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ML6.Ground vehicles and components, as follows:

List
Wassenaar Arrangement – Munitions List – WA-LIST (25) 1
N.B. For guidance and navigation equipment, see ML11.
a. Ground vehicles and components therefor, specially designed or modified for military use;
Note 1 ML6.a. includes:
a. Tanks and other military armed vehicles and military vehicles fitted with mountings for arms or equipment for mine laying or the launching of munitions specified in ML4.;
b. Armoured vehicles;
c. Amphibious and deep water fording vehicles;
d. Recovery vehicles and vehicles for towing or transporting ammunition or weapon systems and associated load handling equipment;
e. Trailers.
Note 2 Modification of a ground vehicle for military use specified in ML6.a. entails a structural, electrical or mechanical change involving one or more components that are specially designed for military use. Such components include:
a. Pneumatic tyre casings of a kind specially designed to be bullet-proof;
b. Armoured protection of vital parts (e.g., fuel tanks or vehicle cabs);
c. Special reinforcements or mountings for weapons;
d. Black-out lighting.
b. Other ground vehicles and components, as follows:
1. Vehicles having all of the following:
a. Manufactured or fitted with materials or components to provide ballistic protection equal to or better than level III (NIJ 0108.01, September 1985), or "equivalent standards";
b. A transmission to provide drive to both front and rear wheels simultaneously, including those for vehicles having additional wheels for load bearing purposes whether driven or not;
c. Gross Vehicle Weight Rating (GVWR) greater than 4,500 kg; and
d. Designed or modified for off-road use;
2. Components having all of the following:
a. Specially designed for vehicles specified in ML6.b.1.; and
b. Providing ballistic protection equal to or better than level III (NIJ 0108.01, September 1985), or "equivalent standards".
N.B. See also ML13.a.
Note 1 ML6. does not apply to civil vehicles designed or modified for transporting money or valuables.
Note 2 ML6. does not apply to vehicles that meet all of the following;
a. Were manufactured before 1946;
b. Do not have items specified in the Munitions List and manufactured after 1945, except for reproductions of original components or accessories for the vehicle; and
c. Do not incorporate weapons specified in ML1., ML2. or ML4. unless they are inoperable and incapable of discharging a projectile.