4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1990–2015
NAMED MODELMilitary · FranceFrance

P4 VPS and P4P (special forces and armoured)

The special P4s: the P4 VPS for French special forces, stripped and air-portable, and the armoured P4P with mine protection, both developed from the standard vehicle.

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Sources & evidence
P4 VPS and P4P (special forces and armoured) — A P4 with UNIFIL in LebanonTorw · CC BY-SA 3.0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEP4 (1981–92)BUILT BYPeugeot, SochauxIN SERVICE1990–2015OPERATED INFrancePRODUCTIONNot publishedLAYOUT4 wheels · 94.5″

The record

The VPS and P4P kept the P4 useful into the 2000s for units that needed either less weight or more protection than the standard car.

Research status: draft — identification, dates or figures could not all be pinned down; the summary says what is unresolved.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1990–2015
ENGINE2.5-litre XD3 diesel four
PRODUCTION RUNNot published
COUNTRY OF ORIGINFrance
OPERATED INFrance
STATUSout of production
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEP4
FAMILYP4
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE94.5″
BODY STYLEarmoured
CATEGORYMilitary · France

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

  • Blanc Meije

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

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1Peugeot P4 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-22SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-22 · status: draft