VAB

Послужний список

Значення для конфліктів

Це єдиний запис каталогу для цієї системи. Вона стосується модуля нижче; Force Atlas кожного модуля показує, як її там застосовують.

Оператори

France: The standard French infantry carrier throughout Serval and Barkhane; withdrawn as the intervention ended and as the Griffon replaced the type in French service.

Роль на полі бою

The French intervention's standard troop carrier: VABs moved infantry across the vast distances of Serval's dash north and Barkhane's corridor patrols, where protection against mines and ambush mattered more than firepower.

Сильні сторони

Light, amphibious by design and cheap to keep running over the very long road distances of the Sahel; carried a full section with a machine gun, which was enough where the adversary had no armour.

Обмеження

An ageing design with limited mine protection by MRAP standards, which the Ultima up-armouring only partly addressed; several French fatalities in Barkhane came from IED strikes on light vehicles. Its relevance to the module is historical — it left with the French withdrawal in 2022.

Візуальна ідентифікація

A four-wheeled, slab-sided box with a sloping front, a small forward cab with two windscreens and, on the Ultima, added side armour and a remote weapon station.

Задокументоване застосування в конфлікті

Documented across Serval's advance to Gao and Timbuktu in January–February 2013 and in Barkhane's convoy and patrol operations through 2022; IED strikes on the type are part of the intervention's published casualty record. Historical only.

Оператори — види та роди збройних сил

• Операція «Бархан» Історично пов’язано
• Операція «Серваль» Історично пов’язано