By the end of the year, 60 VBMR-L Serval multi-purpose armored personnel carriers will enter service with the French army.

The French army continues to replace obsolete weapons and military equipment with the latest models, with priority being given to the supply of products from enterprises of its own military-industrial complex. In general, France is one of the few countries whose armed forces have an almost complete range of modern weapons and military equipment of their own production.

The General Directorate for Armaments (Direction Générale de l'Armement - DGA) of the French Ministry of Defense announced that 60 VBMR-L Serval multi-purpose armored personnel carriers will enter the army by the end of this year, which will be one fifth of the total planned number of armored vehicles in this series. In total, until 2030, the French Armed Forces will receive 900 Serval vehicles of various modifications, 364 of them have already been ordered.

The development and serial production of Serval armored personnel carriers is jointly carried out by the French defense companies Nexter and Texelis. Within ten years, the Ministry of Defense plans to completely replace the outdated VAB armored personnel carriers, the mass production of which was started back in 1976.

The Deputy Director General for International Relations of the French Ministry of Defense said at a briefing that the new equipment will soon enter service with the 11th Airborne Brigade and the 27th Mountain Infantry Brigade.

The VBMR-L armored personnel carrier is one of four next-generation vehicles being developed under the French Scorpion program, along with the larger Griffon armored personnel carrier and its MEPAC variant, as well as the Jaguar reconnaissance and combat vehicle.

In total, the French Ministry of Defense intends to purchase 1872 Griffon vehicles, including 54 MEPACs, 978 Servals and 300 Jaguars by 2030. The Griffon and Serval vehicles will replace the outdated French VAB armored personnel carriers developed by Renault, while the Jaguar will replace three other armored vehicles: Giat's AMX-10RC, the Panhard ERC vehicle and the VAB HOT armored personnel carriers.

All-wheel drive 4x4 armored personnel carrier VBMR-L weighs from 15 to 17 tons, depending on the modification. The vehicle will be equipped with all the basic equipment of the Scorpion family, including sensors and the SICS combat information system, a new communication and battlefield control system for exchanging tactical information with other Scorpion vehicles. The armored personnel carrier can carry up to eight military personnel, plus two crew members.

So far, there is no such information, but it cannot be ruled out that, as they are replaced and decommissioned, the old French armored vehicles will be in service with the Ukrainian army. For NATO countries, this has already become a kind of familiar practice - to modernize their troops, giving out-of-date equipment to the Armed Forces of Ukraine. At the very least, savings on conservation and disposal are very significant.

Comments

[Bingo]

Point-blank, I don’t understand which armored personnel carrier from 4 to 4? Do they really think only to drive on the highway? Even an anti-personnel mine then - and already "Cilechka, sha, no one is going anywhere anymore"

[Alexga]

Point-blank, I don’t understand which armored personnel carrier from 4 to 4? Do they really think only to drive on the highway?

I don't understand what the joke is either. The unit, by its design, was created for riding on the roads and shooting at warriors with spears, nothing more. For police events, most likely. But then why so much noise?

[cold wind]

An ordinary armored personnel carrier, armor is better than the BTR-80, capacity is higher, mine protection and situational awareness are several goals better. Modern electronic systems allow you to increase cross-country ability at times even for 4 wheels.
So the BTR-80 is a machine for fighting armies armed with spears, and the French have a modern armored personnel carrier.

[Bingo]

Quote from cold wind

Modern electronic systems allow you to increase cross-country ability at times even for 4 wheels.

Tell this Bulat:

What, nafig, is the cross-country ability on such an area of ​​\u1,5b\u3bsupport, and what kind of stability with a center of gravity above XNUMX meters above the road, also with such a fool on the roof? No one may die from mines, but he still doesn’t hold an RPG - it’s not a tank, it’s for armor protection, but they shoot him XNUMX km before the front line - he won’t even hide behind any trees, and just above the village hut

[silverwolf88]

of course, all the junk will be fused by the Armed Forces of Ukraine ... but I'm not talking about that ... the trend has gone to design not combat vehicles (such as infantry fighting vehicles / armored personnel carriers), but those that ensure the movement of infantry in the colonies ... all these patrols with protection from undermining and a high silhouette. .. it's not about the battlefield

[Mavrikiy]

By the end of the year, 60 VBMR-L Serva multi-purpose armored personnel carriers will enter service with the French army

lAnd it's not them who are burning on the Ruin, no? And it looks like .... I think they will burn no worse. The French blinded an armored personnel carrier for Africa, they are used to chasing blacks, they don’t want to fight in Europe.

Quote: silberwolf88

which ensure the movement of infantry in the colonies ...

Just read ...

[Graz]

in the photo it somehow looks heavy, it seems to me that with cross-country ability it will most likely have problems outside of asphalt roads

[Leshak]

In my opinion, this apparatus is for local conflicts, but not for a full-fledged war.

[Fangaro]

Maybe not right, but he looks like a policeman. And a lot is hung on top.
And the radiator grill directly asks you to check how the bullets further under the hood will ricochet into the ground without damaging anything.

[Kusja]

Scorpion, griffin, serval, jaguar - solid African fauna. Colonial habits do not let the French go ...

[gorg1981]

Most of the comments are from the category "every gopher in the field is an agronomist", as well as all idiots, but we are smart. We are talking about armored personnel carriers, and not about infantry fighting vehicles, which, taking into account the climate and the development of the road network of old Europe and France in particular, 4x4 is quite enough. Nobody thinks to go to Moscow and Vladivostok. Now VBCI BPMs are 8x8, which is quite justified, given the above.