The Malaysian Army has taken delivery of the first 12 vehicles AV8 in armoured Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) variant. These 12 new vehicles are the first of the 257 units in twelve variants which will be delivered to the Malaysian Armed, developed and manufactured by the Defense Company Deftech in Malaysia.
The group managing director of Deftech, Mister Tan Sri Mohd Khamil Jamil officially handed over the vehicles to the Malaysian Army Chief General Tan Sri Raja Mohamed Affandi Raja Mohamed Noor.
The 12 vehicles were designed, developed and manufactured by Deftech this year. Malaysian army will take delivery of 67 additional vehicles during next year. In the Malyasian army the vehicle will be named "Gempita".
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