page_title: Bravia Chaimite
hierarchical_section_title: Bravia Chaimite
caption_attribution_description: English: Cropped version of a previous Commons image. Bravia Chaimite armoured car. Cropped to produce a more relevant image for the specific vehicle depicted. Limited contextual relevance to original work.
context_page_description: The Bravia Chaimite is an armored vehicle with all wheel drive axles built by the Portuguese company Bravia and used by the Portuguese Army in the Portuguese colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea, from 1967 to 1974 when it ended. The Chaimite was originally an unlicensed derivative of the Cadillac Gage Commando assembled and later produced in Portugal, with a number of improvements and technical modifications.
  There were two versions of the Chaimite, the VBTP V-200 and the VBPM V-600. The VBTP, had an 11-man capacity and was armed with one .50 Browning heavy machine-gun, while the VBPM, had only a 4-man capacity and was armed with one Browning .30 heavy machine-gun and one 81 mm mortar. These vehicles had diesel engines with 155 hp at 3300 rpm with automatic gear capable of taking on speeds to a maximum of 99 km/h.
  The armour of this APC was capable of defeating rounds up to 7.62 mm NATO.
  The Chaimite was gradually phased out of Portuguese Army service since 2008 and replaced by the Austrian Pandur II 8x8 APC, though the last operational Chaimite armored cars were only retired in 2016.
context_section_description: The Bravia Chaimite is an armored vehicle with all wheel drive axles built by the Portuguese company Bravia and used by the Portuguese Army in the Portuguese colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea, from 1967 to 1974 when it ended. The Chaimite was originally an unlicensed derivative of the Cadillac Gage Commando assembled and later produced in Portugal, with a number of improvements and technical modifications.
  There were two versions of the Chaimite, the VBTP V-200 and the VBPM V-600. The VBTP (Viatura Blindada de Transporte de Pessoal, Armoured Personnel Transport Vehicle), had an 11-man capacity and was armed with one .50 Browning heavy machine-gun, while the VBPM, (Viatura Blindada Porta-morteiro, Armoured Mortar Carrier Vehicle), had only a 4-man capacity and was armed with one Browning .30 heavy machine-gun and one 81 mm mortar. These vehicles had diesel engines with 155 hp (115 kW) at 3300 rpm with automatic gear capable of taking on speeds to a maximum of 99 km/h (62 mph).
  The armour of this APC was capable of defeating rounds up to 7.62 mm NATO.
  The Chaimite was gradually phased out of Portuguese Army service since 2008 and replaced by the Austrian Pandur II 8x8 APC, though the last operational Chaimite armored cars were only retired in 2016.
caption: Portuguese Chaimite V200 during Exercise Iberian Resolve, 2002.
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