4x4s.org NAMED MODEL · 1982
NAMED MODELFrance

TPK 6.40 SM3.

The 6×6 liaison, reconnaissance and support truck: 4,100 mm wheelbase, 4,300 kg of payload or 21 men on removable benches, two 210-litre tanks and a 200-litre water tank for 1,600 km.

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Sources & evidence
TPK 6.40 SM3 — A TPK 6.40 SM3 in Paris.Pierre Delattre · CC BY-SA 2.0 fr ↗
BASE VEHICLEACMAT VLRA (1967– )BUILT BYACMAT, Saint-NazaireIN SERVICE1982OPERATED INFrancePRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT6 wheels

The record

It weighs 5,700 kg empty and was shown towing ACMAT's 215-series trailers — the 215 S Saharan cargo trailer, a field kitchen and a 1,250-litre tanker. The longer TPK 6.50 SM3 carried 5,550 kg or 25 men on 4,500 mm.

Specification

MANUFACTUREDListed in 1982
ENGINEPerkins 6.354 six-cylinder diesel, 5.8 litres, 138 hp SAEPerkins 6.354
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEVLRA
FAMILYVLRA
WHEELS6
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

  • Sand
  • Vert PIR OTAN (NATO green)
  • Brun terre PIR (earth brown)
  • Sable beige PIR (sand beige)

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 640 SM3 ↗Véhicules hors série (Nicolas Bergon), from ACMAT literature · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  2. 2Acmat VLRA TPK 650 SM3 ↗Véhicules hors série (Nicolas Bergon), from ACMAT literature · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE
  3. 3ACMAT VLRA ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-24SOURCE

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