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Armoured vehicles2019 – present
Multirole armoured personnel carrier
VBMR Griffon is a multirole armoured personnel carrier originating in France. It was built by KNDS France Arquus Thales.
FranceMultirole armoured personnel carrier
France
2019 – present
France Belgium
KNDS France Arquus Thales
2010 - 2017
KNDS France Arquus Thales
Griffon VTT (standard): € 1.5 million (FY2017)
2018 - present
575 units as of 31 December 2023
Armoured personnel carrier, command post, artillery observation, self-propelled mortar, medical evacuation, and associated subvariants
25 tonnes
7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
3.7 m (12 ft 2 in)
2 (driver + gunner)
8
STANAG 4569 Level 4 (standard) Additional modular armour kits (optional)
T1 Hornet RWS with a 12.7 mm or 7.62 mm machine gun, or 40 mm automatic grenade launcher (standard variant) Akeron MP missiles, MEPAC mortar system, LLR 81mm mortar, etc (depending on the version)
GALIX self-protection system with 8 80 mm smoke grenade dischargers (all versions) T2 Hornet Lite RWS with a 7.62 mm machine gun (version-specific)
Militarized Renault Trucks 6-cylinder turbodiesel engine 400 hp (300 kW)
ZF seven-speed automatic gearbox
Six-wheel drive
800 km (500 mi)
90 km/h (56 mph)
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| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 7.6 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
VBMR Griffon equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BelgiumArmy exact named equipment holdings: VBMR Griffon. 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.
Army holdings of the exact named VBMR Griffon component; source lower bound; upper bound not specified. Active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat readiness. Any explicit leased subset is included in, not added to, the quoted total. No parent-design or sibling-variant count inherited.
CyprusNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Future Procurements". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
FranceArmy exact named equipment holdings: VBMR Griffon. 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.
Army exact named equipment holdings of VBMR Griffon. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only, not a national or parent-force total or combat-readiness measure. Source role(s): ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). No heading aggregate, carried armament, crew, payload, factory production or future order count inherited.