Adder armored personnel carrier

The Adder, officially the "Adder" Rifle Carrier (Tipsprek: Geveareferager «Ader») abbreviated as '''Gvf. Ader''', is a family of Tiperyn s and s that was introduced in 1994. It is the primary infantry carrier of the Tiperyn Realm Guard's Mounted Riflist regiments, employed in tandem with the Pit Adder light tank. The Adder is the heaviest infantry carrier in the Realm Guard's Infantry Service, while the more well-protected but equivalently armed Crocodile infantry fighting vehicle is operated by the Heavy Ruitery Service in support of.

Infantry carriers

 * Geveareferager Ader A - Initial production variant
 * Ader A1 (1994) - First production infantry carrier, equipped with a heavy machine gun or automatic grenade launcher mounted on the gunner and commander hatches and flat bottom hull.
 * Ader A2 (1999) - Added additional mounting points for ERA, slat armor, and introduced a remote weapon system capable of mounting a heavy machine gun
 * Geveareferager Ader B - Improved production variant following prolonged combat experience in Nasiria.
 * Gvf. Ader B1 (2005) - Introduced a V-shaped hull to provide better protection against improvised explosive devices, modified the wheelbase to improve off-road ability, improved front and side armor, upgraded the engine to deal with the additional weight, and added an short-range anti-tank guided missile module to the machine gun remote weapon system.
 * Gvf. Ader B2 (2010) - Replaced the original RWS with a full remote turret equipped with a 38mm autocannon and two reloadable, pop-up anti-tank guided missile modules.

Specialist

 * Granaateferager (Grf.) Ader - Battalion-level fire support variant equipped with a turreted semi-automatic 127mm gun-mortar.
 * Grf. Ader A (1994) - Initial production variant.
 * Grf. Ader B (2006) - Introduced the V-shaped hull, modified wheelbase, and an upgraded powerplant.
 * Kanonkontrolvein (Kkv.) Ader - Fire direction center variant.
 * Pansereteknikvein (Ptv.) Ader - Combat engineering variant.
 * Pansereziekevein (Pzv.) Ader - Armored medical evacuation/ambulance variant.
 * Verkenereferager (Vkf.) Sydvizer - Battalion- and regiment-level reconnaissance and forward observation vehicle equipped with a manned turret, 38mm autocannon, ground surveillance radar, optical observation mast, and unmanned aerial vehicle launcher.

Operators

 * New Valentina - Evaluating a number of Ader B2s embedded with 1RVR in Nasiria.
 * Tiperyn - The Realm Guard operates 1,980 Adder Bs, 2,100 Adder As (mainly in reserve service), and 430 specialist variants. The Ministry of the Sword plans to upgrade all active-duty Adder B1s to the Adder B2 standard and transfer flat-bottom hull Adder As to reserves by 2025.