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The Berliet VXB-170 is a four-wheel armoured vehicle used primarily as an internal security vehicle. Developed and initially produced by Berliet until Berliet was merged with Saviem to form Renault Trucks (now Arquus),[1] it lost to the Saviem VAB the competition to equip the French Army, even though it was cheaper than its competitor. Production stopped after fewer than 200 vehicles had been produced.

VXB-170
A French Gendarmerie VXB
TypeArmoured personnel carrier
Place of originFrance
Service history
In service1973 – present
Used byFrance, Gabon, Senegal
Production history
ManufacturerBerliet
Specifications
Mass12.7 tonnes (12.5 long tons)
Length5.99 m (19 ft 8 in)
Width2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Crew3
Passengers6 to 8 troops

Armor7 mm
Main
armament
1 × 7.62 mm machine gun
Secondary
armament
56 mm grenade launcher
EngineBerliet V800M 8-cylinder diesel engine
170 hp (130 kW)
Power/weight23 hp/t
Suspensionwheeled
Operational
range
750 km (470 mi)
Maximum speed 85 km/h (53 mph)

Its main user, the French National Gendarmerie, calls it Véhicule blindé à roues de la Gendarmerie ("Gendarmerie wheeled armoured vehicle") or VBRG.


Design history


Designed in the late 1960s under a project[citation needed] maximizing the use of heavy truck components of the Berliet brand in combat vehicles, the VXB 170 (for 170 cv[2]) entered production at the Berliet Bourg-en-Bresse plant.

It was selected in 1972 by the French Gendarmerie but it lost out to the Saviem VAB the competition for equipment of the French Army and, following the merger of Berliet and Saviem under the Renault brand in 1974, became redundant in the brand product offering so production was stopped soon after the Gendarmerie order was complete


Versions


There were originally three versions :

The VXB was available with hydrojets but this option was never exercised.


Operators


Map of VXB-170 operators
Map of VXB-170 operators

Current operators



Former civilian operators



Former evaluation-only operators





See also



References


  1. "Renault Trucks Defense renamed Arquus | Jane's 360". Archived from the original on 2018-09-11. Retrieved 2018-12-12.
  2. ie nearly 170 hp
  3. Clerc, Marc. "Histoire et évolution des moyens blindés depuis la deuxième guerre mondiale". Revue de la Gendarmerie nationale (in French). No. 262. pp. 19–29.
  4. "Gilets jaunes. Que sont les VBRG, ces véhicules blindés de la gendarmerie déployés à Paris ?". Ouest France (in French). 8 December 2018.
  5. International Institute for Strategic Studies (2021). The Military Balance. p. 467. ISBN 9781032012278.
  6. Stefan, Marx. The VAB Family of Armoured Vehicles: NG and Improved Vehicles, Upgrades. pp. 1–40.





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