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{{Short description|Canadian tactical armoured vehicle}}
{{Distinguish|Force Gurkha}}
{{more citations needed|date=October 2019}}
{{Infobox weapon
| name            = Gurkha
| image           = GURKHA RPV.jpg
| caption         = Gurkha RPV
| origin          = [[Canada]] / [[United States]]<!-- Do not use flag icons here, per MOS:INFOBOXFLAG -->
| type            = Tactical armored vehicle
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| is_vehicle      = yes
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| service         = 
| used_by         = See [[#Operators|Operators]]
| wars            = 
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| manufacturer    = Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc.
| production_date = 2006–present
| number          = 
| variants        = ''See [[#Variants|variants]]''

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| length          = {{convert|250.5| in |m|abbr=on}}
| width           = {{convert|101| in|m|abbr=on}}
| height          = {{convert|102| in |m|abbr=on}}
| engine          = 6.7L V8 turbo diesel
| engine_power    = {{convert|330|hp|abbr=on}}<br /> 825 lb-ft torque
| transmission    = 10 speed automatic
| clearance       = {{convert|11.5|in|m|abbr=on}} ground to bottom of rear differential case
| fuel_capacity   = {{convert|40| usgal|abbr=on}}
| speed           = {{convert|128|km/h|abbr=on}}
| crew            = 2
| passengers      = Up to 12
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The '''Terradyne Armored Vehicles Gurkha''' (or '''Terradyne Gurkha''' for short) is a tactical armored vehicle built by Ontario-based company Terradyne Armored Vehicles Inc. The Gurkha is available in three different variants, and are built on a [[Ford Super Duty|Ford F-550 Super Duty]] chassis, as well as sharing the same engine and interior.

==History==
The Gurkha was developed in 2005 by [[Armet Armored Vehicles]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Company History |url=http://www.aavi.com/ |website=Armet Armoured Vehicles |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080831135132/http://www.aavi.com/ |archivedate=31 August 2008}}</ref> In 2011, the Gurkha vehicle design was purchased by Terradyne Armored Vehicles.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Quan |first1=Douglas |title=Canadian armoured-car maker 'shocked' by U.S. fraud charges |url=https://o.canada.com/news/canadian-armoured-car-maker-shocked-by-u-s-fraud-charges |accessdate=21 November 2019 |work=CANADA.COM |publisher=Postmedia Network |date=20 July 2012}}</ref> The name is a homage to the [[Gurkha]]s, Nepali soldiers who serve in the Nepal Army, Indian Army and British Army.

Terradyne incorporated in August 2011 as a subsidiary of Magna International.  In 2014, Terradyne became a privately owned company with no changes to staff or location.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}

Civilian Gurkhas can be Purchased in the U.S. from P1 Miami in Miami, Fl and directly from Terradyne for Canadian buyers.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://p1miami.com/?utm_source=cargurus.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=cargurus_listings|title=P1 Automotive Miami – Your best experience! – Is not the destination, Is how you get there}}</ref>

==Variants==

;Light Armored Patrol Vehicle (LAPV)
:Application: Border patrol/law enforcement/government agencies/private security/tactical medic vehicle

;Multi-purpose Patrol Vehicle (MPV)
:Application: Purpose built for government and law enforcement agencies only <ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2013  |url=https://www.officer.com/tactical/swat/product/11188620/terradyne-armored-vehicles-gurkha-mpv |title=Gurkha MPV |website=www.officer.com}}</ref>

;Rapid Patrol Vehicle (RPV)
:Application: Critical infrastructure protection/law enforcement/government agencies/military/border patrol

;Civilian Limited Edition Vehicle (CLEV)
:Application: Company PR vehicle/daily driver/rolling panic room/executive protection/offroad vehicle/hobby vehicle<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.insidehook.com/article/vehicles/terradyne-armored-vehicles-gurkha-civ | title=You're Looking at the Civilian Edition of an Armored Tactical Vehicle }}</ref>

