Libyan Military Toyota Technicals

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-1.

A fleet of Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 & HZJ79 technicals armed with ZPU-1, ZPU-2 & ZPU-4.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-1.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 & HZJ75 technicals with ZPU-2 and ZU-23-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technicals w/ZPU-2.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technicals w/ZPU-2.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 w/ZPU-2 and HZJ79 w/ZPU-4 technicals.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technicals w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-2.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 w/ZPU-2 and HZJ79 w/ZPU-1 technicals.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-4.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-4.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-4.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-4.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZPU-4.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/ZPU-4 and A Libyan HZJ75 w/ZPU-2 technicals.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/ZPU-4 and HZJ75 w/M40 106mm recoilless rifle.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technical w/ZU-23-2.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/ZPU-2 and HZJ79 w/ZU-23-2 technicals.

Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/ZPU-2, HZJ79 w/ZU-23-2 and HZJ75 w/Type 63 MRL technicals.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/M40 106mm recoilless rifle.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/M40 106mm recoilless rifle.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 w/M55A4B1 20mm guns.

Libyan Air Defense Forces Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/Strelets Igla-S manpads.

A Libyan Air Defense Forces Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/Strelets Igla-S manpads.

A Libyan Air Defense Forces Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/Strelets Igla-S manpads.

A Libyan Air Defense Forces Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 technicals.

A Libyan Mobile National Force convoy composed of Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79, HZJ75 w/M40 106mm recoilless rifle, HZJ79 w/ZPU-2 and HZJ79 w/ZPU-4.

A Libyan Mobile National Force convoy composed of Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79, HZJ75 w/M40 106mm recoilless rifle, HZJ79 w/ZPU-2 and HZJ79 w/ZPU-4.

A Libyan Mobile National Force convoy composed of Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ79 w/ZPU-2, HZJ75 w/ZPU-2, HZJ75 w/M55A4B1 and a Bravia Chaimite armed with an ATGM turret probably 9M113 Konkurs or an MRL.

A Libyan Mobile National Force convoy composed of Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 w/M55A4B1 and a Bravia Chaimite armed with an ATGM turret probably 9M113 Konkurs or an MRL.

A Libyan Mobile National Force convoy composed of Toyota Land Cruiser HZJ75 w/M55A4B1 and a Bravia Chaimite w/ATGM turret, Toyota Tundra w/ZPU-2 and a Jeep TJL w/M40 106mm recoilless rifle.

A Libyan Mobile National Force Toyota Tundra w/ZPU-2

Photo Source and Credits: Libyan Mobile National Force & General Staff Libyan Air Defense Forces official Facebook pages.

A Day with Panthers

On the 3rd of November an open day was held at the Lebanese Internal Security Forces Fouhoud Regiment barracks. The Fouhoud Regiment and the Rapid Intervention Regiment displayed their equipment to the visitors as well as live demos. Our correspondent in Lebanon grants us with some photos of this event:

Lebanese ISF V-200 Chaimite APCs of the Fouhoud Regiment in their barracks.

Lebanese ISF V-200 Chaimite APCs of the Rapid Intervention Regiment ready for the show.

A top view of the Lebanese ISF V-200 Chaimite APCs of the Rapid Intervention Regiment.

A turret close up of the Lebanese ISF V-200 Chaimite APCs of the Rapid Intervention Regiment.

A close up of the ISF VAB Mo of the Rapid Intervention Regiment during the open day.

An ISF VAB Mo and a JINO JRC-12000S riot control vehicle of the Rapid Intervention Regiment during the open day.

A Lebanese ISF JINO JRC-12000S riot control vehicle of the Rapid Intervention Regiment during the open day.

A close up of the Lebanese ISF JINO JRC-12000S riot control vehicle of the Rapid Intervention Regiment.

A close up of the Lebanese ISF JINO JRC-12000S riot control vehicle of the Rapid Intervention Regiment.

Photo Credits: Joe Bejjany

SMES 2011 (7): Fouhoud’s Chaimite in Action

The third and last live display held during SMES 2011 was performed by the ISF Fouhoud using their V-200 Chaimite in a fictional hostage liberation operation.

