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Armoured vehicles1973 – present
Armoured personnel carrier
Berliet VXB-170 is a armoured personnel carrier originating in France. It was built by Berliet. Current inventory lists document it in Gabon.
Armoured personnel carrier
France
1973 – present
See Operators
Berliet
12.7 tonnes (12.5 long tons)
5.99 m (19 ft 8 in)
2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
3
6 to 8 troops
7 mm
1 × 7.62 mm machine gun
56 mm grenade launcher
Berliet V800M 8-cylinder diesel engine 170 hp (130 kW)
23 hp/t
wheeled
750 km (470 mi)
85 km/h (53 mph)
France - 155 VXBs were procured from 1974 for the mobile units of the French Gendarmerie , of which about 70 remain in service in continental France, Corsica and the French overseas territories (as of 2018). Called "VBRG" ( Véhicule Blindé à Roues de la Gendarmerie , "Gendarmerie wheeled armoured vehicle "), it is usually equipped with a 7.62 mm (cal.30) AANF1 machine gun and a 56 mm ALSETEX Cougar grenade launcher . Some vehicles feature a bulldozer blade, others have a winch. They have been deployed by the Gendarmerie in Kosovo and Ivory Coast. They have been also used in both Overseas and Metropolitan France .
Gabon - 12. 15 reported in service as of 2019.
Senegal - 12
Tunisia - 10 (for police, now retired)
South Africa - 1 (considered for Ratel prototype)
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Berliet VXB-170 equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
FranceGendarmerie exact named equipment holdings: VXB-170 (VBRG-170). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
GabonArmy exact named equipment holdings: VXB-170. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Senegal