Seravin Magen

The first generation variants of the Magen

The Magen covers a Ramavi series of armoured fighting vehicle sharing a common chassis. Since its introduction in the 1960s, it has been widely used both inside and outside of Ramav. The vehicle serves many roles, from transporting troops and supplies to being used as a mobile artilley platform.

## History

Developed to be a multipurpose chassis for air capable vehicles, the Magen was Ramavs first purpose built APC and one of the first products of their military modernisation project of the late 1950s. The vehicle has two distinct generations, the first spanning from the 1960s until the mid 1980s and the second spanning from the mid 1980s until the present. The first generation was created under the original ideal of an air capable multipurpose chassis that could be easily adaptable to multiple different roles. The second was an update implementing the lessons of the Rajastan war, mostly ditching air transport capability for greater crew protection, making use of composite and/or reactive addon armour. Both generations currently serve the Ramavi military, although those of the first still outnumber those of the second.

## Design

The Magen chassis is a conventional tracked design with a front mounted engine and a right side driver. The commanders hatch is directly behind the driver's and has a pintle mount which can take a 7.7mm A-51 machine gun. There is a side-hinged door in the rear for loading and unloading, and in most models a large split-hatch opening in the passenger compartment roof. There are no firing ports for the troops carried since the vehicle follows the "battle taxi" doctrine of APC in which troops dismount before entering combat.

## Variants

**Magen:**

* **Magen 1:** Armoured personnel carrier.
* **Magen 2:** Armoured load carrier, can carry up to 5 tonnes and tow up to 10 tonnes.
* **Magen 3:** Command vehicle, crew of 5, equipped with Avamo LSR-1 battlefield surveillance radar and Avamo EshAk counterbattery radar.
* **Magen 4:** Mortar carrier, carries a 100mm mortar with 140 rounds.
* **Magen 5:** ATGM carrier carries 8 RAI Shaknai ATGMs.
* **Magen 6:** SAM carrier carries 8 RAI Sayyif surface to air missiles.

**Magen Bet:**

* **Magen Bet 1:** Armoured personnel carrier, essentially a Magen 1 fitted with SLC composite armour.
* **Magen Bet 3:** Command vehicle, crew of 5, essentially a Magen 3 fitted with SLC composite armour.

**Aardvark TTC(R)-70:**

* **Aardvark Mk.1IC(R):** Magen 1 in Ralstaerian service, and under heavy upgrade throughout its service life.
* **Aardvark Mk.1CVT(R):** Magen 3 in Ralstaerian service, and under heavy upgrade throughout its service life.
* **Aardvark Mk.1AT(R)/Mk.1BAT(R):** Magen 1 with Savkowan produced ARCO V ATGMs (Base) and TAPP IV ATGMs (B Model).
* **Aardvark Mk.1AA(R):** Magen 6 in Ralstaerian service, and under heavy upgrade throughout its service life.

* **Aardvark Mk.1HVC(R):** Aardvark IC with Savkowan MOSKOZ modular composite, all variants can and plan to be upgraded with MOSKOZ composite, all their designations will changed to include HVC and HV.
* **Aardvark Mk.1MC(R):** Magen 4 with a 104mm SkM-72M3 Mortar.

## Users

* Ramav
	+ Ramavi Army
	+ Ramavi Navy
* Ralstaeria
	+ Ralstaerian Army
	+ Ralstaerian Marine Corps