Iveco MTV vs Panhard VCR: Specs Compared

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Iveco MTV — licensed reference photograph

AArmoured vehicles

Iveco MTV

Infantry mobility vehicle

Credit

Ministerie van Defensie · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

BArmoured vehicles

Panhard VCR

Armored personnel carrier

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Iveco MTVLength

5.9 m

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Panhard VCRLength

4.88 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Iveco MTVlarger figure on 1 of 2

Length+21%

Panhard VCRlarger figure on 1 of 2

Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 32 rows sourced on both sides

5.9m

4.88m

Length+21%

All recorded figures & sources

5.9 m

Length

Single source

5,900 mm (230 in)^[source]

4.88 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Iveco MTV and Panhard VCR configuration
Specification	Iveco MTV	Panhard VCR
Crew	Iveco variant: 1 driver + up to 7 pax Hardtop: 2 crew + 2 pax Softtop: 2 crew + 2 pax Utility: 2 Ambulance: 2 crew + 2 injured Military police: 2 + 6^[source]	3+9^[source]
Type	Infantry mobility vehicle^[source]	Armored personnel carrier^[source]
Place of origin	Italy^[source]	France^[source]
In service	2024–present^[source]	1979–present

Used by	Netherlands Armed Forces^[source]	See Operators^[source]

Designer	Iveco Defence Vehicles^[source]	—

No. built	200 (as of October 2024, with a total of 1,185 on order)^[source]	—

Variants	See variants^[source]	—

Main armament	Hardtop: FN deFNder RCWS equipped with an FN MAG ( 7.62×51mm NATO ) Softtop variant, manned ring mount with optionally: M2 Browning ( 12.7×99mm NATO HMG ) H&K GMG ( 40×53 mm HV , AGL ) Spike LR / LR2 ( ATGM )^[source]	12.7 mm MG or HOT missile^[source]

Secondary armament	Softtop variant: lateral swing mount for the softtop variant, with a FN MAG ( 7.62×51mm NATO , GPMG )^[source]	—

Power/weight	23 hp/t (17 kW/t)^[source]	18.35 hp/tonne^[source]

Payload capacity	Payload: > 2.0 t (4,400 lb) Towing capacity: 3.5 t (7,700 lb)^[source]	—

Transmission	Automatic High-low transfer case Permanent 4×4 wheel-drive 3 fully lockable differentials^[source]	—

Ground clearance	350 mm (14 in) (vertical obstacle)^[source]	—

Manufacturer	Iveco Defence Vehicles^[source]	Panhard^[source]

Wars	—	Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Iraq War War in Iraq (2013-17)^[source]

Produced	—	1979^[source]

Armor	—	12 mm^[source]

Suspension	—	6×6 wheel^[source]

Role	—	light armored personnel carrier (APC)^[source]

Source measurement	—	The VCR is a 6×6 wheeled APC designed in the late 1970s and is based on the earlier 4×4 M-3 APC which had been a huge success for Panhard on the export market, with over 1,200 built. Production of the VCR began in 1979. The center pair of wheels can be raised when the vehicle is operated on roads (when down all six wheels drive). The engine is located in the front to the right, with the driver in the front-center of the vehicle. The VCR has 8 mm of steel armor on all sides except the front which has 12 mm. This gives protection against 12.7 mm AP rounds in the front and against 7.62 mm AP rounds on all other sides.^[source]Panhard VCR · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The basic weapons option was either a 7.62mm light machine gun or a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun , on a ring mount located on the left-front roof.^[source]Panhard VCR · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The VCR can also be fitted with a ring mount with a one-man armored turret with a 7.62 mm machine gun or a one-man armored powered turret mounting a 20-mm automatic cannon located at the front-center of the vehicle roof.^[source]Panhard VCR · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage An ambulance version, the VCR/IS, which has provision for three stretchers (four in an emergency for quick transport) and a medic, heavy duty air conditioning system, water supply, a refrigerator, electric sterilizer, medical cupboards and a large tent that can be erected from the rear of the vehicle.^[source]Panhard VCR · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

Source measurement

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The VCR is a 6×6 wheeled APC designed in the late 1970s and is based on the earlier 4×4 M-3 APC which had been a huge success for Panhard on the export market, with over 1,200 built. Production of the VCR began in 1979. The center pair of wheels can be raised when the vehicle is operated on roads (when down all six wheels drive). The engine is located in the front to the right, with the driver in the front-center of the vehicle. The VCR has 8 mm of steel armor on all sides except the front which has 12 mm. This gives protection against 12.7 mm AP rounds in the front and against 7.62 mm AP rounds on all other sides.^[source]Panhard VCR · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The basic weapons option was either a 7.62mm light machine gun or a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun , on a ring mount located on the left-front roof.^[source]Panhard VCR · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

The VCR can also be fitted with a ring mount with a one-man armored turret with a 7.62 mm machine gun or a one-man armored powered turret mounting a 20-mm automatic cannon located at the front-center of the vehicle roof.^[source]Panhard VCR · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage

An ambulance version, the VCR/IS, which has provision for three stretchers (four in an emergency for quick transport) and a medic, heavy duty air conditioning system, water supply, a refrigerator, electric sterilizer, medical cupboards and a large tent that can be erected from the rear of the vehicle.^[source]Panhard VCR · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage