NIMR
NIMR AJBAN 440A
TypeInfantry Mobility Vehicle
Place of originUnited Arab Emirates
Service history
Used bySee Operators
WarsOperation Decisive Storm
Libyan Civil War (2014)
Production history
Produced2005–present
No. built>1,765 UAE Army
Specifications
Crew2
Passengers6
Main
armament
M2 Browning machine gun
TransmissionAllison MD 3060 - 6-speed Automatic Transmission

The Nimr (Arabic: نمر, romanized: Nimr, lit. 'Tiger') is a family of all-terrain military armored personnel carrier (APC) vehicles, co-developed with Military Industrial Company and produced by Nimr LLC in the United Arab Emirates. The Nimr is designed specifically for military operations in the harsh desert climates found in the Middle East.[1]

Development

The Nimr is a multipurpose vehicle intended to address the requirements for replacement of existing 4×4 armored personnel carrier, primarily in the Middle East and Asia.[2]

Production of the first prototype of Nimr vehicles was conducted by engineers from a subsidiary of GAZ and the first prototype of the vehicles was introduced in 2000. Further development was undertaken by Bin Jabr Group which teamed up with Rheinmetall and MBDA to incorporate air defense and anti tank defense mechanisms called NIMRAD and NIMRAT.[3] The first Nimr vehicle was unveiled to the public in IDEX 2007.[3]

In February 2009, Bin Jabr group and Tawazun Holdings set up a joint venture to produce the vehicle which was called Nimr Automotive LLC.[3]

The production facilities are located in the Tawazun Industrial Park in Abu Dhabi.[citation needed]

In July 2012, Algeria and the United Arab Emirates signed an agreement for production of the armored vehicle in Algeria for the North African market.[4]

Types

Lebanese Armed Forces NIMR II, an earlier variant of the NIMR vehicles.

AJBAN

  • AJBAN 440A (Equipped with anti-tank guided missiles)
  • AJBAN 447A

HAFEET

  • HAFEET 620A Logistics and Utility Vehicle
  • HAFEET 640A Artillery Support Vehicle (Observation and Command & Control configurations)
A damaged 4x4 NIMR JAIS restored from Saudi-led intervention in Yemen on display in IDEX 2017 with the caption of "NIMR saves lives".

JAIS

  • JAIS 4x4
  • JAIS 6x6

Operators

Map with Nimr operators in blue

Potential operators

References

  1. ^ "From 150 degrees to 26 below: NIMR pushes all-terrain vehicle testing to the brink". DefenseNews.com. 10 August 2017. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  2. ^ "NIMR Automotive". Army-technology.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  3. ^ a b c "NIMR Wheeled Armoured Military Vehicles". army-technology.com. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 1 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Algeria, UAE to jointly manufacture armoured vehicles". arabiangazette.com. 24 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  5. ^ "Tawazun inks JV for Nimr manufacturing in Algeria". Khaleej Times. July 29, 2012. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  6. ^ a b The Report: Abu Dhabi 2014. Oxford Business Group. 2014. ISBN 9781907065972. Archived from the original on 2018-09-30. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  7. ^ "Libya has taken delivery of 49 NIMR". army-recognition.com. Archived from the original on 14 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  8. ^ Helou, Agnes (2021-02-22). "Saudi, Emirati defense conglomerates cut deal for military vehicle production". Defense News. Retrieved 2022-03-05.
  9. ^ Valpolini, Paolo (23 February 2019). "IDEX 2019: Yugoimport, from ALAS to RALAS". EDR Online. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
  10. ^ "From Conflict to Conflict: Sudan's Fighting Vehicles".
  11. ^ "UAE's NIMR to supply Turkmenistan with military vehicles". Arabian Business. 6 November 2017. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  12. ^ Dania Saadi (February 23, 2017). "Idex 2017: Nimr wins contract to supply armoured vehicles to UAE Armed Forces". The National. Archived from the original on 30 September 2018. Retrieved 30 September 2018.
  13. ^ "New Czech vehicle requirement presents opportunity for NIMR". Quwa. 5 March 2017. Retrieved 1 November 2019.

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