==Operators==
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===Current===
;{{flag|Canada}}
* [[Alberta]]
* [[British Columbia]]: Used by [[Victoria Police Department]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.saanichnews.com/news/greater-victoria-police-add-heavily-armoured-vehicle-to-arsenal/ | title=Greater Victoria police add heavily armoured vehicle to arsenal | date=18 October 2017 }}</ref>
* [[Manitoba]]: Used by Winnipeg Police Service<ref>{{cite web |title=Winnipeg police show off new armoured vehicle |date=2016-06-22 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230104212109/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-police-get-armoured-vehicle-1.3647088 |archive-date=2023-01-04 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-police-get-armoured-vehicle-1.3647088}}</ref>
* [[Nova Scotia]]: Purchased by the [[Halifax Regional Police|Halifax Police]] Service.<ref name="cbc.ca">{{cite web |title=Controversial armoured police vehicle to arrive in Halifax next year |date=2019-10-31 |website=[[CBC News]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529125031/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-armoured-police-vehicle-purchased-1.5342896 |archive-date=2023-05-29 |url-status=live |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-armoured-police-vehicle-purchased-1.5342896}}</ref> Announced to be delayed due to COVID-19 on May 11, 2020.<ref name="halifaxtoday.ca">{{cite web | url=https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/delivery-of-halifax-armoured-police-vehicle-delayed-2341537 | title=Delivery of Halifax armoured police vehicle delayed }}</ref> Contract canceled as of June 2020.<ref name="globalnews.ca">{{cite web | url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7044862/armoured-vehicle-purchase-hfx-council/ | title=Halifax council votes in favour of cancelling armoured vehicle purchase - Halifax &#124; Globalnews.ca }}</ref>
* [[Ontario]]: [[Halton Regional Police]], [[Ontario Provincial Police]], Guelph Police Service,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Guelph police add new armoured vehicle for ‘high-risk’ situations {{!}} Globalnews.ca |url=https://globalnews.ca/news/10778555/guelph-police-new-armoured-vehicle/ |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=CJOY |language=en-US}}</ref> York Regional Police,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-07-15 |title=YRP & OPP partnership leads to the seizure of almost $10 million in drugs |url=https://www.newmarkettoday.ca/police-beat/yrp-opp-partnership-leads-to-the-seizure-of-almost-10-million-in-drugs-3958901 |access-date=2025-03-20 |website=NewmarketToday.ca |language=en}}</ref> Toronto Police Service,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOi1EODftMs&feature=youtu.be |title=Toronto police emergency task force demo  #toronto #police #opp #911 |date=2023-09-17 |last=Kiddos-AK |access-date=2025-03-20 |via=YouTube}}</ref> Niagara Regional Police,<ref>{{Citation |last=Shane B. Murphy - Photographer |title=New Niagara Regional Police Terradyne 'Gurkha' Armoured Vehicle |date=2020-07-17 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/copcarman12/50146738302/in/photostream/ |access-date=2025-03-20}}</ref> London Police Service, Hamilton Police Service<ref>{{Citation |last=Joe |title=Armoured Hamilton Police vehicle after funeral for Cpl. Nathan Cirillo |date=2014-10-28 |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/-jm/15655905665 |access-date=2025-03-20}}</ref>
* [[Saskatchewan]]: Used by Regina Police Service.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cjme.com/2018/07/02/375099/ | title=Regina police await new tactical vehicle this fall }}</ref>

;{{flag|Croatia}}
*[[Lučko Anti-Terrorist Unit]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/video/news/borbe-pucnjava-eksplozije-pogledajte-vjezbu-najelitnije-jedinice-hrvatske-policije-15100475|title=Jutarnji list - Borbe, pucnjava, eksplozije... Pogledajte vježbu najelitnije jedinice hrvatske policije|date=7 September 2021}}</ref>

;{{flag|Estonia}}
* [[Bank of Estonia]] (Eesti Pank)<ref>{{cite web | url=https://epl.delfi.ee/eesti/eesti-pank-ostis-musklis-soomusmasina?id=51293557 | title=Eesti Pank ostis musklis soomusmasina }}</ref>
* [[Estonian Police]] (Eesti Politsei)<ref>{{cite web |title=K-Komando takes first place in paramedic competition |url=https://news.err.ee/1119304/gallery-k-komando-takes-first-place-in-paramedic-competition |website=news.err.ee |publisher=[[Eesti Rahvusringhääling]] |access-date=26 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801222757/https://news.err.ee/1119304/gallery-k-komando-takes-first-place-in-paramedic-competition |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |language=en |date=31 July 2020 |url-status=live}}</ref>

;{{flag|Libya}}
* [[United Nations Development Programme]] (PMO) {{citation needed|date=September 2018}}

;{{flag|Mexico}}
* [[Fuerza Civil]]: [[Nuevo León]] State Police, known as Fuerza Civil (Civil Force){{citation needed|date=February 2021}}
* [[Fuerza Civil]]: Veracruz (Civil Force)
* Guadalupe SSP
* GROMS Policia Saltillo: Grupo de Reacción Operativa, known as GROMS in Saltillo<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/gurkhaaladefensadesaltillo-1751081.html |title=Gurkha: A la defensa de Saltillo |access-date=12 June 2013 |archive-date=27 March 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140327193839/http://www.vanguardia.com.mx/gurkhaaladefensadesaltillo-1751081.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>https://pbicanada.org/2022/05/29/canadian-company-terradyne-sold-armoured-vehicles-to-the-saltillo-police-implicated-in-human-rights-violations/</ref>
* Tamaulipas State Police

