Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha

The Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha is a tactical armored vehicle built by Ontario-based Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc.. The Gurkha is available in three different variants (LAPV/MPV/RPV), each of which is built on a Ford F550 chassis. 

The Gurkha was developed in 2005 by Armet Armored Vehicles. In 2011, the Gurkha vehicle design was purchased by Terradyne Armored Vehicles. The name is a homage to the Gurkhas, Nepali soldiers who serve in the British Army and Indian Army also Nepal Army.

Variants

 LAPV (Light Armoured Patrol Vehicle)
Application: Border patrol/law enforcement/government agencies/private security/tactical medic vehicle

 MPV (Multi-purpose Patrol Vehicle)
Application: Purpose built for law enforcement and related government agencies only.  SWAT/SRT/ETF/ERT/rescue vehicle

 RPV (Rapid Patrol Vehicle)
Application: Critical infrastructure protection/law enforcement/government agencies/military/border patrol

 RPV Civilian Edition (civilian)

Application: Company PR vehicle/daily driver/rolling panic room/executive protection/offroad vehicle/hobby vehicle

Operators

Current operators

 British Columbia
 Manitoba
 Ontario
 Saskatchewan 

 United Nations Development Programme (PMO} 

 Fuerza Civil: Nuevo León State Police, known as Fuerza Civil (Civil Force)
 Fuerza Civil: Veracruz (Civil Force)
 Guadalupe SSP
 GROMS Policia Saltillo: Grupo de Reacción Operativa, known as GROMS in Saltillo

 Counter-Terrorism Battalion

 Singapore Police Force: Gurkha Contingent

 Ministry of Interior

 Arizona
 California
 Colorado
 Florida
 Illinois
 New York
 Tennessee 
 Texas
 Virginia
 Wisconsin

In popular culture

The Gurkha appeared in the 2011 film Fast Five and as the getaway car in the Monte Carlo chase of the 2012 animation film Madagascar 3: Europe's Most Wanted. The vehicle was also used in the second season of Arrow, a television show based on the DC comics character Green Arrow. Rockstar Games used some elements and design of the SUV in Grand Theft Auto Online for an armoured vehicle named the HVY Insurgent and a similar vehicle, the HVY Insurgent Pick-Up. It is also featured in racing games Forza Horizon 2 and Forza Motorsport 6 as a part of Fast & Furious Car Pack DLC. It was also featured in Forza Horizon 3 as a Forzathon reward. The Unidad "Armored SUV" in Ghost Recon Wildlands is also based on the LAPV model. The Gurkha was also featured in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands as the secondary enemies main vehicle, and also as a spawnable vehicle. The Vehicle also appears in Season 2, Episode 8 of D.C.'s Gotham. A Ghurka RPV is featured in Dean Koontz’s first Jane Hawk novel The Silent Corner.

References

External links
 Terradyne Armored Vehicles

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Category:Armoured personnel carriers of Canada
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