VLRA transport de troupes

ACMAT (Ateliers de Construction Mécanique de L'Atlantique)(also known as ALM-ACMAT), (and as of 22 May 2006, a wholly owned subsidiary of Renault Trucks [1], is a French producer of cross-country and tactical military vehicles since 1958. Known for their reliabiity, simplicity, ruggedness and their 80% commonality of parts, these vehicles were originally targeted at African and Asian countries who could not afford more expensive vehicles. Parts commonality includes cabs, structural components, engines and drive trains. ACMAT uses many of the same parts for all of its line of vehicles. They even produce an armored variant of both the 4x4 and 6x6 versions of the VLRA. Many French fire brigades also use ACMAT vehicles due to their lower cost and 4wd ability. Several thousand are in use by 42 countries including France and the Irish Defence Forces. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x1024, 258 KB) Image by Pierre Delattre, with kind permission of the author. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x1024, 258 KB) Image by Pierre Delattre, with kind permission of the author. ... Renault Trucks is a French truck manufacturer, owned by Volvo. ... French fire engine parading The sapeurs-pompiers (SP), officially le Corps du Sapeurs-Pompiers, are the firefighters of France. ...

Vehicles

VLRA

VLRA TPK 4.25 Pamela carrying the Mistral Surface-to-Air Missile system

VLRA,(Véhicules de liaison de reconnaissance et d'appui) - for reconnaissance, escort, and patrol variant. Available in 4x4 and 6x6 versions. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x1024, 206 KB) Image by Pierre Delattre, with kind permission of the author. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (1536x1024, 206 KB) Image by Pierre Delattre, with kind permission of the author. ... Mistral is an infrared homing surface-to-air missile manufactured by the European multinational company MBDA missile systems (formerly by Matra BAe Dynamics). ...

4x4 Versions

Available in several sizes:

Short Chassis: 3.3m, 3.6m, and 3.9m; 1,500kg to 2,500kg

Long chassis: 4.2m and 4.3 m; 2,500kg to 3,500kg

• • TPK 4.15 SM3 - 12 man transport
  • TPK 4.15 STL - General purpose transport
  • TPK 4.15 FSP - Long Range Patrol Vehicle
  • TPK 4.15 LRM - Multiple rocket launcher carrier
  • TPK 4.15 ASPIC - Weapons carrier
  • TPK 4.15 PACF - Weapons carrier
  • TTK 4.20 BL - the armored variant
  • TPK 4.20 SC - 2500-litre tanker version
  • TPK 4.20 PCR - Radio Command Post
  • TPK 4.20 SL7 - Light recovery duty vehicle
  • TPK 4.20 SM2 - Troop Carrier
  • TPK 4.20 SAM - Ambulance
  • TPK 4.20 VCT - Command and transmission vehicle
  • TPK 4.20 VPL2 - Scout car
  • TPK 4.20M ALM - cargo
  • TPK 4.25 SAm - Ambulance
  • TPK 4.30 BUS - 28 passenger bus (short chassis) or 34 passenger (long chassis)
    • also available in a command vehicle conversion.
  • TPK 4.30 SAM - Workshop
  • TPK 4.35 SCM - Mechanical handling vehicle
  • TPK 4.35 SM - Troop carrier
  • TPK 4.35 SM2 - Truck
  • TPK 4.35 VPC - Convoy protection vehicle/weapons carrier

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6x6 vehicles

• • TPK 6.35 TSR - Semi-truck, 8t to 10t trailer towing capacity
  • TPK 6.40 SB - 6000kg tipper/dump truck
  • TPK 6.40 SC - 4000-litre bowser/tanker
  • TPK 6.40 SG - Tar spreader
  • TPK 6.40 SH - Shelter carrier
  • TPK 6.40 SM2 - 6x6 troop carrier
  • TPK 6.40 SWT - Recovery vehicle
  • TPK 6.50 BL - The armoured variant available as an APC or armoured crew cab/cargo vehicle.
  • TPK 6.50 SH - Shelter carrier
  • TPK 6.60 SH - Shelter carrier
    • VCT (Véhicule de Commandement et de Transmissions)

