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General
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Jeep®
Government & Military Sales (JGMS) has been
appointed by Chrysler International Corporation
as the global distributor for Jeep J8 vehicles and
after sales support into Government and Military
agencies worldwide.
The Jeep J8 is a light 4 x 4 military platform which
is manufactured by Chrysler LLC and builds upon
the military heritage of the Jeep branch which has
been in continual military service since WWII.
The standard Jeep Wrangler JK has been utilised
as the base vehicle and has been upgraded to increase
braking, payload capacity and ruggedness. This upgrade
programme has further enhanced product's capability
and flexibility; in many cases in excess of other
available platforms.
One new version, of the Jeep® J8, is the JGMS
J8 light patrol vehicle. The Light Patrol Vehicle
(LPV) draws upon the Jeep heritage and a whole family
of vehicles that have fulfilled the light patrol
role over many decades to create a functional and
flexible specification. The Jeep J8 LPV can carried
3 soldiers fully equipped.
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Variants
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No variants.
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Armament |
The
Jeep J8 LPV is equipped with a rear traversing
ring with folding buffered mount for 7.62
mm machine gun, 12,7 mm machine gun, or
40 mm grenade launcher with universal ammo
tin holders. At the front, the the seat
commander is equipped with swing arm for
7.62 machine gun with buffered weapon mount.
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Design
and protection |
The
Jeep J8 LPV is a tactical 3 man patrol vehicle
which offers crew accommodation, weapon
mounting system and storage for fuel, ammunition,
weapons, mission equipment and communication
equipment. The vehicle can be fitted with
either permanent or removable armour systems
and is air-transportable by a variety of
military helicopter or planes. As a fast
attack vehicle, the Jeep J8 LPV is equipped
with robust tubular roll over protection
system integrated into the vehicle chassis.
The driver and the commander have a half
door with removable upper sections, and
the back side of the vehicle has fully removable
soft top.
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Propulsion |
The Jeep J8 vehicle is powered by a VM Motori
2.8 Panther Turbo Diesel, coupled to an
automatic transmission Chrysler 5 speed
with overdrive. |
Accessories |
The Jeep
J8 Light Patrol Vehicle options
are, additional driving lamps and
military vehicle black-out system
with IR if required, electric winch,
sand channels, vehicle jack, and
wire cutter. |
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Specifications |
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Armament |
Machine
gun of 7.62 or 12,7 mm caliber,
or 40 mm grenade launcher. |
Country
Producer |
United
States |
Designer
Company |
Jeep®
Chrysler
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Accessories |
In
option : armour kit,driving
lamp and military black-out
system with IR, tools. |
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Armor |
Armor
protection kit in option |
Weight |
2,019
kg |
Speed |
km/h |
Range |
km
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