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Willys FAMAE Corvo

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Manufacturer
  
FAMAE / Willys

Class
  
Attack Vehicle

Successor
  
None

Production
  
1

Related
  
Willys MB

Willys FAMAE Corvo

The Willys FAMAE Corvo was an off-road multipurpose vehicle intended for use with the Chilean Armed Forces. Its chassis was originally from a Willys MB and was capable of carrying various types of mounted weapons such as a 106mm recoilless anti-tank launcher.

It was designed in 1977 by Fábricas y Meastranzas del Ejército (FAMAE), to address the shortage of military equipment in the country at this time. Unfortunately only a single prototype was produced for testing, which ended up for many years forgotten in a barn, after undergoing trials in desert conditions for several months.

A sales engineer, René Inostroza acquired and restored it. It has since been put on sale at a price of 2.5 million pesos.

References

Willys FAMAE Corvo Wikipedia