Panhard VBL, French Tactical Vehicle

The vehicle that entered the "Light armoured vehicle" category could be used in various missions, many variants then bring up by its producer Société de Constructions Mécaniques Panhard et Levassor located in Paris France. Although having various variants as far as approximately 10 variants including among them the version of the export, but basically Panhard VBL came from two basic versions that is Panhard VBL the anti tank combat vehicle version that in operated by 3 personnel and armed with the machine gun 7.62 mm calibre and the Panhard VBL recon vehicle that operated by 2 personnel and was armed with the machine gun 7.62mm calibre and machine gun 12.7 mm calibre.

By using the 4 cylinders diesel turbocharged Peugeot XD3T engine that could produce power 105hp, Panhard VBL could reach the maximum speed 95km/hour with the cruising range that could reach 600km, the vehicle that had the total weight 3.590kg this could be sent to various places by using the implement carried air. One of the expertise from Panhard VBL used by many countries was, his capacity swam in water, this was enabled because of Panhard VBL to be supplemented also with the single propeller, this propeller could make Panhard VBL swimming through to the speed 4.5 km/ hour.

Untill this time this tactical combat vehicle already in used by more than 17 countries with the number of total populations approximately 1300 units, the most user from Panhard VBL was the French Armed Forces, the number of vehicles that entered the assignment totalling approximately 1,100 units.

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