VAB

Entered Service:

1979

Country of Origin:

France

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The French wheeled 4×4 APC has been in Ukrainian use since 2023 first entered production in 1979 and reached production numbers surpassing 5,000. France has deemed fit to send the APC in the hundreds which have entered service with mechanized, airmobile and air assault brigades as well as making up the backbone of transportation of the ill-fated 155th mechanized brigade during its training and initial deployment to Pokrovsk in late 2024.

Variants

No equipment variants are available at this time.

Operators

23rd Mechanized Brigade

A4741

23 ОМБр

24th Mechanized Brigade

A0998

24 ОМБр

33rd Mechanized Brigade

A4447

33 ОМБр

44th Mechanized Brigade

A4723

44 ОМБр

46th Airmobile Brigade

A4350

46 ОАеМБр

71st Airmobile Brigade

A4030

71 ОАеМБр

77th Airmobile Brigade

A4355

77 ОАеМБр

78th Air Assault Brigade

A7788

78 ОДШБр

79th Air Assault Brigade

A0224

79 ОДШБр

154th Mechanized Brigade

A4962

154 ОМБр

155th Mechanized Brigade

A5001

155 ОМБр