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NZLAV with 25mm gun turret

The New Zealand army is buying 105 LAVs (Light Armored Vehicles) from General Dynamics Land Systems. This wheeled armored vehicle is based on the Piranha III LAV long used by the U.S. Marines, and later adopted by the US Army as the Stryker. This vehicle was designed Mowag of Switzerland, a company now owned by General Dynamics. In some ways the New Zealand LAV is an improvement on the Stryker LAV, with many small, but important, improvements. All 105 of the New Zealand vehicles will have a turret with a 25mm automatic cannon and have room in the back for ten troops. Seven LAVs will be equipped for engineer work and three used as recovery vehicles. The 14 ton, 8x8 vehicle has a maximum road speed of 100 kilometers an hour.

The turret is made in Australia in a General Dynamics/General Motors plant near Adelaide.

Cheers for that. What seems to be the only good idea that occurred during the tendering process was that fire support and troop transport was to be combined in one vehicle - hence the 25mm. The old doctrine relied on the Scorpion recon tank in combination with the M-113 - but the Scorp's been out of service for some time.

The best idea that never happened during the tender was to scrap the whole idea of a new purchase and go the way the Aussies did - upgrade the M-113 as an interim measure, until a suitable vehicle was built (i.e. with tracks!)