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Armored personnel carrier
Panhard VCR is a armored personnel carrier originating in France. It was built by Panhard. Reported operators include Argentina, Iraq, Mexico, United Arab Emirates.
Armored personnel carrier
France
1979–present
See Operators
Iran–Iraq War Gulf War Iraq War War in Iraq (2013-17)
Panhard
1979
7.9 t
4.88 m
2.5 m
2.13 m
3+9
12 mm
12.7 mm MG or HOT missile
Peugeot PRV V-6 145 hp
18.35 hp/tonne
6×6 wheel
700 km
90 km/h
Argentina : 24
Iraq : 100 VCR-TH delivered between 1979 and 1981, 44 a gift from UAE in 2005
Mexico : 46
United Arab Emirates : 82
The Panhard VCR ( V éhicule de C ombat à R oues , French for Wheeled Combat Vehicle) is a light armored personnel carrier (APC) designed by Panhard for the export market and later used by several countries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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Panhard VCR equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
ArgentinaMarines exact named equipment holdings: VCR. 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.
Iraq
MexicoArmy exact named equipment holdings: VCR (3 amb; 5 cmd post). 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.
United Arab Emirates