ℹ️ ➖➖➖ The Panhard Véhicule Blindé Léger ("Light armoured vehicle"), also known by its acronym Panhard VBL or simply VBL, is a French wheeled 4x4 all-terrain vehicle built by Panhard. The vehicle is offered in various configurations, and was designed to combine the agility of the Peugeot P4 liaison vehicle with adequate protection against small arms fire, artillery fragments, mines and NBC weapons. Produced between 1985 and 2010, the vehicle has been used by the French Army and other European, African and Central American armies in various conflicts since the 1980s. The VBL has two compartments: a motor bay, placed forward to protect the second compartment, which is for the crew. Its compact internal dimensions led to the design of a lengthened version of the VBL. The crew of the VBL is protected against NBC weapons. The recce versions have two crew members while the anti-tank versions have a crew of three. Its 95 horsepower (71 kW) power and 29.5 hp/t (22.0 kW/t) power ratio enable the VBL to drive at 95 km/h (59 mph). It has a fuel consumption of 16 litres (3.5 imp gal; 4.2 US gal) per 100 km (62 mi). Its range of 600 km (370 mi) can be extended to 800 km (500 mi) by two external fuel tanks. Designed to be lighter than 3.5 t (3.4 long tons; 3.9 short tons), the mass of the VBL has increased to 4 t (3.9 long tons; 4.4 short tons) due to the addition of more weapons, armour and systems. The VBL is fully amphibious and drives at 5.4 km/h (3.4 mph) in water; it is also air transportable by C-130, C-160, Il-76 and A400M. It can be transported underslung by larger helicopters, such as the AS332 Super Puma, and may also be para-dropped.
📑 ➖➖➖ Greece ordered six VBLs in 1997 to use them in Albania, where the Hummer was too large and too unstable in frozen roads. The success of the vehicles drove to ten more orders between 1997 and 2004. The Greek VBLs are similar to the ones of the French Army, with short and long chassis, some with PL-127 ring-mount or with MILAN missiles.

▪️🛠 Manufacturer Panhard
▪️✅ Produced 1985–2010
▪️⬇️ Mass 3.5 to 4 tonnes
▪️📏 Length 3.80 m (4.00 m long version)
▪️↔️ Width 2.02 m
▪️↕️ Height 1.70 m
▪️👤 Crew 3
▪️🛡 Armour STANAG level 1 (protection against 7.62×51 NATO rounds and shrapnel)
▪️⚔️ Main armament depends on the version
▪️🗡 Secondary armament none
▪️⚙️ Engine Peugeot XD3T turbo-diesel; From July 2018 : DW10FC 95 hp (70 kW); 130 hp with DW10FC
▪️⚡️ Power/weight 29.5 hp/t
▪️🔂 Suspension 0.35 m ground clearance
▪️🔁 Operational range 600 to 800 km
▪️⏩ Maximum speed 95 km/h