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French military pick-up

ACMAT AVTL

Place of origin	France/Japan
Service history
Used by	See Users
Production history
Designer	ACMAT
Produced	2008-present
No. built	1000+ (2014)
Specifications
Passengers	10

Engine	190 hp (140 kW)
Suspension	wheeled
Operational range	870 mi (1,400 km)
Maximum speed	160 km/h (99 mph)

The ACMAT AVTL is a military truck manufactured by the French company ACMAT, now part of Arquus.

Description

The AVTL (French: Aérotransportable Véhicule Tactique Léger, English: Airtransportable Light Tactical Vehicle) is a derivative of the Nissan Navara. It has a payload of 1.4 to 3.5 tonnes, depending on the version.

The AVTL is marketed under several variants, such as station wagon, single cab, double cab or torpedo (open special force vehicle).

Users

More than 1000 have been produced and delivered to 20 countries in 2014.

An ACMAT AVTL of the loyalist forces during the 2015 Burkinabé coup d'état.

Benin
Burkina Faso
Chad: 20
Congo: 14 for the National Police, transport version
Equatorial Guinea: 48, used by border guards
Ivory Coast
Gabon: bought for the contractors of Sovereign Global that trained the Gabonese contingent of the MINUSCA.
Mali
Mauritania
Morocco: armored command-post version
Niger
Togo: 44, used by the Togolese Police

References

^ Martin, Guy (2 October 2012). "Acmat strengthening African presence". defenceweb.co.za.
^ Tomkins, Richard. "Renault manufactures 1,000th Acmat light tactical vehicle". upi.com.
^ "Eurosatory 2012 : ACMAT étoffe son offre" (in French). 10 June 2012. Archived from the original on 28 February 2014.
"Burkina Faso: Du matériel roulant et de transmissions pour l'armée burkinabè". AllAfrica.com (in French). 6 October 2011.
"Quelques détails sur l'armée tchadienne…". forcesoperations.com (in French). 21 January 2013.
^ Renault Trucks Defense valued at 772 million of euros? (PDF). OIDA Strategic Intelligence Case Study #2. pp. 9–11. Archived from the original on 2019-10-15.
^ Lagneau, Laurent (13 September 2012). "ACMAT décroche une importante commande de véhicules militaires légers en Côte d'Ivoire". opex360.com (in French).

See also

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Renault Trucks, a subsidiary of AB Volvo

Past models

Buses: Agora; Arés; E7; FR1; Iliade; PR100; PR100.3; PR112; PR118; PR14; PR180; PR80S; R212; R312; Recreo; SC10; SC10R; SC10RA; SC10U; SC53; Tracer

Trucks: 50 Series; 100 Series; 300 Series; Access; B; B90 & B110; C; G; Kerax; M; Magnum; Mascott; Messenger; Midlum; Premium; Puncher; R; S

Trolleybuses: Civis; ER100; PER180

Present models

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