The Eland is an air portable light armoured car based on the Panhard AML. Designed and built by South Africa for long-range reconnaissance it mounts either a 60mm breech-loading mortar or a GIAT 90mm gun on a very compact chassis.
height (cm)
2.5
length (km)
5.12
weight (kg)
6e+06
width (mm)
2.01
origin
South Africa
type
Armored car (military)
used in war
Southern African Development Community intervention in Lesotho, Namibian War of Independence, Western Sahara War, Northern Mali conflict, Rhodesian Bush War, Angolan Civil War, Second Congo War, Chadian Civil War (2005–10), Bophuthatswana coup d'état of 1994, South African Border War
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