The RG-32 Scout is a family of mine-resistant 4×4 light armoured vehicles made by

BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa BAE Systems Land Systems South Africa is a South African defence company and a subsidiary of BAE Systems Land Systems, itself part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments. Land Systems South Africa is organised into three divisions: Land Systems OM ...

(formerly

Land Systems OMC Land Systems OMC is a South African company that produces a range of armoured vehicles which have been successfully exported and are in service with, amongst others, the U.S., Canadian and South African militaries. It is a division of Denel SOC LT ...

) in

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

. It is based on the RG-31, which is already deployed worldwide with

peace-keeping Peacekeeping comprises activities intended to create conditions that favour lasting peace. Research generally finds that peacekeeping reduces civilian and battlefield deaths, as well as reduces the risk of renewed warfare. Within the United N ...

, security and combat forces. The combat weight of the vehicle is about 7,300 kg and it has the capacity to carry a crew of 5 to 7. The vehicle crew is protected against 5.56×45mm NATO ball

ammunition Ammunition (informally ammo) is the material fired, scattered, dropped, or detonated from any weapon or weapon system. Ammunition is both expendable weapons (e.g., bombs, missiles, grenades, land mines) and the component parts of other weap ...

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s, firebombs,

anti-personnel mine Anti-personnel mines are a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles. Anti-personnel mines may be classified into blast mines or fragmentation mines; the latter may ...

s and side blasts. The five-seat version also offers protection against

anti-tank mine An anti-tank mine (abbreviated to "AT mine") is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored fighting vehicles. Compared to anti-personnel mines, anti-tank mines typically have a much larger explosive c ...

s and side blasts. Up to two RG-32Ms can be transported in a

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cargo aircraft. The latest development of this vehicle is the RG-32M Galten (Swedish for "The Boar" or "The Hog"). The RG-32M has undergone "winterisation" modifications in

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; the RG-32M has been used in environments ranging from 49 °C (120 °F) in the deserts of

Africa Africa is the world's second-largest and second-most populous continent, after Asia in both cases. At about 30.3 million km2 (11.7 million square miles) including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of Earth's total surface area ...

and the

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to −35 °C (-31 °F) in parts of Sweden.

Production history

Variants

* RG-32M Standard (Driver + 4) * RG-32M Full armour (Driver + 8) * RG-32M LTV Light Tactical Vehicle

Operators

More than 800 RG-32 vehicles are in service worldwide, including with:

Current operators

* — 180 * — 74 To be replaced by

Sisu GTP The Sisu GTP is a Finnish made four-wheeled, modular mine-resistant ambush protected armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed for the Finnish Defence Forces as a possible replacement or complement for its XA-180-series vehicles. The first versi ...

in the near future. * * — 27

RG Outrider The RG Outrider, also known by its original designation RG-32M Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV), is a 4x4 multi-purpose mine-protected armoured personnel carrier (APC) manufactured by BAE Systems of South Africa. It was first introduced in early 200 ...

* - 8 * — Operated in limited numbers, potential replacement for ageing fleet of

BRDM-2 The BRDM-2 (''Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina'', Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally "Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle") is an amphibious armoured scout car used by states that we ...

currently in service. *-400 * — 380 *

Civilian operators

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Used by the

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SWAT Teams, and by various local police forces

References

External links

BAE OMC RG-32 Scout (Armoured Patrol Vehicle Alternative)
at Canadian American Strategic Review {{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 BAE Systems land vehicles Armoured personnel carriers of South Africa Military light utility vehicles