 

A Lebanese ISF V-200 Chaimite of the Fouhoud getting ready for the live display.

A Lebanese ISF Nissan pickup at the display.

A Lebanese ISF Heuliez PR10S used in the live display.

A Lebanese ISF Ford Expedition during the live display.

 

Photo Credits: Chadi RACHID

Chaimite in the 1980s

A Lebanese Internal Security Forces V-200 Chaimite in 1983, Beirut.

Two V-200 Chaimite of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces in the mid 80s. Note the two different colors used by the ISF back in those days.

Photo Source: ITALCON

Photos of the Day

Harley Davidson Road King police motorcycles donated by the Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs to the Lebanese Internal Security Forces at the U.S. Embassy Beirut, May 18, 2010.

Behind the Road Kings notice the 5 V-200 Chaimite and the Kamaz 4326 trucks

Source:  U.S. Department of State

Vehicle Profile: V-200 Chaimite

The V-200 Chaimite is an armoured personnel carrier (APC) built by the Portuguese company Bravia, based on the US made Cadillac Cage V-100 Commando. Following the refusal by the US government to provide armoured vehicles to the Portuguese Army in the sixties, Portugal began to develop its own APC in 1964 and delivered to the Portuguese Army in 1967. More than 600 of these APC were built.

The armoured steel hull of the Chaimite provides protection from small arms fire up to 7.62 mm NATO ammunition. In the basic version, this APC has an 11-man capacity, the crew consisting of 3 members. The driver sits towards the front of the vehicle with the second crew member, the commander, to his right. They are covered by a two-piece hatch that opens on the either side of the vehicle. Access is either by one of two doors (divided into two parts) positioned on each side of the vehicle or by one door on the rear.

The V-200 is equipped with a one-person designed turret built by Bravia : this turret has a single-piece hatch cover that opens to the rear. The armament depends on the variant: either two 7.62 mm machine guns, or two 5.56 mm machine guns or one 7.62 mm (0.30) and one .50 (12.7 mm) machine gun. This last option is the one used by the Lebanese Internal Security Forces.(ISF, Internal Security Forces, the Lebanese “gendarmerie”).

According the SIRPI (1), 30 V-200 Chaimite were delivered to Lebanon in 1973. Without clear photographic evidence, these vehicles were more probably delivered in the late 1970s or in 1980 (2). Obviously, at those dates, it was becoming urgent for the ISF to replace the armoured vehicles lost during the first battles of the war, as the Staghound armoured cars were captured and used in substantial numbers by the various militias. The Lebanese Chaimite served with the Force 16, the emergency unit of the ISF and was painted in a light bluish gray colour. They have been seen in action several times during the war, sometimes filmed by the press cameras of the world, like during the escort of the Lebanese Forces militia fighters leaving Zahle besieged by the Syrians in 1981.

More recently, as part of a security and assistance program launched in 2006 (3), 21 Chaimite have been refurbished by the United States. Originally powered by a petrol engine, these APCs were refitted with Mercedes diesels engine (4). The Lebanese V-200 are now operating within the special unit of the I.S.F., the Leopards (Al-Fohood) and the Rapid Intervention Regiment. They have been seen during the raids in Tripoli in May 2007, against buildings housing some militants of the Islamist group Fatah al-Islam.

(1) http://armstrade.sipri.org

(2) http://www.operacional.pt/chaimite-v-200-parte-i/

(3) http://lebanon.usembassy.gov

(4) Assaut number 43 : Alexandre Leblond, les forces spéciales libanaises, août 2009

Author: Mathieu Morant

Chaimite during the Lebanese Civil War:

A V-200 Chaimite used by the Guardians of the Cedars militia during the war of Zahleh in 1981, in Houche-el-Oumara (Thanks to S. Kassis for the info)

Chaimite in use with the Lebanese Internal Security Forces:

A Chaimite of the Fohood

Another Chaimite of the Fohood in Beirut

Same vehicle from another angle

A Chaimite of the Rapid Intervention Regiment in Sidon

A Chaimite of the Rapid Intervention Regiment in Tripoli

Same Vehicle, different angle