AIFV-B-MIL

     Notes:  This is a Belgian variant of the AIFV.  In this version, the turret is removed and replaced with a cupola similar to that of the M-113 series.  To the right of this cupola is a quick disconnect mount for a Milan ATGM launcher; in this mount, the weapon remains on its tripod and may be removed from the vehicle in one phase.  Attached to the mount, the missile can be steered (but not fired) with the vehicle moving at one-half its normal combat speed.  While attached to the vehicle, the Milan is aimed, fired, and steered by a downlinked monitor in the vehicle hull.

     As an AIFV variant, the AIFV-B-MIL is equipped with a 6V-53T diesel engine with a power of 267 horsepower, coupled to a semiautomatic transmission and on a torsion bar suspension derived from that of an M113 APC.  The vehicle does not normally carry passengers (though there is enough room for two or three in extremis), instead carrying crew enough for a dismount team, a ground mount launcher, and reload missiles.