Production chronology1967–1995
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Bravia / Model record
BraviaChaimite
Production1967–1995
Recorded originPortugal
Class4X4 amphibious armored personnel carrier
Power155 hp
Background
The Bravia Chaimite is an armoured vehicle with all wheel drive axles built by the Portuguese company Bravia and used by the Portuguese Army in the Portuguese colonial wars in Angola, Mozambique and Portuguese Guinea, from 1967 to 1974 when it ended. The Chaimite was originally an unlicensed derivative of the Cadillac Gage Commando assembled and later produced in Portugal, with a number of improvements and technical modifications.
Text adapted from “Bravia Chaimite” on Wikipedia ↗ · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗ · retrieved 2026-07
Chronology ledger
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Research notes
Contemporary-derived accounts commonly report roughly 500–600 Chaimite-family vehicles; no sufficiently reconciled variant-by-variant total is available.