The Marauder was developed for reconnaissance and peacekeeping missions. It carries a crew of up to ten including the driver and commander. Originally designed to operate in urban, built-up and confined areas it is smaller in both size and weight than the Matador, a similarly armoured vehicle. Vehicle configuration is either 4x4 or a 6x6. The Marauder has a cruising speed of around, and a maximum range of. The Marauder’s double-skin monocoque hull provides protection against projectiles up to STANAG 4569 Level III for the crew compartment. The Marauder’s payload capacity allows for the fitting of various defence and weapons systems, including light and medium-calibre machine guns, cannon weapon installations, and missile launchers, as well as command, surveillance, and control systems. The vehicle can be configured such that mortars may be fired from the payload platform.
In 2008, for the manufacturing and production of the Marauder, the Paramount Group entered into an agreement with the King Abdullah Design and Development Bureau, Jordan’s primary governmental military agency that develops and manufactures defence systems, and which serves as an independent technical advisor to the Jordanian Armed Forces. As well as being a manufacturer, Jordan was the first customer for the Marauder.
The Marauder is also manufactured in Azerbaijan by the Ministry of Defense Industry of Azerbaijan through a joint agreement with Paramount.
Kazakhstan
makes the Marauder under license as the Arlan under a joint venture known as Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering when it was announced officially in 2018. In the same year, it was announced that 70% of its parts were made locally, which consists of radios and remote-controlled weapons stations. Construction of the factory started in 2014 and was completed on October 2015 outside Astana.
Singapore
The Marauder is manufactured in Singapore by ST Engineering in collaboration with Paramount and the Defence Science and Technology Agency. This was based on a 2012 agreement with Paramount to work together in manufacturing and marketing the vehicle. The variants made under the Belrex label consist of security, engineer, reconnaissance, logistics, fuel, mortar, medical, signal, maintenance and mortar ammunition carrier. The base platform comes in three basic crew compartment sizes – four, eight and ten.
Operators
: According to SIPRI, only 2 were delivered in 2009 + negotiations to buy the Arlan from Kazakhstan.
: 85 delivered in total between 2009 and 2014. Local production of the vehicles was established under an agreement between the Paramount Group and the Ministry of Defence Industry of Azerbaijan.
: 52 delivered in total between 2010 and 2012.
: An initial batch of ~50 Marauders and Matadors were ordered in March 2008. Local production of the vehicles was established under an agreement between the Paramount Group and the King Abdullah II Design and Development Bureau.
: An unknown number of a new winterized variant, called Arlan, were ordered in 2013 and delivery is scheduled to take place in 2016. Local production of the Arlan by Kazakhstan Paramount Engineering, a joint venture company under an agreement between Paramount Group and state-owned Kazakhstan Engineering. The first Arlans were delivered to Kazakh special forces in December 2017.
: 6 ordered in 2013
: Unknown number acquired for the Nigerian Air Force in March 2019, modified with Jordanian "snake head" turret.
: 1 ordered in 2013
: Designation as Belrex Protected Combat Support Vehicle, operates a custom-built variant with extended wheelbase. 122 ordered in 2013. Officially brought into service in 2016. The Belrexes will replace all unarmored five-ton trucks in service with the SAF.