;{{flag|Nigeria}}
* [[Nigeria Police Force]]{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}

;{{flag|Qatar}}
* Counter-Terrorism Battalion<ref>{{cite web|url= https://twitter.com/JeremyBinnie/status/1076092922460815361|title=Tweet |website=twitter.com |accessdate=2021-02-17}}</ref>

;'''[[Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria|Rojava]]''': US-led [[American-led intervention in Syria|international coalition to counter ISIS]] provided the Kurdish-led [[Syrian Democratic Forces]] with Gurkha vehicles to be used in [[Raqqa offensive (2016–present)|Raqqa offensive]] against [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant|ISIS]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://isis.liveuamap.com/en/2017/31-january-sdf-received-the-canadian-made-gurkha-lapf-armored|title=SDF received the Canadian made Gurkha LAPF armored vehicle, will directly participate in Raqqa assault.|website=ISIS - ISIL map, map of war in Syria, Iraq, Libya - Daesh map - Mosul operation - isis.liveuamap.com |access-date=31 January 2017}}</ref>

;{{flag|Singapore}}
* [[Singapore Police Force]]: Gurkha Contingent.<ref name="JFTAVG">https://www.joint-forces.com/features/52949-canadian-terradyne-gurkha-rpv</ref>

;{{SAU}}
* [[Ministry of Interior]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/article/82959/saudi-arabia-reportedly-cuts-lav-order|title=Saudi Arabia reportedly cuts LAV order |website=Jane's 360|date=13 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913173119/https://www.janes.com/article/82959/saudi-arabia-reportedly-cuts-lav-order |archive-date=13 September 2018 |via=Wayback Machine}}</ref>

;{{flag|Ukraine}}
* [[Armed Forces of Ukraine]]&nbsp;— 13 vehicles on 2023<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://auto.24tv.ua/novenki_bronovani_terradyne_gurkha_zakupyly_za_124_miliony_hryven_n42769|title=Новенькі броньовані Terradyne Gurkha закупили за 124 мільйони гривень|first=Сергій|last=Матусяк|publisher=Авто24|date=28 December 2022|website=[[24 Kanal]]|language=uk|accessdate=18 October 2023}}</ref>

;{{flag|United States}}
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* Arizona
* California
* Colorado: Used by Boulder Police Department.<ref name="press">{{cite press release | url=https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/terradyne-expands-law-enforcement-presence-in-the-us-300707014.html | title=Terradyne Expands Law Enforcement Presence in the US }}</ref>
* Florida
* New York
* Oklahoma
* Tennessee 
* Texas
* Virginia
**[[Arlington County Police Department]]<ref>{{Citation|last=NorthernVirginiaPoliceCars|title=Arlington County Police Department S.W.A.T. Terradyne Gurkha|date=2016-09-10|url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/126267267@N03/29623307075/|access-date=2021-06-12}}</ref>
**[[Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority]] Police Department<ref name="press"/>
* Wisconsin
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===Former operators===

;{{flag|Australia}}
	
* [[Victoria Police Special Operations Group]]: Known as the '''Armet Balkan Mk7 tactical response vehicle'''. Replaced in April 2013 by the [[Lenco BearCat]].<ref>{{cite news | url=http://trueblueline.net/2015/08/victoria-police-special-operations-group-sog-now-the-peacemakers | title=Victoria Police Special Operations Group (SOG) now 'The Peacemakers' | work=True Blue Line | date=23 August 2015 }}</ref>

;{{flag|Canada}}
* Nova Scotia: Purchased by the Halifax Police Service.<ref name="cbc.ca"/> Announced to be delayed due to COVID-19 on May 11, 2020.<ref name="halifaxtoday.ca"/> Contract canceled as of June 2020.<ref name="globalnews.ca"/>

== Appearances ==
The Gurkha was featured in the 2011 film ''[[Fast Five]]''.{{primary source-inline|date=November 2024}}

The Gurkha also makes its first official game debut in ''[[Forza Horizon 2]]'' as the LAPV variant (not counting fictional models, like the HVY Insurgent from ''[[Grand Theft Auto V]]''), which was based on the Gurkha.{{primary source-inline|date=November 2024}}

The Gurkha appears in the TV series [[S.W.A.T. (2017 TV series)|S.W.A.T]] as "Black Betty", a vehicle used in most episodes for transport of the team.{{primary source-inline|date=November 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.terradyneinc.com/ Terradyne Armored Vehicles]

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