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{{Infobox weapon
| name               = ACV-15<ref>All specifications according to [http://www.fnss.com.tr fnss.com.tr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140109163928/http://www.fnss.com.tr/ |date=2014-01-09 }}, as of April 23, 2008</ref>
| image              = [[File:ACV-300 Adnan.jpg|300px|ACV-300 of the [[Malaysian Army]]]]
| caption            = ACV-300 Adnan of Malaysian Army
| origin             = {{TUR}}
| type               = [[Infantry fighting vehicle]]
| manufacturer       = *[[FNSS Defence Systems]]
* [[DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies|DefTech]]
| service            = 1992–present
| production_date    = 1992–present
| number             = 2,945<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=689 |title=FNSS Acv-15 |access-date=2014-06-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207055019/http://www.militaryfactory.com/armor/detail.asp?armor_id=689 |archive-date=2016-02-07 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| used_by            = See ''[[ACV-300#Operators|Users]]''
| wars               = [[Kurdish–Turkish conflict (1978–present)|Kurdish–Turkish conflict]]<br />[[United Nations Operation in Somalia II]]<br />[[2013 Lahad Datu standoff]]<br />[[Turkish military intervention in Syria (August 2016 – March 2017)|Turkish military intervention in Syria]]<br />[[Libyan Civil War (2014–present)]]<br />[[Battle of Marawi]]<ref>{{cite news |title=4 Turkish soldiers, chief Syrian mercenary killed in Libya |url=https://www.egypttoday.com/Article/2/82926/4-Turkish-soldiers-chief-Syrian-mercenary-killed-in-Libya |access-date=28 March 2020 |work=EgyptToday}}</ref>
| is_vehicle         = yes
| crew               = 3 + 8
| length             = {{convert|5.26|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| width              = {{convert|2.83|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| height             = {{convert|2.88|m|ft|abbr=on}}
| weight             = 14 tonnes
| armour             = Protection up to [[14.5×114mm]] armor-piercing rounds
| primary_armament   = 25mm [[FNSS Sharpshooter Turret]]
| secondary_armament = 7.62mm Machine gun
| engine             = Detroit Diesel Model 6V-53T 5.2&nbsp;litre{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
| engine_power       = 300&nbsp;hp<ref>{{cite web |url=https://engine.od.ua/ufiles/DETROIT-6V53N-T-data.pdf |title=Detroit Diesel series 53 Industrial model 6V-53T |website=engine.od.ua}}</ref>
| transmission       = Allison X200-4 with 4 forward and one reverse
| suspension         = torsion bar 350&nbsp;mm
| clearance          = {{convert|0.4|m|abbr=on}}
| speed              = {{convert|65|km/h|mi/h|abbr=on}}
| pw_ratio           = 21.43&nbsp;hp/tonne
| fuel_capacity      = {{convert|416|L|impgal usgal}}
| vehicle_range      = {{convert|490|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/turkey_turkish_light_armoured_vehicles_uk/acv-15_ifv_armored_infantry_fighting_vehicle_fnss_technical_data_sheet_specifications_pictures_video.html | title=ACV-15 tracked IFV Armored Infantry Fighting Vehicle FNSS data fact sheet &#124; Turkey Turkish light armoured vehicles UK &#124; Turkey Turkish army military equipment vehicles UK }}</ref>
}}

'''ACV-15''' is the designation of an [[Amphibious vehicle|amphibious]] [[Infantry fighting vehicle]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.fnss.com.tr/en/product/acv-15-armored-combat-vehicles |title=ACV 15 Armored Combat Vehicles - FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş. |access-date=2014-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140110122401/http://www.fnss.com.tr/en/product/acv-15-armored-combat-vehicles |archive-date=2014-01-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> family developed by the Turkish defense company [[FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş.]] This vehicle is also manufactured by [[DRB-HICOM Defence Technologies]] (DefTech) in [[Malaysia]]. The design is an attempt to combine the capabilities of an [[infantry fighting vehicle]] (IFV) and an [[armoured personnel carrier]] (APC). The ACV-15 is based on the American [[AIFV|Advanced Infantry Fighting Vehicle]], which in turn is based on the American [[M113 armored personnel carrier|M113A1]] armored personnel carrier.

==History==
[[File:ACV 300 Adnan 25mm Bushmaster in display during 2022 MAF's open day in RMAF Kuantan.jpg|thumb|right| ACV-300 Adnan of Malaysian Army in digital camouflage]]
[[File:Operation Olive Branch-Turkish Army soldier (cropped).jpg|thumb|ACV-15 in [[Operation Olive Branch]]]]
FNSS developed the ACV-15 based on the [[AIFV]] to meet the Turkish Land Forces Command's (TLFC's) operational requirement. The first production vehicles were delivered in 1992. The basic AIFV has a one-person power-operated turret armed with a 25&nbsp;mm cannon and 7.62mm co-axial machine gun. FNSS Defense Systems' latest development is the Armored Combat Vehicle – New Generation which has an additional roadwheel each side. This can undertake a wider range of battlefield missions as it has greater internal volume and load-carrying capability. The vehicle is fully amphibious, propelled in the water by its tracks. Standard equipment includes passive night vision equipment, an NBC (nuclear, biological, chemical) protection system and smoke grenade launchers.

