Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV)

The Armoured Multi-Purpose Vehicle, known as the AMPV, is a light armoured 4x4 vehicle developed as a joint venture between the German companies Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles and Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the German Army's Protected Command and Function Group 2 requirement. It is not related to the United States Army vehicle of the same abbreviation. Development began in 2007, a full-scale mockup was first shown at Eurosatory in 2008 and the German Army bought vehicles for extensive trials that ended in 2011. Body styling is by Porsche Design Studio, and the vehicle is built around a central armoured crew cell with a mine blast floor rather than on a commercial chassis. It is powered by a Steyr Motors M16 SCI diesel engine with an automatic ZF gearbox, and variants were offered for special forces, command and control, reconnaissance and internal security roles.