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Introduction Country France
Name Panhard VBL wheeled reconnaissance vehicle
Panhard VBL

French Panhard VBL wheeled reconnaissance vehicle

Panhard and Levasol Machinery Manufacturing Company
Societe de Constructions Mecaniques Panhard et Levassor,FR
Production unit Panhard and Levasol Machinery Manufacturing Company
Societe de Constructions Mecaniques Panhard et Levassor,FR
Current production
Equipment situation Benin (6 cars), France, Gabon and Mexico (40 cars) etc.


Developed in 1978, the French Army proposed to develop vehicles below 3,500kg, one equipped with MILAN anti-tank missiles and the other equipped with machine guns for spying.

Reconnaissance vehicle

Or reconnaissance. After the demonstration of the five companies, they respectively signed a contract with Panhard and Renault on the manufacture of three prototypes and the delivery of the French Army in 1983 for testing. The car is named Vehicule Blinde Leger (VBL).
In February 1985, the French Army adopted the Panhard VBL car. It initially decided to purchase 1,000 anti-tank vehicles and 2,000 spy/reconnaissance vehicles. Between 1984 and 1988, the first batch of orders for 600 vehicles, but in 1985 the French defense budget did not pull the car, in 1985 purchased three VBL service in Lebanon, the French garrison.
Mexico ordered 40 vehicles in 1984 and delivered the first shipments in early 1985. Eight of them are equipped with anti-tank missiles from Milan.
The car also performed in Indonesia, Ireland, Malaysia, Pakistan, Water Arabia and the United States. The Panhard VBL for export was ULTRAVM11, Gabon has a small amount of orders.
The car was designed using many standard and proven civilian components. The


Structural features The car body is a fully welded THD steel structure manufactured by Creusot-Loire Industriel with the engine in the front and the passenger compartment in the rear.
The driver is on the left side of the passenger compartment and the driver is on the right side. There are side doors with bulletproof glass windows on the top, and bulletproof glass windows with electric wipers are placed in front of each occupant. The driver has an emergency periscope. The driver and the captain have a hatch cover on top.
The rear side of the passenger compartment is beveled, with a large door at the rear and a single round hatch at the top of the back.
The vehicle is ready for water after 2 minutes of preparation and driven by a single propeller at the rear.
Equipped with Michelin military tires, the vehicle can be operated at 30km/h for 50km under no-air conditions, and a standard tire pressure regulation system is installed.
The vehicle that is exported can be equipped with devices such as amphibious, triple defense, air conditioning, passive night vision periscope, warmer and power assisted steering.


Deformation car 1.VBL anti-tank car
The basic type required by the French Army. 3 crew members. Equipped with a Milan missile launcher, a 7.62mm machine gun, a radio set, 3 5.56mm FAMAS rifles and 9 grenades.
2.VBL spy car
The basic type required by the French Army. 2 crew members. The roof is equipped with a 7.62mm or 12.7mm machine gun with a pitch range of -10° to +50°, which can be rotated 180° from left to right; 2 sets of radio equipment; 2 5.6mm FAMAS rifles; 6 grenades; 1 LRAC anti-tank launcher And 12 rockets.
3.ULTRAVM11 Jungle Patrol Car
It was developed by Panhard Corporation for export. For the first time in 1985, it appeared on the Sartorius Ordnance Exhibition.
The car is improved on the basis of VBL, installed SAMM's BTM208 single manual turret, equipped with a 7.62mm and 12.7mm machine guns each with a weekly observation lens and M371 machine gun sight, a single-pan hatch cover and 1 white searchlight. There is no back door, the battle is 4t full, 3.85m long, 2.02m wide, and 2.1m high to the turret.
4.VBL radar surveillance vehicle
Three occupants, equipped with a radar system, have a surveillance range of 16 to 20 km for aircraft and 8 to 10 km for helicopters.
5. ULTRAVM11 for the United States
A VBL vehicle designed and built specifically for the U.S. Army. Equipped with a 12.7mm machine gun and grenade launcher. The standard equipment includes DUK-DUR dosimeter, DETALAC three alarm control system, SOFILTRA three defense device, NAVYX positioning system, TRTOB31 night vision periscope, TRTOB41 night vision binoculars, TRTOB42 binoculars, communication equipment, winch and some auxiliary equipment. Wait. The total weight of the battle was 3.930t, the length of the vehicle was 3.82m, the height of the machine gun was 2.25m, the height of the bottom of the vehicle was 0.35m, and the wheelbase was 2.66m.
6.RLTRAV M11 armoured personnel carrier
Lengthen the body on the basis of VBL. The length of the vehicle is 3.91m. There are 2+4 crew members and the total weight of the battle is 3.9t. If equipped with a three-defense device, there are only 3 people on board.
There are more than 20 types of models such as command vehicles, domestic safety vehicles, air defense vehicles, communication vehicles, radar vehicles, ammunition transport vehicles, and anti-tank vehicles.


Performance data model VBL
Crew 2 or 3
Drive type 4×4
Battle full weight
No three defense 3550kg
There are three defense 3590kg
net weight
There are three defense 2890kg
No three defense 2850kg
Unit power 19.7kW/t
Car length
Out-of-band fuel tank 3.870m
Without external tank 3.700m
Car width 2.020m
Vehicle height
To roof 1.700m
Equipment 7.62mm machine gun 2.140m
The distance between the bottom and the ground is 0.370m
Track 1.690m
Wheelbase 2.450m
Maximum speed
Highway 95km/h
Water 4km/h
Maximum travel time 600km
With auxiliary fuel tank 800km
Wading depth 0.9m
50% climbing
Roll slope 30%
Turn radius 5.77m
engine
Production company Pugeot
Model XD3T
Type 4 cylinder turbocharged diesel engine
Power/speed 70kW/4150r/min
Transmission Type ZF Fully Automatic Transmission
Forward/reverse gear 3/1
Transfer case type double speed
Suspension type
Front axle double acting shock absorber
Double triangular spiral spring
Rear axle bidirectional vibration-reducing equipment torsion bar spring
Tire size 9×16
Brake (main) Disc (applies to all wheels)
Armor thickness 5~11.5mm

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