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{{Infobox weapon
|         name=Reva 4x4 APC
| image= Reva APC.jpg
| image_size = 300
|      caption=A Reva 4x4 APC at Camp Victory, Iraq
|origin= [[South Africa]]
|type=[[Armoured personnel carrier]]
|is_vehicle=yes
|         crew=10
|       length=6.0 m
|        width=2.48 m
|       height=2.4 m
|       weight=7.8 [[tonne|t]]
|       armour=
|      primary_armament=various machine guns
|    secondary_armament=
|       engine=Cummins GBT - 5.9 TC 6-cylinder in-line water-cooled direct-injection turbocharged diesel engine
| engine_power=132kW
|   suspension=4×4-wheeled
|   speed=100 km/h (62 mph)
|     pw_ratio=
|        vehicle_range= 500 km
}}

The '''REVA Armoured Personnel Carrier''' (APC) is a mine-protected vehicle. It is produced by [[Integrated Convoy Protection]]. The vehicle’s [[v-hull|V-shaped hull]] offers protection against [[land mine]]s and [[Improvised Explosive Device]]s (IED)s. The vehicle has space for at least 10 passengers. Ten firing ports are also available. Two light [[machine gun]]s can be used and cover a 360-degree on roller bearing turret hatches.

The vehicle is often confused with the [[Mamba APC|Mamba]] and the [[RG-31]].

==Production history==
===Variants===
The REVA 4x4 APC is available as a 10-seater vehicle which includes the driver and co-driver.  It was designed in October 2004. ICP are the owners of the Blue Print data pack of the REVA 4x4.

Other models available are:
* A command and control vehicle
* An ambulance
* A recovery vehicle
* A VIP carrier

==Operators==
[[File:Reva operators.png|thumb|400px|Map with Reva operators in blue]]

===Current operators===
*{{flag|Egypt}}: Used by the [[Rapid Deployment Forces (Egypt)]]
*{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}: 25<ref name=trade>{{cite web|url=http://armstrade.sipri.org/armstrade/page/trade_register.php |title=Trade Registers |publisher=Armstrade.sipri.org |access-date=2013-06-20}}</ref>
*{{flag|Iraq}}: 115<ref name=trade/>
*{{flag|Nigeria}} : 40 <ref name=DefenceWeb>{{cite web|url=http://www.defenceweb.co.za/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=45776:new-vehicles-join-reva-lineup&catid=50:Land&Itemid=105 |title=DefenceWeb}}</ref>
*{{flag|Saudi Arabia}}: 25<ref name=trade/>
*{{flag|South Sudan}}: 10<ref name=trade/>
*{{flag|Thailand}}: 87<ref name="sipri.org">{{cite web |url=https://www.sipri.org/ |title=Home |publisher=Stockholm International Peace Research Institute |access-date=5 January 2022 }}</ref> 
*{{flag|Yemen}}: 112<ref name=trade/>

===Captures===

*{{flag|Islamic State}}: 2 destroyed vehicles were left by Iraqi SWAT after the [[First Battle of Tikrit]] in July 2014.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-22 |title=Vehicles And Equipment Captured And Destroyed By The Islamic State Inside Iraq Until November 2014 - Oryx |url=https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2014/11/vehicles-and-equipment-captured-and.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240201204306/https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2014/11/vehicles-and-equipment-captured-and.html |archive-date=2024-02-01 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=www.oryxspioenkop.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-07-16 |title=Islamic State, allies blunt Iraqi offensive to retake Tikrit {{!}} FDD's Long War Journal |url=https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/islamic_state_allies.php |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240114003425/https://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2014/07/islamic_state_allies.php |archive-date=2024-01-14 |access-date=2024-05-26 |website=www.longwarjournal.org}}</ref>

==Combat history==
*[[Boko Haram insurgency]]
*[[Iraq War]]
*[[Iraqi insurgency (2011–2013)]]
*[[First Battle of Tikrit]]
*[[South Sudanese Civil War]]

==See also==
Other wheeled APCs and IFVs developed in South Africa
*[[RG-33]]
*[[RG-32]]
*[[RG-12]]
*[[Mamba APC|Mamba]]
*[[Puma APC|Puma]] (South African, new construction by [http://www.regis.co.za/ma3.html Regis Trading International (Pty) Ltd] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125161422/http://www.regis.co.za/ma3.html |date=2009-01-25 }}, which is similar to the Mamba
*[[Ratel IFV]]
*[[Casspir]]
*[[Buffel]]
;General
*[[Infantry fighting vehicle]]
*[[List of AFVs]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://revaarmoredvehicles.com Integrated Convoy Protection]

{{South African AFV}}
{{MRAP vehicles}}
{{Modern IFV and APC}}

[[Category:Armoured personnel carriers of South Africa]]
[[Category:Wheeled armoured personnel carriers]]