The Finnish Patria Armoured Modular Vehicle System (AMV) 8x8I is in serial production and over 200 vehicles have been delivered.
It has been selected by Croatia, Finland, Poland, Slovenia, South Africa and recently the UAE. Patria Vehicles has manufactured uninterruptedly more than 1200 XA-series armoured wheeled vehicles in many different versions.
Serial deliveries of the Patria AMV 8x8 began in 2004 and will continue to 2013.
The Infantry Fighting Vehicle variant is fitted with a two-man turret. The first prototype vehicle, designated AMV P2, has been tested by the Finnish Defence Forces.
The AMV 8x8 P2 is fitted with a GDLS CTC LAV 30mm turret.
The LAV 30 turret is fitted with ATK Bushmaster 30mm cannon, a 7.62mm co-axial machine gun and day and night sights. The vehicle is fully amphibious.
The Patria AMV 8x8 APC version is fitted with the Patria PML 127 OWS turret for 12.7mm heavy machine gun.
The PML 127 OWS turret has electro-hydraulic drives with 360° traverse and -8° to +48° elevation.
The gunner has a Zeiss PERI-Z16A1 sight and NAE 200 day/night periscopic sight with GEN II+ image intensifier. ACCD / thermal camera is optional.