Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Berliet VUDB Cavalry Armored Vehicle

2,736 cc inline-six water-cooled engine. All-wheel drive. 4-speed gearbox. Top speed: 53 km/h. Armament: two FM 24/29 7.5 mm machine guns.
62 built in 1929, 50 for the French Army, and 12 for the Belgian Police.
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3 comments:

  1. Jack PhilpottJuly 27, 2011 at 5:28 AM

    Early MRAP? I get the idea it cost far less than Billions and Billions to field...

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  2. Lord KJuly 27, 2011 at 5:38 AM

    Don't know if it was really mine-resistant, but ambush-protected for sure.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 27, 2011 at 7:44 PM

    Somehow I do not find the fact that the French Army and the Belgian Police were similarly armed to be all that surprising.

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