Variants
- Casspir Mk 1 First use in combat: Operation Crowbar/Operasie Koevoet,SWA/Namibia
- Casspir Mk 2 First user: 101 Battalion, SWATF
- Casspir Mk 2C (I)
- Casspir Mk 3 - 170 hp (127 kW) ADE-352T 6-cylinder turbo-diesel
- Ordnance Factories Board of India's MPV
The Casspir was built in different configurations:
- APC - armoured personnel carrier
- Artillery Fire Control vehicle
- Ambulance
- Blesbok Freighter - with drop side cargo area for up to 5 tons (160 built). Can be used as a weapon platform.
- Duiker Tanker - 5000 litres tank (30 built)
- FISTV - Fire Support Team vehicle
- Gemsbok Recovery vehicle - 15-ton capacity (30 built)
- Mechem Mine clearing vehicle - uses steel wheels to detonate mines
- MEDDS (Mechem Explosives and Drug Detection System) Mine Sensor vehicle
- Mechem VAMMIDS (Vehicular Array Mine Detection System) Vehicle
- Plofadder Mine clearing System - carrier of the containerised Plofadder 160AT rocket-propelled mine clearing system
- Riot Control vehicle - Police version with larger windows to increase visibility
- Mechem LP (Low-Profile) and short-wheelbase vehicle
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