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Light armoured vehicle , military light utility vehicle , 2-door truck
Petit Véhicule Protégé is a light armoured vehicle , military light utility vehicle , 2-door truck originating in France. It was built by Panhard. Reported operators include Chile, France, Mali, Romania, Togo.
Petit Véhicule Protégé
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France
See Operators
Panhard
€167,000 (FY 2012)
2008–2012
1,133
See Variants
4,390 kg
4.6 m (15 ft 1 in)
2.28 m (7 ft 6 in)
2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)
2 to 4
STANAG 4569 (6 to 10 mm)
Medium machine gun
IVECO 8140 2.8 litre turbo-diesel 160 hp (120 kW)
34 hp/tonne
Wheeled 4 x 4
800 km (500 mi)
120 km/h (75 mph)
Chile
France
Mali
Romania
Togo
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 4.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Petit Véhicule Protégé equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Chile FranceReported French Army holdings as of 31 December 2024; not a deployability or readiness count. Platforms included: PVP.
Mali
RomaniaReported count for Panhard PVP. Service scope: Land Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): numbers: 16. Origin: France. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Togo