VAB

紀錄

衝突關聯性

這是本目錄中此系統的唯一紀錄。它與下方的模組相關；各模組的Force Atlas會顯示它在該處的使用方式。

使用方

France: The standard French infantry carrier throughout Serval and Barkhane; withdrawn as the intervention ended and as the Griffon replaced the type in French service.

戰場角色

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.

優勢

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.

限制

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.

外觀識別

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.

有文件記錄的衝突使用

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.

軍種與兵種使用方

• 新月沙丘行動 歷史上相關
• Serval行動 歷史上相關