The AIFV is in service with Turkey (2,249) and the United Arab Emirates (136 delivered). [[Malaysian Army|Malaysia]] ordered 211 ACV-15 in different versions in 2000, and a further 56 in 2008.

The Malaysian variant of the AIFV entered service as the ACV-300 Adnan and is a result of a collaboration between FNSS and DefTech. They are nicknamed the Adnan after [[Adnan bin Saidi]], a Malayan [[lieutenant]] considered a war hero for his actions in the [[Battle of Singapore]] during [[World War II]]. Some ACV-300s were received as kits and assembled in [[Pekan District|Pekan]], [[Pahang]]. 12 units were deployed against [[Sulu]] militants in the [[2013 Lahad Datu standoff]].

The ACV-15 can be fitted with a number of turret choices to tailor to individual customer requirements. They are also equipped with firing ports, which allows infantrymen to fire their weapons from within the vehicle.

The ACV-15 has also been fitted with the turret of a [[BMP-3]] infantry combat vehicle, produced by [[KBP Instrument Design Bureau]] of [[Tula, Russia|Tula]], [[Russia]]. The system is called ACV-SW. The BMP-3 turret is armed with a [[BMP-3#Weapons and Optics|2A70 100mm]] semi-automatic rifled gun/missile launcher, which can fire either [[Fragmentation (weaponry)|HE-Frag (High-Explosive Fragmentation)]] rounds or the [[9M117 Bastion|9M117]] [[Beam-riding|laser beamriding]] [[anti-tank missile]].

The Adnan feature KVH TacNav navigation system incorporating [[global positioning system|GPS]], LWD Avimo laser warning device, Wegmann type 76mm grenade launchers, NBC filtration system and ANVVS-2 night vision system.

==Variants==
=== Turkish service variants ===

Source:<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.fnss.com.tr/en/product/acv-15-armored-combat-vehicles/acv-15-variants |title=ACV 15 Variants - FNSS Savunma Sistemleri A.Ş. |access-date=2020-03-07 |archive-date=2021-01-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210110191039/https://www.fnss.com.tr/en/product/acv-15-armored-combat-vehicles/acv-15-variants |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* '''ACV-AAPC''' (Advanced Armored Personnel Carrier) — with a one-man turret with a 12.7&nbsp;mm machine gun and a 7.62&nbsp;mm machine gun; 13 troops carried.
* '''ACV-AIFV'''
** AIFV with FMC EWS (assembled by DAF Special Products) turret with a 25&nbsp;mm Oerlikon Contraves 25&nbsp;mm cannon and a coaxial 7.62&nbsp;mm machine gun.
** AIFV with Giat Dragar turret with a 25&nbsp;mm M811 cannon and a coaxial 7.62&nbsp;mm machine gun.
* '''ACV-ATV''' — Armored Tow Vehicle. Fitted with a [[Norway|Norwegian]] one-man turret with two [[BGM-71 TOW]] missiles in a ready to launch position, and four troops carried.
* '''ACV-AMV''' — Armored Mortar Vehicle. Fitted with an 81&nbsp;mm mortar and a 7.62&nbsp;mm machine gun.

=== Turkish private variants ===
* '''120mm AMV''' — A private venture, armed with a TDA 120&nbsp;mm recoiling mortar in the rear of the vehicle. Not in service.
* '''ACV-IFV Sharpshooter''' — IFV with [[FNSS Sharpshooter Turret]] variant exported to Malaysia as the '''ACV-300 Adnan'''.
* '''ACV with HMTS''' — Armed with four [[Hellfire missile]]s in the ready to fire position.
* '''ACV-300''' — Fitted with a 300&nbsp;hp powerpack similar to the M113A3, but with high power.{{Clarify|date=May 2014|reason=High power what? Or do you mean higher power, in which case you have a 300hp engine with more power than a 300 hp engine!}}
* '''ACV-350''' — Fitted with a 350&nbsp;hp powerpack.
* '''ACV-S''' — A stretched version of the AIFV with an additional road wheel and extra armor giving resistance to 14.5mm AP projectiles, with an upgraded 350 or 400&nbsp;hp powerpack. Weight is 18,000&nbsp;kg. A variety of turrets are available, including 12.7mm, 25&nbsp;mm ([[FNSS Sharpshooter Turret]]) and 30&nbsp;mm as well as an [[Eryx (missile)|Eryx]] missile launcher and 120&nbsp;mm mortar turret.

