4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1993–97
NAMED MODELMilitary · PhilippinesUnited Kingdom

Simba, Armed Forces of the Philippines.

The Philippines' 150: eight delivered as complete kits and the rest assembled at Subic Bay. By 2003 the fleet was 123 personnel carriers, 17 ambulances, 9 infantry fighting vehicles with a 25 mm gun and one command vehicle.

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BASE VEHICLESimba (1993–97)BUILT BYGKN SankeyIN SERVICE1993–97OPERATED INPhilippinesPRODUCTION150 orderedLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The contract was confirmed in mid-1992 at £56.273 million; a 1991 newspaper report put the acquisition at US$54 million, about US$360,000 a vehicle.

Procedural reference review, 28 September 2026: compact faceted hull with four shared road wheels, open squared wheel wells, left driver lookout, right radiator and exhaust, two-piece left side hatch and single rear door. The photographed machine-gun turret has six smoke launchers and a searchlight; base and Philippine finish share the same hull. All 24 supplied original images and ten additional walkaround photographs inspected, including rear and interior. No external spare or legible unit numbers were visible across the selected walkarounds, so neither was invented. The 5.35 m length and 2.5 m width follow the archived manufacturer survey; its 2.19 m height is for the low cupola, not this taller turret. Axle spacing of 2.972 m is a secondary-source modelling estimate, not a verified registry specification. UK development and Philippine local assembly are distinct; the populated UK origin is preserved for reviewer correction. The existing engine description is retained because sources disagree on cylinder count; generic diesel game audio. Full inventory and donor audit: research/model-notes/hadley-leonis.md.

Specification

MANUFACTURERGKN Sankey ↗
MANUFACTURED1993–97
ENGINEPerkins 210 Ti turbocharged intercooled diesel, 210 bhpPerkins 210 Ti
PRODUCTION RUN150 ordered; 152 built by 2003
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INPhilippines
STATUSin service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINESimba
FAMILYSimba
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEapc
CATEGORYMilitary · Philippines

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • NATO Green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

An AI rendering impression starts from a 3D model of this vehicle, which an image model then paints into a scene. It is an artist's impression of the type, made to give a feel for the vehicle in its element — not a photograph, and not a record of any particular vehicle.

Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

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  32. 32https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1080864https://www.pna.gov.ph/articles/1080864 ↗REFERENCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-28T04:43:28.415Z · status: researched