Panhard VCR vs Škoda Scala: Specs Compared

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AArmoured vehicles

Panhard VCR

Armored personnel carrier

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Škoda Scala

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Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Resized · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

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At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

Panhard VCRLength

4.88 m

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Škoda ScalaLength

4.362 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

Panhard VCRlarger figure on 3 of 3

Length+12%
Width+39%
Height+45%

Škoda Scalalarger figure on 0 of 3

None

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Measured figures

Head to head

4 of 38 rows sourced on both sides

4.88m

4.36m

Length+12%

All recorded figures & sources

4.88 m

Length

Single source

4.88 m^[source]

4.362 m

Length

Single source

Configuration

Details

Panhard VCR and Škoda Scala configuration
Specification	Panhard VCR	Škoda Scala
Crew	3+9^[source]	—
Type	Armored personnel carrier^[source]	—
Place of origin	France^[source]	—
In service	1979–present^[source]	—
Used by	See Operators^[source]	—
Wars	Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Iraq War War in Iraq (2013-17)^[source]

Manufacturer	Panhard^[source]	Škoda Auto^[source]

Produced	1979^[source]	—

Armor	12 mm^[source]	—

Main armament	12.7 mm MG or HOT missile^[source]	—

Power/weight	18.35 hp/tonne^[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

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

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