4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1982
NAMED MODELFrance

TPK 4.20 and 4.31 FFM forest-fire tanker.

The civil fire-service VLRA: a 2,000-litre tank and a pump of 250 l/min at 36 bar or 1,500 l/min at 15 bar on the 3,600 mm TPK 4.20, or with a six-seat cab on the TPK 4.31.

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Sources & evidence
TPK 4.20 and 4.31 FFM forest-fire tanker — An ACMAT 4×4 forest-fire tanker of the Dordogne fire service, Mussidan, 2018.Cjp24 · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEACMAT VLRA (1967– )BUILT BYACMAT, Saint-NazaireIN SERVICE1982OPERATED INFrancePRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

French départements' fire services bought VLRAs for forest fires; the Dordogne's showed its ACMAT tankers at its 2018 fire-brigade congress. The 4.20 FFM weighed 5,300 kg empty with 2,950 kg of payload and a roll bar with beacon. The six-wheeled TPK 6.35 FFL carried 3,500 litres, and the VLRA 2 4.36 CCF continued the line.

Specification

MANUFACTUREDListed in 1982
ENGINEPerkins 6.354.4 six-cylinder diesel, 5.8 litres, 120 hp SAEPerkins 6.354
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEVLRA
FAMILYVLRA
WHEELS4

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Variants & colours

Base model variants

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Sources

  1. 1Acmat VLRA TPK 420 FFM ↗Véhicules hors série (Nicolas Bergon), from ACMAT literature · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2ACMAT 4×4 forest-fire tanker, Dordogne fire-brigade congress, 2018 ↗Wikimedia Commons · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  3. 3VLRA ↗Arquus · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-24 · status: researched