WEAPONS TRANSFERRED TO THE SAUDI-LED COALITION AND EMPLOYED IN THE CONFLICT IN YEMEN (2015-ongoing)

Gurkha LAPV

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WEAPON NAME Gurkha Light Armored Patrol Vehicle (LAPV)

The Gurkha family of vehicles is intended for use in defence, law enforcement and homeland security missions. Gurkha vehicles are operated by various internal security forces and special operations units across the world. Gurkha is produced in three mission variants: as a light armoured patrol vehicle (LAPV), a multipurpose vehicle (MPV) and rapid patrol vehicle (RPV). The Gurkha LAPV is a 4×4 lightweight vehicle designed to carry eight SWAT and law enforcement personnel. → terradyneinc.com/LAPV

MANUFACTURER

Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc., Newmarket , Ontario, CANADA → terradyneinc.com

ARMS EXPORT

IN 2018, the Ontario-based company Terradyne was selling $15-billion worth of armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia but the murder of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi in October urged a review of the arms sale. Canada then froze all new export permits and began a review of the existing light-armoured vehicle deal; the review ended in 2019. In 2020 the federal government said it’s lifting a moratorium on new permits for military exports to Saudi Arabia, and the deal will go ahead. Saudi Arabia was the largest non-U.S. importer of Canadian-made military goods in 2016, receiving $142 million in exports — nearly 20 per cent of all Canadian military exports. Military goods are exported under the condition that they not be used to commit human rights violations. (lfpress.com, Apr. 2020)


Transfer of Gurkha LAPV from Canada to Saudi Arabia

NAME TYPE ORDER # DELIVERY # COMMENTS
Gurkha APV 2013 70 2014-16 70 Incl. for border guard and police
Gurkha APV 2016 89 2017-18 89 Incl. for border guard and police

MAINTENANCE

The Canadian government expressed deep concern over reports out of Saudi Arabia that the kingdom is using Canadian-made armoured vehicles against its own people. Spokesman John Babcock said the government “is actively seeking more information about Saudi Arabia’s current efforts to deal with its security challenges, the reports of civilian casualties, and the reports that Canadian-made vehicles have been used by Saudi Arabia in its current security operations.” He added that Canada expects “the end user of any and all exports to abide by the end use terms in issued export permits.” (nationalpost.com, Jul. 2017)

IDENTIFICATION The moment of entering and storming the offices of the leaders of the traitors, reaching the Al-Jawf Junction (Jan. 31, 2020)
gurkha-lapv-youtube Gurkha LAPV at min. 0:34
GEOLOCATION Al-Jawf Governorate, Yemen → 15°59'43.0"N 44°49'06.0"E
gurkha-lapv-geolocation-satellite Satellite Image, Apple Maps
gurkha-lapv-geolocation-wikimapia Wikimapia



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