French DGA qualifies Serval armored vehicle transportation by ships

[Isa Khan]

According to a tweet from the French Directorate General for Armament dated June 2, the DGA has just validated the transport of the Serval, French Army’s future armored reconnaissance vehicle, by an amphibious helicopter carrier (Porte-Hélicoptères Amphibie), a fast amphibious landing craft (Engin de Débarquement Rapide) and a maritime transport barge (Chaland de Transport Maritime).

The Serval is a 15-ton multi-role armored vehicle that integrates various equipment common to other vehicles of the Scorpion programme, especially the electronic core, a turret remotely operated from the passenger compartment, threat sensors and the Scorpion Combat Information System (SICS), which enables it to be integrated into the Scorpion systems network. Based on a modular architecture, Nexter and Texelis have developed three main versions of this weapon system (patrol, intelligence and reconnaissance, and communications relay), themselves available in numerous variants.

Designed to operate in combat zones, the Serval combines flexibility, strategic mobility and payload carrying capacity. It is the indispensable complement to the heavy multi-role armored vehicle Griffon (EBMR) and the armored reconnaissance and combat vehicle Jaguar (EBRC) that will equip the land task force's armored middle segment. In addition, as part of a procedure launched by the gendarmerie to renew its fleet of armored vehicles, the GME offers a system based on the Serval that integrates a motorized protection solution capable of operating in mainland France and overseas.

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According to a tweet from the French Directorate General for Armament dated June 2, the DGA has just validated the transport of the Serval, French Army’s future armored reconnaissance vehicle, by an amphibious helicopter carrier, a fast amphibious landing craft and a maritime transport barge.

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The DGA has validatedthe transport of the Serval, French Army’s future armored reconnaissance vehicle, by an amphibious helicopter carrier (Porte-Hélicoptères Amphibie), a fast amphibious landing craft (Engin de Débarquement Rapide) and a maritime transport barge (Chaland de Transport Maritime). (Picture source: Twitter account of the DGA)