{{Infobox weapon | name=Condor APC | image= Malaysian Condor.jpg | image_size = 300 | caption=A Condor of the Malaysian Army. |origin=Germany |type=Armoured personnel carrier |is_vehicle=yes |service= |used_by= |wars= Kurdish-Turkish conflict<br />Somali Civil War | length=6.13 m<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/> | width=2.47 m<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/> | height=2.18 m<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/> | weight=12.4 metric tons<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/> | suspension= Portal axle with coil spring and shock-absorbers<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/> | speed=95 km/h<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/> | vehicle_range=900 km<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/> | primary_armament=20 mm cannon | secondary_armament=7.62 mm | armour= | engine= Mercedes Benz OM352A / 6 cylinder<br /> diesel engine<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/> | crew= 2+12 | engine_power=168 hp (125 kW) | pw_ratio= }}

The '''Condor''' is a 4×4 wheeled armoured personnel carrier originally designed by Thyssen-Henschel of Germany and manufactured by Henschel Wehrtechnik GmbH.<ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle">{{cite web|url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=516|title=Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor|publisher=militaryfactory.com|access-date=2017-05-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170612172539/http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=516|archive-date=2017-06-12|url-status=live}}</ref> The first prototype was completed in 1978. The Condor was designed as a successor to its UR-416 APC. The upgraded Condor 2 was first sold in 2004. Today, the Condor is considered a legacy product of Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles, part of Rheinmetall's Vehicle Systems Division.<ref name="Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles 2016-2017 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor APC">{{cite web |url=https://janes.ihs.com/Janes/Display/1501156|title=Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor APC |publisher=IHS Jane's Christopher F Foss |date=2016-12-22 |access-date=2017-05-26}}{{dead link|date=June 2024}}</ref>

The nearest vehicle to the Condor in RMMV's current product range is the Survivor R.

== Design == [[File:M-23 crisis in Goma (7563043976).jpg|thumb|right|Uruguayan Condor in Goma, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, deployed as part of MONUSCO.]] The Condor is designed primarily as an APC but it can also be adopted for a variety of other roles including anti-tank, cargo carrier, command vehicle, ambulance, fitters' vehicle and reconnaissance vehicle. The Condor is based on the automotives of the Mercedes-Benz Unimog, the Condor 2 based on the Unimog U5000. The hull of the Condor is made of all-welded armoured steel protecting the crew from 7.62&nbsp;mm armour-piercing (AP) rounds and 5.56&nbsp;mm ball-type rounds, shell splinters and anti-personnel mines. The Condor is fully amphibious, propelled in the water by a propeller mounted under the rear of the hull. It is air-transportable in C-130 Hercules and in C-160 Transall type aircraft.<ref name="Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles 2016-2017 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor APC"/><ref name="Rheinmetall Landsysteme Condor Wheeled Armored Personnel Carrier / Multipurpose Vehicle"/>

In 2016, DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies (Deftech) showed a working upgraded Condor prototype at the Defence Services Asia (DSA) 2016 convention.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.armyrecognition.com/dsa_2016_official_online_show_daily_news/deftech_proposes_an_upgrade_version_of_condor_4x4_armoured_personnel_carrier_to_malaysian_army_12004164.html |title=Deftech proposes an upgrade version of Condor 4x4 armoured personnel carrier to Malaysian army 12004164 &#124; DSA 2016 Official Online Show Daily News &#124; Defence security military exhibition 2016 daily news category |date=20 April 2016 |access-date=2017-06-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170602083555/http://www.armyrecognition.com/dsa_2016_official_online_show_daily_news/deftech_proposes_an_upgrade_version_of_condor_4x4_armoured_personnel_carrier_to_malaysian_army_12004164.html |archive-date=2017-06-02 |url-status=live }}</ref> A Condor prototype converted to serve as a logistics transport vehicle was unveiled at the DSA 2018 convention.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.armyrecognition.com/dsa_2018_news_official_show_daily/dsa_2018_new_condor_4x4_vehicle_logistic_support_variant_unveiled_by_deftech.html |title=DSA 2018: New Condor 4x4 vehicle logistic support variant unveiled by Deftech &#124; DSA 2018 News Official Show Daily &#124; Defence security military exhibition 2018 daily news category |date=18 April 2018 |access-date=2018-04-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180418230502/http://www.armyrecognition.com/dsa_2018_news_official_show_daily/dsa_2018_new_condor_4x4_vehicle_logistic_support_variant_unveiled_by_deftech.html |archive-date=2018-04-18 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to a Deftech official, the Condors still in service can be modernized depending upon funding allocation.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.asianmilitaryreview.com/2018/10/combat-vehicle-modernisation/ | title=Combat Vehicle Modernisation | date=25 October 2018 }}</ref>

== Operators == ===Current operators=== *{{flagicon|Kuwait}}: Kuwait's National Guard received 8 Condor 2 in 2010.<ref name="Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles 2016-2017 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor APC"/> *{{flagicon|Portugal}}: Portugal 12 Condor;<ref name="Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles 2016-2017 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor APC"/> these are operated by the Polícia Aérea of the Portuguese Air Force. <ref>{{Cite web |title=59.º ANIVERSÁRIO DA FORÇA AÉREA EM SINTRA {{!}} Operacional |url=https://www.operacional.pt/59º-aniversario-da-forca-aerea-em-sintra/ |access-date=2023-08-16 |language=pt-PT}}</ref> *{{flagicon|South Korea}}: South Korea, 2 Condor 1 (used in general hospital).{{Citation needed|reason=source used for other numbers only says 'some'|date=May 2017}} *{{flagicon|Thailand}}: Thailand received 18 Condor in 1995,<ref name="Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles 2016-2017 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor APC"/> these are operated by the Royal Thai Air Force. *{{flagicon|Turkey}}: Turkey 25 Condor (inactive; currently being retired). *{{flagicon|Uruguay}}: Uruguay 55 Condor.<ref name="Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles 2016-2017 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor APC"/>

===Former operators=== *{{flagicon|Malaysia}}: Malaysia ordered 460 Condor APCs in late 1981, with the last being delivered in March 1984.<ref name="Jane's Armoured Fighting Vehicles 2016-2017 Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles Condor APC"/> Retired and to be replaced completely under the Next Generation Wheeled Armoured Vehicle Program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_september_2021_global_security_army_industry/hyundai_rotem_competes_with_6x6_k806_for_malaysian_army_armored_vehicles_replacement.html|title = Hyundai Rotem competes with 6x6 K806 for Malaysian army armored vehicles replacement &#124; Defense News September 2021 Global Security army industry &#124; Defense Security global news industry army year 2021 &#124; Archive News year| date=6 September 2021 }}</ref>

==In fiction== In the 1992 American film Fifty/Fifty, three Condor APCs used by the fictional army in the final scene, actually belong to Malaysian Army of the Royal Armoured Corps and 19th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment where the filming located in Penang, Malaysia.

In the 2023 Malaysian biopic war film MALBATT: Misi Bakara, the Condor APCs were also used in this film, which retells the events of the Battle of Mogadishu from the Malaysian perspective after their relief effort was previously not recognized by the United States for 25 years and in the 2001 film Black Hawk Down.

==See also== *Thyssen Henschel UR-416 *TM-170

== References == <references/>

== External links == *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPqUtJM_cnc/ Malaysian Condor upgrade] *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e23go_ejGwE/ Condor test drive] {{Commons category|Condor (APC)}}

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