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Petit Véhicule Protégé

Petit Véhicule Protégé from 2008 to 2012
Petit Véhicule Protégé 2008 to 2012

Type

Light armoured vehicle

Place of origin

 France

Manufacturer

Panhard

No. built

1133

Weight

4,390 kg

Length

4,599 mm

Width

2,277 mm

Height

2,170 mm

Crew

2 to 4

Armour

STANAG 4569 (6 to 10 mm)

Main
armament

Medium machine gun

Engine

IVECO 8140 2.8litre turbo-diesel
160 hp ( kW)

Power/weight

34 hp/tonne

Suspension

Wheeled 4 x 4

Operational
range

800 km

Speed

120 km/h

The Petit Véhicule Protégé  "Small Protected vehicle"is a light, general-purpose armoured 4-wheel drive vehicle used by the French Army, made by Panhard. It is also designated as Auverland A4 AVL(Armoured Vehicle Light). Built by Auverland, it is the successor to the Peugeot P4. It is intended mostly as personnel carrier, weapon carrier, and for reconnaissance, detection and communications purposes.

In 2004, the first batch of 314 vehicles was ordered. The first vehicles were delivered in February 2008 and production ended in July 2012. 100 vehicles will be fitted with the WASP light RWS. It is expected that the French DGA will order an additional 300 PVP vehicles. The 2009-14 military budget originally called for a total of 1500 PVPs, but this was reduced to 1233 in 2010 and 1133 in 2012. In the end 1073 were delivered to the Army at a total cost of €242.7m (~US$325m) for a unit cost of €167,000 (~US$220,000), or €226,000 (~US$300,000) including development costs.

Design

The PVP is modular, allowing extra seats to be added for more personnel, or to be used as a light truck. The armour, made of steel and aluminium, offers level 2 protection (STANAG 4569) for the crew and the engine. The floor is protected against antipersonnel mines (type DM 31).

Variants

Petit Véhicule Protégé 2008 to 2012

PVP XL (Extra Large) 

  • PVP HD(Heavy Duty) – larger version, based on the same architecture but with level 3 armour. With 5 doors and more cargo area (2T payload, total internal volume of 7.9 m³). Gross vehicle weight is 7.6 tonnes.
  • PVP XL(Extra Large) – with a total internal volume of 9.4 m³ and a gross vehicle weight of 12 tonnes (max. payload: 3 tonnes). The maximum number of seats is 10. The basic armour of the XL model also offers a level 3 protection.
  • PVP APC– Based on the French Army's PVP but with a 150mm higher roofline to provide room for 6 troops. Developed in 2010.
  • Gavial– Unbuilt 5-door version with pneumatic suspension, to be licence-built by Rheinmetall. Offered to the Bundeswehr but they chose the LAPV Enok
  • Colt– License-built by Ashok Leyland, first revealed in 2012.Variants of the original PVP as the Colt Light Tactical Vehicle, the PVP HD as the Colt Light Armoured Vehicle and the Colt Airmobile.
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