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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Sources & evidence
Simba, Armed Forces of the Philippines — A Philippine Army Simba, March 2025.7th Cavalry "Masasarigan" Company, Armor "Pambato" Division, Philippine Army · Public domain ↗
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.

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.

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Sources

  1. 1GKN Simba ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched