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With its Serval armoured vehicle, the army opens a new era

2023-05-26T05:22:42.029Z

Highlights: The VAB and Serval are two new armoured infantry fighting vehicles. The VAB evokes battles from another era. The Serval has been in service for more than forty years. The cockpit is also designed to accommodate more heavily equipped soldiers. Screens will allow you to share your photos and videos with the rest of the world. This article is for subscribers only. You still have 82% to discover 82% of the story. Back to the page you came from. Return to the original page.


DECRYPTION - The armored front vehicle has had its day, after more than forty years of service in the army. His successor, who bears the name of an "agile feline" and a successful military operation in Mali between 2013 and 2014, will gradually take his place.


Special Envoy to Caylus

They are not alike. Next to the Serval, with its 12.7 gun emerging from a "turret" operated from the cabin, the VAB, with its combat station exposed to the open air and its beetle design, evokes battles from another era. The two armoured infantry fighting vehicles sum up a change of era for the army. The paratroopers of the 3rd RPIMa who expose the two machines on the camp of Caylus, near Montauban, smile at their effect. "It's the nineteenth century against the XXXIIIth century," exaggerates one of them. A glance inside at the ageless benches of the VAB, with optional air conditioning, leaves one wondering. The infantrymen will also be tight in the Serval but the pockets where to store the weapons can serve as pillows. Anyone who has ever spent hours in a convoy or waiting for a mission to start will understand...

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Source: lefigaro

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