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With the Griffons and Scorpions, the army wants to modernize land combat

2020-10-07T17:20:44.384Z


Tested since 2019, the first Griffon “multirole armored vehicles” will be deployed in the Sahel in 2021.You have to tame the beast, gauge its strengths and capabilities. Over 7 meters in length, 2.5 meters in width, 3.5 meters in height, six wheels, a thick shell, the Griffon is a mass. On the military camp of Canjuers, the army tests its new machine before sending it to the regiments. The instructor smiles as he observes the pilots he is training to do it twice on a steep and muddy embankment, to c


You have to tame the beast, gauge its strengths and capabilities.

Over 7 meters in length, 2.5 meters in width, 3.5 meters in height, six wheels, a thick shell, the Griffon is a mass.

On the military camp of Canjuers, the army tests its new machine before sending it to the regiments.

The instructor smiles as he observes the pilots he is training to do it twice on a steep and muddy embankment, to cross unceremoniously a water point or to keep pace on the track at 90 km / h.

"The turning radius is 17 meters, it's short for this kind of template,"

explains Sergeant Cyrille.

The vehicle, capable of carrying up to 10 men, is robust.

The Griffon will gradually replace the old VABs of the Army, the 2,600 “front-armored vehicles” designed nearly fifty years ago which are the basis of the troop transport.

Ninety-two Griffons were delivered in 2019. A hundred is expected for 2020 (against 128 expected before the crisis

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Source: lefigaro

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