The G-Wagen was first offered for sale in
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Military Use
Austrian Army
The
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Canadian Army:
A total of 1,159 vehicles have been ordered by the
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Delivery of these vehicles to
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The
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Dutch Army
The
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Estonian Defence Forces
The
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Finnish Army
The
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French Army
The
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G-Class equipped with
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Serbian Armed Forces
The
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German Armed Forces
The
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Greek Army
The
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Hungarian Defence Forces
The
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Luxembourg Army
The
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The Norwegian Armed Forces
The
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The escort company of the
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Norwegian military MB240GD
Singapore Army
The
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Swiss Army
The
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United States Marine Corps
The USMC Interim Fast Attack Vehicle (IFAV) is a modified version of the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen 290. It replaces the modified M-151A2 1/4 ton truck (MUTT jeep) used by the Marines as a FAV in the 1990s. The U.S. Marine Corps acquired 157 of the IFAVs distributed as follows:
(I) Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) Camp Pendleton, CA (33; (II) MEF Camp Lejeune, NC (25); (III) MEF on Okinawa, Japan (27; (IV) 17 Force Recon, Afghanistan (22); (V) 3 Force Recon Bn, Iraq (23); (VI) 1st Provisional DMZ Police Company, Korea (15); and (VII) various miscellaneous (12)
Vatican City
The government of the
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