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| General Characteristics
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| Length
| 3.80 m (4.00 m long version)
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| Width
| 2.02 m
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| Height
| 1.70 m
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| Weight
| 3.5-4 tons
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| Engine
| Peugeot XD3T turbo-diesel
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| Max Road Speed
| 95 km/h
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| Mean Road Speed
| 70 km/h
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| Max Swim Speed
| 10 km/h
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| Range
| 600 km
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| Consumption
| 16 litres/100 km
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| Ground clearance
| 0.35 m
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| Crew
| 2-3
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Panhard Véhicule Blindé Léger ("Light armoured vehicle") is a wheeled 4x4 all-terrain vehicle offered in various configurations. It was designed to combine agility of Peugeot VLTT liaison vehicle with adequate protection against small arms fire, artillery fragments, mines and NBC weapons. VBL is fully amphibious and air transportable by C-130 and C-160.
Variants
Reconnaissance version is equipped with TR-VP 213 or PR4G radio, OB 41 and OB 43 night vision goggles and DUK-DUR 440 radiation meter & dosimeter. It is armed with a single 7.62mm machine gun.
Anti-tank version carries MILAN launcher with MIRA thermal imager night sight and six missiles.
Operators
Cameroon, Djibouti, France, Gabon, Greece, Indonesia, Iran, Kuwait, Mexico, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Portugal, Qatar, Rwanda, Togo.
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