"The French 319 Griffon 6x6 APC's and The Jaguar" Topic
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Tango01 | 25 Apr 2017 11:40 a.m. PST |
"The DGA (French Defense Procurement Agency) awarded the French Companies Nexter Systems, Renault Trucks Defense et Thales an order for the first 319 Griffon VBMR (Véhicule Blindé MutiRôle – Multirole armoured vehicle) wheeled armoured vehicles and 20 Jaguar EBRC (Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance et de Combat – Reconnaissance and Combat armoured vehicle) as a part of the Scorpion Program of the French Army. Launched in 2014, the Scorpion Program of the French Army is a project for the French Army to make the replacement or renovation of its fleet of frontline combat vehicles and at the same time to use to use a new and unified communications and battlefield management system (BMS). Under the Scorpion Program, the Multi-Role Armoured Vehicle GRIFFON and Reconnaissance and Combat Armoured Vehicle JAGUAR will replace respectively the VAB APC armoured vehicle personnel carrier, and on the other hand, the AMX10RC, the ERC-90 Sagaie and the VAB Hot, produced in the 70s and 80s and used extensively by the French Army in all theaters of operation for thirty years. The contract will also include all phases of an armament program, from development to unit logistical support through the qualification and production of systems. The GME is committed to the integral performance of the equipment in the long term as well as the operational availability of vehicles in service…"
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