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VLRB

VLRB (Véhicule de Liaison et de Reconnaissance Blindé) - The all new TCM 420 BL 6 is powered by a four cylinder Cummins turbo-diesel Euro # which has 167 horsepower at 2,500 rpm. It has a five speed automatic transmission and a two speed transfer case. One can be carried in a C-160 Transall and two can be carried in a C-130 Hercules. The armored verion can be armed with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, or a 20mm or 30mm automatic cannon. This article is about the diesel engine manufacturer. ... Transmissions provide a speed-power conversion known as gear reduction (in speed) to a higher torque (rotational force) using gearsets. ... TRANSFER CASE Shortened form of Transfer Gearcase. Also referred to as Transfer Gearbox or just Transfer Box A Transfer Case is a part of four wheel drive drive system found in 4x4s and all wheel drive vehicles. ... The Transall C-160 is a military transport aircraft developed by a consortium of French and German aircraft manufacturers for the air forces of those two nations and that of South Africa. ... The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop cargo aircraft and the main tactical airlifter for many military forces worldwide. ...

• FCLV - Future Command and Liasion Vehicle, a British Army light wheeled armored vehicle program. Offered by Hunting Engineering in partnership with ACMAT, the FCLV was essentially a modified VLRB. The IVECO contender eventually won the bid process

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VLA

The VLA(Véhicules logistiques de l'avant) is a Cab over design, available in 4x4, 6x6, 8x8 with a carrying capacity of 4,000kg to 8,000kg. It is primarily designed to carry pallets. A wooden pallet A plastic pallet with nine legs, which can be lifted from all four sides A Pallet can also be a small, hard, or temporary bed (a term heavily used in the southern United States to describe a makeshift bed consisting of a blanket and a pillow on...

• • WPK 4.40 SH/STL 4x4 4ton, shelter/pallet
  • WPK 6.65 SH/STL 6x6 up to 15 foot Container/pallet system "Hunter"
  • WPK 6.65 APL up to 20 foot containers/pallets
  • WPK 8.75 SH 8x8 up to 20 foot containers

Variants

VLRA TPK 6.50 shelter carrier

ACMAT offers over 70 variants including the following: command car, commando vehicle, police vehicles, personnel carriers, cargo carriers, ambulances, mortar carrier, weapons carriers, communications vehicles, cross country bus, wireless vehicle, workshops vehicles, vehicles with cranes, fire fighting vehicles, fluid carriers(water and/or POL), Semi-trucks, multiple rocket launcher carriers, dump trucks and more. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 1024 pixel, file size: 229 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image by Pierre Delattre, with kind permission of the author. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 × 533 pixelsFull resolution (1536 × 1024 pixel, file size: 229 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Image by Pierre Delattre, with kind permission of the author. ... For other uses, see Commando (disambiguation). ... An ambulance in San Jose del Cabo, Mexico A Helicopter used as an Ambulance. ... US soldier loading a M224 60-mm mortar. ... A Go North East bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England. ... A fire engine of the Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service, England. ... This page is a candidate to be copied to Wiktionary. ... semi-trailer truck with sleeper behind the cab. ... BM-13 Katyusha RM-70 of the Polish Army A multiple rocket launcher is a type of unguided rocket artillery system, in use since the Second World War. ... A dump truck or production truck is a truck used for transporting loose material (such as sand, gravel, or dirt) for construction. ...

Options

• two or four doors
• soft or hard top
• manual or power steering
• manual or automatic transmission
• left or right hand drive
• heater
• air conditioning
• armoured or unarmoured
• NBC defence system

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External links

• Official ACMAT website
• Renault Trucks Defense
• Photos of ACMAT fire appliances