forced the ambushing Houthi fighters to get very close to the vehicle in order to destroy it. The Didgori reportedly remained operational after it was caught in a mine detonation. However its front suspension eventually broke off from the chassis when hurriedly trying to leave the battlefield on jumpy terrain, likely as a result of the sustained blast damage. The crew seats are specially designed to disperse blasts. Didgoris are equipped with run-flat tires, enabling them to drive on with damaged tires a distance of 50 km at 50 km/h maximum speed. Additionally, a central tire inflation system can be installed to further increase their survivability. All four wheel flanges are ballistic. The exact composition of the armour material is classified. Variants Armoured personnel carrier Patrol, convoy protection Command / Communications Vehicle Armoured MedEvac Mortar carrier Reconnaissance vehicle Civilian use A number of unarmed variants of the Didgori are deployed in several regions of Georgia as cloud dispersal units which have DELTA manufactured "CD-56" hail suppression system mounted on them. They are linked to regional weather surveying spheres automatically initializing hail suppression procedures if a hailstorm is imminent. A customized version of the Didgori-II is also featured in the 2021 movie Fast & Furious 9. Operators - 40 Didgoris were acquired by the Georgian Defense Forces in 2020. - 10 recon and 2 medical evacuation vehicles. - Up to 100 Didgoris are in service of the Saudi Arabian Army. The AMEV modification took part in an extensive two year-long Saudi Arabia tender, eliminating eight foreign competitors and their counterparts in the process - including US and Poland. As a result, a US$40 million contract was signed in 2015 for more than 100 vehicles of various configurations. The first batch - 12 vehicles, exclusively for medevac purposes, has been delivered in January 2016. Three Didgoris were lost in the Yemen conflict since 2016. - An undisclosed number of the AMEV BISON variant were delivered to the Indonesian Mobile Brigade Corps in 2019 and 2020. Gallery See also Didgori-1 VPK-3927 Volk Oshkosh L-ATV GAZ Tigr Otokar Cobra HMMWV Lazika References External links Ministry of Defence of Georgia Armored Personnel Carrier / APC - Didgori TAM of Georgia Military equipment of Georgia (country) Armoured personnel carriers of Georgia (country) Wheeled armoured personnel carriers Military vehicles introduced in the 2010s