4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1982
NAMED MODELFrance

TPK 4.20 PML, PMN and PMB.

The weapon-mount VLRAs of 1982 on the 3,600 mm wheelbase: the PML with a heavy machine gun, the PMN with the MILAN anti-tank missile and the PMB carrying an 81 mm mortar that fires from the vehicle.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEACMAT VLRA (1967– )BUILT BYACMAT, Saint-NazaireIN SERVICE1982OPERATED INFrance, ChadPRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

Each is 4,300 kg empty with 2,500 kg of payload and the 1,600 km range of the SM3. The VPC convoy-protection variant carried a 20 mm cannon, a ringed heavy machine gun and a light machine gun on the cab; a TPK 4.20 with a 20 mm cannon served in Chad on Opération Manta between June 1983 and September 1984, painted in sand stripes over NATO green.

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, Chad
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEVLRA
FAMILYVLRA
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEcargo

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Vert PIR OTAN (NATO green)
  • Sand

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

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Sources

  1. 1Acmat VLRA TPK 420 PMB/PML/PMN ↗Véhicules hors série (Nicolas Bergon), from ACMAT literature · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2Acmat VLRA TPK 420 VPC ↗Véhicules hors série (Nicolas Bergon), from ACMAT literature · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  3. 3ACMAT VLRA TPK 4.20 canon de 20 mm ↗Milinfo · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  4. 4ACMAT VLRA ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

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