The base Walid scout car was given dimensions of 6.12x2.57x2.3 meters. Ground clearance amounted to 0.4 meters to which the vehicle could ford up to 0.8 meter deep water sources, overcome a 0.5 meter vertical slope, and manage a 60% gradient. The standard operating crew was two and a 7.62mm PKM or similar medium machine gun was typically fitted for local defense. Armor reached 8mm of steel that protected against small arms fire but little else. Beyond its crew of two, the car held room for up to ten combat-ready infantrymen and, depending on the production mark, the Walid came in either a soft-top or hard-top form to suit the mission role or customer requirement. Drive power was a Deutz AG diesel-fueled engine outputting at 168 horsepower which gave the Walid a maximum road speed of 86 kmh and road range out to 800 kilometers.
The Walid car has since found many global operators in what has turned out to be a long, healthy operational service life. The list once included Angola, Algeria, Iraq, North Yemen (now Yemen), and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) while current operators remain Burundi, Sudan, and Yemen. The Israeli Army captured a number of the cars from Egypt during the Six Day War (1967).
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