Kader Walid

Kader Walid APC (Egypt)

KEY RECOGNITION FEATURES

• Fully enclosed engine compartment front with horizontal armoured grille to protect radiator, troop compartment rear with vertical sides and rear with sides sloping slightly inwards, three circular firing ports each side

• Commander's and driver's doors open forwards, rear door with spare wheel and tyre open to left, firing port each side

• Similar in appearance to former Soviet BTR-40 (4x4) APC but Walid is larger with rear wheel arches straight rather than curved, as in BTR40

SPECIFICATIONS

Crew: Configuration: Armament: Ammunition: Length: Width: Height: Ground clearance: Wheelbase: Weight, combat: Weight, empty: Power-to-weight ratio: Engine: Maximum road speed: Maximum range: Fuel capacity: Fording: Vertical obstacle: Trench: Gradient: Side slope: Armour: Armour type: NBC system: Night vision equipment: 2+8/10 4x4 1 x 7.62mm MG 1,000 x 7.62mm 6.12m 2.57m 2.3m 0.4m Not available 12,000kg (estimate) 9,200kg (estimate) 14hp/tonne (estimate) 168hp diesel 86km/hr 800km Not available 0.8m (estimate) 0.5m (estimate) Not applicable 60% 30% 8mm (maximum) (estimate) Steel None None

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DEVELOPMENT

Walid (4x4) was developed in the 1960s and used for the first time in the 1967 Middle East campaign. Consists of a German Magirus Deutz chassis made in Egypt and fitted with opentopped armoured body. Walid 2 was introduced in 1981 and is based on Mercedes-Benz automotive components. It has now been succeeded in production by Fahd (4x4) APC (qv).

Commander and gunner sit to rear of engine, troop compartment at rear, 7.62mm MG normally mounted on forward part of hull roof firing forwards. Additional weapons can be mounted round top of hull. Walid has no amphibious capability and no central tyre pressure regulation system.

VARIANTS

Only known variants are minelayer with ramp at rear for laying mines on surface, and multiple rocket launcher with 12 rockets in ready-to-launch position. The latter has 12 80mm D-3000 rockets with a maximum range of 2,500m. There is also a six round version with six 122mm D-6000 smoke rockets with a maximum range of 6000m.

STATUS

Production complete. In service with Burundi, Israel, Sudan and Yemen.

MANUFACTURER

Kader Factory, Cairo, Egypt.

Above Left: Walid with launcher for smoke rockets (Egyptian Army)

Above: Walid in mine-laying role with doors open (Christopher F Foss)

Left: Walid