Ace 1/72 AML-60 60mm Mortar Carrier (4×4) # 72455

The Panhard AML (Auto Mitrailleuse Légère, or “Light Machine Gun Automobile”) is a quick, long-ranged, and reasonably inexpensive armoured car with outstanding reconnaissance capabilities.

 It is built on a compact, lightly armoured 444 chassis and weighs about 5.5 tonnes, making it ideal for airborne deployment.

AMLs have been sold on up to five continents since 1959, and various varieties have been in continuous manufacture for more than half a century.

These have been used in regular conflict by fifty-four national governments and other entities around the world. 

The AML-245 was once considered one of the most heavily armed scout vehicles in service, with a DEFA D921 90 mm (3.54 in) rifled cannon firing conventional high explosive and high explosive anti-tank shells, or a 60 mm (2.36 in) breech loading mortar with 53 rounds and dual 7.5mm MAS AA-52 NF-1 machine guns with 3,800 rounds, all mounted coaxially in the turret.

With its D921 main gun, an AML can destroy targets at a range of 1,500 metres.

It is considered a match for second-line and older main battle tanks in this configuration.

AMLs were most visible in Angola, Iraq, and Chad, as well as in the Lebanese Civil War from 1975 to 1990.