=== Malaysian service variants ===
(Non-exhaustive list)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Arms transfers from Turkey to Malaysia from 2000 to 2015 |url=https://armstransfers.sipri.org/ArmsTransfer/CSVResult |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=armstransfers.sipri.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms) Turkey 2013 report |url=https://www.unroca.org/turkey/report/2013/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.unroca.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=UNROCA (United Nations Register of Conventional Arms) Malaysia 2003 report |url=https://www.unroca.org/malaysia/report/2003/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=www.unroca.org}}</ref>
* '''ACV-300'''
** Fitted with a [[Sharpshooter Turret]] with a 25mm cannon and 7.62 mm machine gun.
** Fitted with a turreted 12.7 mm and 7.62 mm machine gun.
** Fitted with a turreted 40mm grenade launcher.
** Fitted with [[HJ-8|Baktar Shikan]] anti-tank missile launcher.
** Fitted with an 81 mm mortar.
** Fitted with 120 mm [[2R2M mortar]] (based on the ACV-S).<ref>{{Cite web |title=ACV-S Tracked Armoured Combat Vehicle |url=https://www.army-technology.com/projects/acv-s/ |access-date=2024-10-26 |website=Army Technology |language=en-US}}</ref>
** Armoured recovery vehicle.
** Command post vehicle.
** Ambulance vehicle.

== Operators ==
* {{JOR}}<ref name=armytech>{{cite web|title=ACV-S Tracked Armoured Combat Vehicle|url=http://www.army-technology.com/projects/acv-s/|work=Army-Technology|access-date=9 May 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407085159/http://www.army-technology.com/projects/acv-s/|archive-date=7 April 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> 100 ACV-S in service.
* {{MYS}}<ref name=armytech /> 267 ACV-300 Adnan in service.
* {{PHL}}<ref>AFP Modernization [http://www.afpmodernization.mil.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6:arv&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 AFP Acquires Armor Recovery Vehicle (ARV)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820234838/http://www.afpmodernization.mil.ph/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6:arv&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50 |date=2018-08-20 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Nepomuceno |first=Priam |date=January 26, 2013 |title=PA's 'Pambato' Division showcases 13 upgraded armor vehicles |url=https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1193610 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230206002451/https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1193610 |archive-date=February 6, 2023 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |work=Philippine News Agency}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Orpiano |first=Pitz |date=February 19, 2023 |title=Philippine Army's ACV-300 Infantry Fighting Vehicle |url=https://www.pitzdefanalysis.net/2023/02/philippine-armys-acv-300-ifv.html?m=1 |access-date=March 25, 2023 |website=Pitz Defense Analysis}}</ref> 6 ACV-300 in service.
* {{TUR}}<ref name=armytech /> 2,249 ACV-15 in service. Some of these are given to Free Syrian Army (FSA) forces. Since 2016, ACV-15s have been used by the FSA against ISIL and YPG during [[Operation Euphrates Shield]].
* {{ARE}}<ref name=armytech /> 133 ACV-15 in service.
* {{LBY}} Used by the GNA during the 2019-20 Tripoli offensive (at least 50).

== Former operators ==

* {{flag|Ba'athist Syria}}<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/video-syrian-army-captures-turkish-armored-vehicle-near-al-bab/|title=VIDEO: Syrian Army captured a Turkish armored vehicle Al-Bab|last=Tomson|first=Chris|date=2017-03-01|work=AMN - Al-Masdar News {{!}} المصدر نيوز|access-date=2017-03-02|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303124111/https://www.almasdarnews.com/article/video-syrian-army-captures-turkish-armored-vehicle-near-al-bab/|archive-date=2017-03-03|url-status=dead}}</ref> 1 ACV-15, Syrian Arab Army captured an ACV-15 from ISIL, after ISIL captured it from the Turkish Army.

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:DefTech ACV 300 Adnan on display (2024).jpg|ACV 300 Adnan of [[Malaysian Army]] on display (2024).
File:ACV 300 Adnan in formation during NDP 2023 in Kuantan.jpg|ACV-300 Adnan of Malaysian Army in formation during NDP 2023 in Kuantan.
File:ACV 300 Adnan Baktar Shikan ATGM variant Kuantan NDP 2023.jpg|ACV-300 Adnan [[HJ-8|Baktar Shikan ATGM]] variant of Malaysian Army.
File:ACV 300 Adnan 120mm mortar carrier in display during 2022 MAF's open day in RMAF Kuantan.jpg|Malaysian Army ACV-300 Adnan [[2R2M mortar]] variant. This DefTech stretched version has six wheels instead of the typical five.
File:Turkish ACV-300 in Mogadishu.jpg|[[Turkish Land Forces]] ACV-15 in [[Somalia]].
File:Defense.gov News Photo 980329-F-5920L-510.jpg|[[Turkish Land Forces]] ACV-15 in [[Bosnia]].
</gallery>

==References==
;Notes
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==External links==
{{Commons category|ACV-300}}
* [http://www.fnss.com.tr Manufacturer's website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20091220065311/http://www.timawa.net/forum/ Timawa.net Philippines Defense Forum]
* [http://www.army-technology.com/projects/acv-s/ ACV-S Tracked Armoured Combat Vehicle, Turkey]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20130224112724/http://www.armyrecognition.com/proposer_une_news_125.html ACV-15 IFV FNSS Armored Combat Infantry Fighting Vehicle]
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