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armour on Dec 2, 2010 in
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The VBL (FRENCH: Véhicule Blindé Léger; ENGLISH: Light Armoured Vehicle) is a vehicle manufactured by the company Panhard. The vehicle was developed by an operational requirement by France in 1990 and has been used in mostly peacekeeping operations in Somalia, Kosovo and Bosnia.
The vehicle is lightly...
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armour on Oct 4, 2010 in
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The ERC 90 is an 8.3 tonne vehicle mounted with a 90 mm weapon, which is a reconnaissance 6 wheeled armoured all-terrain vehicle. ERC translated from its French meaning to English means ‘Gun-armed Reconnaissance Vehicle’. In December 1980 the vehicle was chosen by the...
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armour on Sep 29, 2010 in
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The AMX-10RC is a French made vehicle by GIAT (Now ‘Nexter’), the vehicle is classed as a ‘tank destroyer’ (TD) weighs in at 15 tonnes and France at current has 300 of these in service and has had these vehicles in service since 1980. However its main role is reconnaissance to which...
The French manufactured Main Battle Tank called the Leclerc entered service to the French Army in 1992 and improved mk2 version entered service/production in 1998 with better equipped engine control system and improved computer software located inside the tank; built by Giat Industries. (Who are now...