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BASE MODELFrance

ACMAT VLRA (1967– )

ACMAT's liaison and reconnaissance vehicle, launched in 1967: 2.5 tonnes of payload, 1,600 km of range and a 200-litre water tank — a truck built for places with no fuel and no water rather than for armour.

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ACMAT VLRA (1967– ) — An ACMAT VLRA.AlfvanBeem · CC0 ↗
MODEL LINEVLRABUILT BYACMAT, Saint-NazairePRODUCED1967OPERATED INFrance, IrelandPRODUCTIONOver 12,000 ACMAT vehicles in allLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

ACMAT made more than 12,000 vehicles in all, about 3,500 of them sharing parts closely, and exported over 85 per cent of them to more than fifty countries; they are in service in 42 nations, France and Ireland among them. The VLRA 2 came in 2009, and the air-transportable light tactical vehicle served in Afghanistan between 2008 and 2019.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1967–
ENGINEDiesel
PRODUCTION RUNOver 12,000 ACMAT vehicles in all
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance, Ireland
STATUSin production
RECORD KINDBase model
MODEL LINEVLRA
FAMILYVLRA
WHEELS4
BODY STYLECargo
VARIANTS2

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Body styles & colours

Body style

Factory colours

  • Sand

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Sources

  1. 1ACMAT ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched