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"Mazinger" (Boxer)

Armored Truck Series

Specifications*

Country of Origin/Used by:	El Salvador
First Produced/Service Dates:	1977-1992**
Manufactured by:	Chassis: Magirus GmbH (Magirus-Deutz)***; Armor: Maestranza de la Fuerza Armada de El Salvador (FAES)
Crew:	2-18
Armament:	Usually one (1) pintle mounted light machine gun.
Engine:	8-Cylinder Diesel
Miscellaneous Info:	The "Boxer" Armored Trucks were built to be used as armored personnel carriers, convoy escort vehicles and fire support vehicles (FSV).  The vehicles used a number of trucks available to the Salvadoran military. Instead of calling them by their given name "Boxer", the troops named them "Mazinger" after a Japanese cartoon robot character.  The first trucks (and most numerous) converted were based upon the 7-ton Magirus-Deutz Jupiter Truck.  After those approximately 14 vehicles were built, two (2) the MAN 630L2AE 5-ton trucks were then constructed, one a crowd-control vehicle and the other an FSV. The FSV was fitted with a turret mounting the 20mm M55A2 Anti-Aircraft Artillery System and also armed with (2) 7.92mm HK21 Machine Guns and (2) 90mm M67 Recoilless Rifles. The next vehicle created used the International Harvester 1600 Loadmaster Dump Truck.  Subsequent "Mazingers" built used commercially available Ford, GMC and REO trucks. * The above Specifications cover the Magirus-Deutz Jupiter Truck as it was the most numerous of the "Mazingers". ** Although the "true" Mazingers were built and used during this period, a number of additional armored trucks were produced after that time. Although not built in the referenced time period and not officially named Mazinger, they were still referred to as such.  ***Other manufacturers were Ford Motor Company, General Motors Corporation, International Harvester Company, Maschinenfabrik Augsburg-Nurnberg (MAN SE) & REO Motor Car Company.
Data Sheet Available:	Mazinger Armored Truck Series Data Sheet by Julio Montes

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Mazinger (Civiliian GMC?) Armored Truck Photo	Salvadoran Army Press Office via Julio Montes - California, USA
Mazinger (International Harvester) Armored Dump Truck Photos	Salvadoran Army Communications & Protocol Directorate (COPREFA) via Julio Montes
Mazinger (Jupiter 7) Armored Truck Photos	Julio Montes
Mazinger (MAN 630) Armored Truck Photo	Salvadoran Army Communications & Protocol Directorate (COPREFA) via Julio Montes
Mazinger (MAN 630) Armored Truck Photo	Salvadoran Army Press Office via Julio Montes
Mazinger (REO M49) Anti-Riot Armored Truck Photo	Salvadoran Army Press Office via Julio Montes
Mazinger* (Jupiter 7) Armored Truck Photo	Julio Montes
Mazinger* (MAN 630) Armored Truck Photos	Julio Montes

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