Walid (armored personnel carrier)
Encyclopedia
The Walid is a wheeled armored personnel carrier based on the BTR-152
and the BTR-40
, built by the Arab Organization for Industrialization
(AOI). It was used by Egypt
during the 1967 war with Israel.
truck chassis with an Egyptian built armored body. The body was open-topped but fully enclosed versions were available. The open top versions have a canvas cover. The commander has a weapon mount, and others can be positioned along the edges of the roof along the hull sides and rear. The hull has a door on each side of the cab and one door in the rear of the hull. There are also three firing ports on each side of the hull. The Walid has no NBC or night vision system.
Self-propelled wheeled multiple-rocket launcher manned by a crew of two and armed with either six or twelve 80 mm rocket-launcher tubes (depending upon model).
, Iraq
, Sudan
, and Yemen
where it was mostly used for internal security
and riot control
. Egypt primarily used it for reconnaissance
.
Israel captured some and used them for desert patrol/reconnaissance.
BTR-152
The BTR-152 was a non-amphibious Soviet wheeled armored personnel carrier that entered Soviet service in 1950. By the early 1970s it had been replaced in the infantry vehicle role by the BTR-60...
and the BTR-40
BTR-40
The BTR-40 is a Soviet non-amphibious, wheeled armoured personnel carrier and reconnaissance vehicle. It is often referred to as the Sorokovka in Soviet service. It is also the first mass-produced Soviet APC...
, built by the Arab Organization for Industrialization
Arab Organization for Industrialization
The Arab Organization for Industrialization is an Egypt-based Arab military organisation established in 1975 by Egypt, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates to supervise the collective development of the Arab defence industry. Following a gradual deterioration in relations between the...
(AOI). It was used by Egypt
Egypt
Egypt , officially the Arab Republic of Egypt, Arabic: , is a country mainly in North Africa, with the Sinai Peninsula forming a land bridge in Southwest Asia. Egypt is thus a transcontinental country, and a major power in Africa, the Mediterranean Basin, the Middle East and the Muslim world...
during the 1967 war with Israel.
Description
The vehicle consists of a German UNIMOGUnimog
Unimog is a range of multi-purpose auto four wheel drive medium trucks produced by Mercedes-Benz, a division of Daimler AG. The name Unimog is pronounced in German and is an acronym for the German "UNIversal-MOtor-Gerät", Gerät being the German word for machine or device...
truck chassis with an Egyptian built armored body. The body was open-topped but fully enclosed versions were available. The open top versions have a canvas cover. The commander has a weapon mount, and others can be positioned along the edges of the roof along the hull sides and rear. The hull has a door on each side of the cab and one door in the rear of the hull. There are also three firing ports on each side of the hull. The Walid has no NBC or night vision system.
Variants
Command Vehicle - basic APC but with extra radiosSelf-propelled wheeled multiple-rocket launcher manned by a crew of two and armed with either six or twelve 80 mm rocket-launcher tubes (depending upon model).
Users
The Walid has been supplied to BurundiBurundi
Burundi , officially the Republic of Burundi , is a landlocked country in the Great Lakes region of Eastern Africa bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and south, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west. Its capital is Bujumbura...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
, Sudan
Sudan
Sudan , officially the Republic of the Sudan , is a country in North Africa, sometimes considered part of the Middle East politically. It is bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Republic to the...
, and Yemen
Yemen
The Republic of Yemen , commonly known as Yemen , is a country located in the Middle East, occupying the southwestern to southern end of the Arabian Peninsula. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to the north, the Red Sea to the west, and Oman to the east....
where it was mostly used for internal security
Internal security
Internal security, or IS, is the act of keeping peace within the borders of a sovereign state or other self-governing territories. generally by upholding the national law and defending against internal security threats...
and riot control
Riot control
Riot control refers to the measures used by police, military, or other security forces to control, disperse, and arrest civilians who are involved in a riot, demonstration, or protest. Law enforcement officers or soldiers have long used non-lethal weapons such as batons and whips to disperse crowds...
. Egypt primarily used it for reconnaissance
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....
.
Israel captured some and used them for desert patrol/reconnaissance.
Operators
- 6 were ordered in 1981 from Egypt and delivered in 1982. Currently 6 Walids are in service. - Currently 650 are in service.Former operators
– 20 delivered in 1978. – 100 were ordered in 1979 and delivered in 1980. - 20 were ordered in 1974 and delivered in 1975. - 60 were delivered in 1981. 44 were delivered from Egypt in 1986.Specifications
- Configuration: 4 x 4
- Manufacturer: AOI Kader Factory, Cairo, Egypt
- Crew: 2 + 10
- Armament: 1 x 7.62 mm PKMPkmPkm or PKM indicates the following:* Passenger-kilometre or pkm is a unit of passenger transportation quantity* Personal knowledge management* PK machine gun* PKMzeta* Parallel Kinematics Machine* Short for Pokémon...
MG - Ammunition: 1,000 x 7.62 mm
- Length: 6.12 m
- Width: 2.57 m
- Height: 2.3 m
- Ground Clearance: 0.4 m
- Weight (Combat): 12,000 kg
- Weight (Empty): 9,200 kg
- Power To Weight Ratio: 14 hp/t
- Engine: 168 hp Deutz AGDeutz AGDeutz AG is an engine manufacturer, based in Cologne, Germany.-History:The company was founded by Nikolaus Otto, inventor of the four-stroke internal combustion engine, in 1864 as N. A...
diesel - Maximum Road Speed: 86 km/h
- Maximum Range: 800 km
- Fording: 0.8 m
- Vertical slope: 0.5 m
- Gradient: 60 %
- Side Slope: 30 %
- Armour: 8 mm steel