

Type
  
armoured personnel carrier

The Nimer-1 (Arabic: Tiger), a wheeled armoured personnel carrier, is the first indigenous fighting vehicle made by Oman and is built by Engine Engineering Company LLC. An order for 6 armoured 4×4 vehicle has been tendered by the Royal Bahraini Army. The company is marketing these vehicles to police forces, foreign armies for border patrol or for riot control.

Contents

The exterior views suggest it employs a V-hull design.

Variants

Nimer-2 is a full armoured and slightly smaller variant of the Nimer-1. It uses Level B6 armour plating.

Operators

  • Nimer-2 - Bahrain Defense Force HQ
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  • References

    Nimer-1 Wikipedia