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Panhard AML-90 Armored Car

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	France (and many others including Argentina, Chad, Djibouti, Ecuador, El Salvador, Gabon, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Spain, Tunisia, Yemen and Zaire).
First Produced/Service Dates:	1961
Manufactured by:	Hull/Vehicle Construction: Panhard; Turret: Compagnie Normande de Mechanique de Precision (CNMP) Berthiez Corporation
Crew:	3
Armament:	Main: 90mm Cannon (DEFA D921/CN90F1); Co-axial: 7.5mm (AAT Mle 52) or 7.62mm (AANF-1) Machine Gun
Engine:	4-Cylinder Gasoline (Panhard 4HD); An optional Diesel engine (Peugeot XD-3T) was offered later in 1980.
Miscellaneous Info:	The Auto Mitrailleuse Le'gere' (AML) 90 Armored Car (Manufacturer's Code: AML-245C) is almost identical to both the related AML-20 and AML-60 vehicles. They all differ mainly by the turrets/weapons mounted on each.  In addition, the above variants of the AML also share many of the same parts/components as the M3 APC. As the AML-90 was used for many years, upgrades and changes were sometimes made to the vehicles. One notable upgrade was the AML-90D Lynx turret.  The new turret was equipped with a laser rangefinder, night-vision capaability and powered traverse and elevation  Also a new, raised commander's cupola was added.  Finally, athough not an official variant, the South African produced Eland Armored Car Series was based upon the AML design as well.
Data Sheet Available:	None Available

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
AML-90 Photos (Taken at The Tank Museum -  Bovington, UK)	Major (Retired) Don Allen - Orleans, Ontario Canada
AML-90 Photos	The Massimo Foti Collection
AML-90 Photos (Taken in the 1990's at the Tank Museum - Kubinka, Russia)	Christophe Jacquemont
AML-90 Photos	Keith Paget - Northampton, UK
AML-90 Photos (Taken at The Tank Museum -  Bovington, UK)	Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK
Iraqi AML-90 Photos (Circa 1991)	US Department of Defense via Mark Holloway, Beatty, Nevada USA
Iraqi AML-90 Photo (Circa 1991)	US National Archives
IDF AML-90 Photos (Latrun)	Rob Goldman - Kfar Saba, Israel
Irish AML-90 Photos (Taken at 2005 Irish Army "Shoot")	Anonymous Irish WarWheels Supporter
Irish AML-90 Photos	Kieran Flynn - Ireland
Irish AML-90 Photo	Irish Department of Defence
Irish AML-90 Photos	Roy Kinsella - Dublin, Ireland
Salvadoran AML-90 Photos	Julio Montes - California USA
United Nations AML-90 Photos (Taken at Musee' des Blindes - Saumur, France)	Christophe Jacquemont
AML-60 and 90 Photo (Niger)	US National Archives

References Available

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Printed

Reference	Author
"An Argentine Panhard" May 2022 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	Barrimore England-Davis
"Argentine Panhards at War" (June 2012 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine)	Santiago Rivas
Armored Fighting Vehicles of El Salvador: Museum Ordnance Special Number 7  (Darlington Publications)	David Spencer
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars	Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
"French Four-Wheeled Flair" (May Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	David Garden
Irish Army Vehicles: Transport and Armour Since 1922	Karl Martin
Jane's AFV Recognition Handbook (2nd Edition)	Christopher F. Foss
Landing Zone Lebanon: UNIFIL 2006 (Blue Steel Books)	Moustafa Assad
Mexican and Central American Armor (Darlington Publications)	Julio Montes
"Packing a Punch" (October 2019 Issue of Airfix Model World Magazine (A build of the 1/35 Takom Panhard AML-90 Model Kit)	Joe Turner
Panhard Armoured Car: 1961 Onwards (AML 60, AML 90 and Eland) (Haynes Publishing)	Simon Dunstan
Panhard Armoured Cars - AFV Weapons Profile #39	R.M. Ogorkiewicz
Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles In Service	B.T. White
UNITAF In Somalia: Vehicles of Restore Hope Forces - Concord Publications	Barry Beldam

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