Notes: The LAV-AD is the ultimate design that came from a 1987 contract from the US Army for a LAV with air defense capabilities. It is equipped with a turret, which has a brace of eight fire-and-forget Stinger SAMs, as well as a 30mm Gatling gun that is married to a computerized fire control system with a laser rangefinder. The LAV-AD progressed and developed until 1992, when the design reached its final stage. It was first chosen, after a series of tests, by the US Marine Corps to meet their standards. The turret is capable to be fitted on not only the LAV-25 frame, but also the M-113 and M-2 Bradley frames.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The LAV-AD was in production when the US entered the war and elements of the 4th Marine Division, 23rd Regiment, and the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit were equipped with the LAV-AD. The US Army and Air Force began integrating the LAV-AD into service by the time of the November nuclear strikes. It is not known, however, which units of the US Army and Air Force received these models before the strikes began.

Notes: This version of the LAV-AD is in common use by Canadian and various European forces, especially Swiss, Austrian, Belgian, and Dutch armies. The basic chassis is the same, but the turret is a Blazer turret modified to carry Mistral missiles, upgraded fire control and night vision, and an autocannon. It retains the shoot and scoot capability of the standard LAV-AD, but is decidedly more deadly.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The US Marines tested this version, but all but four were returned to the Canadians before the Twilight War; those four were deployed to Norway, and later the three survivors were sent to Poland. Other users of the LAV-AD II included the Australians and New Zealanders; the Australians credit them with a 90% kill rate once the target came within range.