ACMAT
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ACMAT is a French producer of cross-country and tactical military vehicles since 1958. Known for their reliability, simplicity, ruggedness and their 80% (over 3,500) commonality of parts across the entire product line, these vehicles were originally targeted at African and Asian countries who could not afford more expensive vehicles. The ACMAT company built their vehicles based on standardisation, commonality of parts and components, and on interchangeability; parts are interchangeable with vehicles built 30 years ago. Parts commonality includes cabs, structural components, engines and drive trains. ACMAT uses many of the same parts for all of its line of vehicles. They even produce an armoured variant of both the 4x4 and 6x6 versions of the VLRA.

Many French fire brigade
Sapeur-pompier
The fire service in France is known as Sapeurs-pompiers, except in Marseille, where naval "sailor-firefighters", marins-pompiers, provide fire and rescue services.There are two categories:...

s also use ACMAT vehicles due to their lower cost and 4WD ability. Several thousand are in use by 42 countries including France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 and the Irish Defence Forces
Irish Defence Forces
The armed forces of Ireland, known as the Defence Forces encompass the Army, Naval Service, Air Corps and Reserve Defence Force.The current Supreme Commander of the Irish Defence forces is His Excellency Michael D Higgins in his role as President of Ireland...

. ACMAT also designs, manufactures and builds trailers, shelters and generators. ACMAT has exported over 85 percent of the 12,000 plus vehicles it produced into 50 different countries.

As of 22 May 2006, ACMAT is a wholly owned subsidiary of Renault Trucks
Renault Trucks
Renault Trucks is a French truck manufacturer with its corporate headquarters at Saint-Priest near Lyon. Originally part of Renault, it has been owned by Volvo Group since 2001....

.

ALTV

Airtransportable Véhicule Tactique Léger, A new pickup truck from ACMAT. Comes in a single or crew cab.

VLRA

VLRA,(Véhicules de liaison, de reconnaissance et d'appui) - for reconnaissance
Reconnaissance
Reconnaissance is the military term for exploring beyond the area occupied by friendly forces to gain information about enemy forces or features of the environment....

, escort and support variant. Available in 4x4 and 6x6 versions.

4x4 Versions

Available in several sizes:
Short Chassis: 3.3 m, 3.6m, and 3.9 m; 1,500 kg to 2,500 kg
Long chassis: 4.2 m and 4.3 m; 2,500 kg to 3,500 kg

  • TPK 4.15 SM3 - 12 man transport
  • TPK 4.15 STL - General purpose transport
  • TPK 4.15 FSP - Long Range Patrol Vehicle
  • TPK 4.15 LRM - Multiple rocket launcher carrier
  • TPK 4.15 ASPIC - Weapons carrier
  • TPK 4.15 PACF - Weapons carrier
  • TTK 4.20 BL - the armoured variant
  • TPK 4.20 SC - 2500-litre tanker version
  • TPK 4.20 PCR - Radio Command Post
  • TPK 4.20 SL7 - Light recovery duty vehicle
  • TPK 4.20 SM2 - Troop Carrier
  • TPK 4.20 SAM - Ambulance
  • TPK 4.20 SM3 - 2.5t "gunship" truck
  • TPK 4.20 VCT - Command and transmission vehicle
  • TPK 4.20 VPL2 - Scout car
  • TPK 4.20M ALM - cargo
  • TPK 4.25 SAm - Ambulance
    Ambulance
    An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...

  • TPK 4.30 BUS - 28 passenger bus (short chassis) or 34 passenger (long chassis)
    • also available in a command vehicle conversion.
  • TPK 4.30 SAM - Workshop
  • TPK 4.35 SCM - Mechanical handling vehicle
  • TPK 4.35 SM - Troop carrier
  • TPK 4.35 SM2 - Truck
  • TPK 4.35 VPC - Convoy protection vehicle/weapons carrier

6x6 vehicles

  • TPK 6.35 TSR - Semi-truck, 8t to 10t trailer towing capacity
  • TPK 6.40 SB - 6000 kg tipper/dump truck
  • TPK 6.40 SC - 4000-litre bowser/tanker
  • TPK 6.40 SG - Tar spreader
  • TPK 6.40 SH - Shelter carrier
  • TPK 6.40 SM2 - 6x6 troop carrier
  • TPK 6.40 SM3 - with 105mm towed howitzer
  • TPK 6.40 SWT - Recovery vehicle
  • TPK 6.50 BL - The armoured variant available as an APC
    Armoured personnel carrier
    An armoured personnel carrier is an armoured fighting vehicle designed to transport infantry to the battlefield.APCs are usually armed with only a machine gun although variants carry recoilless rifles, anti-tank guided missiles , or mortars...

     or armoured crew cab/cargo vehicle.
  • TPK 6.50 SH - Shelter carrier
  • TPK 6.60 SH - Shelter carrier
    • VCT (Véhicule de Commandement et de Transmissions)

VLRB

VLRB (Véhicule de Liaison et de Reconnaissance Blindé) - The TCM 420 BL 6 is powered by a four cylinder Cummins
Cummins
Cummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems...

 turbo-diesel Euro 3 which has 167 hp at 2,500 rpm. It has a five speed automatic transmission
Transmission (mechanics)
A machine consists of a power source and a power transmission system, which provides controlled application of the power. Merriam-Webster defines transmission as: an assembly of parts including the speed-changing gears and the propeller shaft by which the power is transmitted from an engine to a...

 and a two speed transfer case
Transfer case
A transfer case is a part of a four-wheel-drive system found in four-wheel-drive and all-wheel-drive vehicles. The transfer case is connected to the transmission and also to the front and rear axles by means of drive shafts...

. One can be carried in a C-160 Transall and two can be carried in a C-130 Hercules
C-130 Hercules
The Lockheed C-130 Hercules is a four-engine turboprop military transport aircraft designed and built originally by Lockheed, now Lockheed Martin. Capable of using unprepared runways for takeoffs and landings, the C-130 was originally designed as a troop, medical evacuation, and cargo transport...

. The armoured version can be armed with a 12.7 mm heavy machine gun, or a 20 mm or 30 mm automatic cannon.
  • FCLV - Future Command and Liaison Vehicle, a British Army
    British Army
    The British Army is the land warfare branch of Her Majesty's Armed Forces in the United Kingdom. It came into being with the unification of the Kingdom of England and Scotland into the Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707. The new British Army incorporated Regiments that had already existed in England...

     light wheeled armoured vehicle program. Offered by Hunting Engineering in partnership with ACMAT, the FCLV was essentially a modified VLRB. The IVECO
    Iveco
    Iveco, an acronym for Industrial Vehicle Corporation, originally an alliance of European commercial vehicle manufacturers such as Fiat , Unic and Magirus. Iveco is now an Italian truck, bus, and diesel engine manufacturer, based in Turin...

     contender eventually won the bid process

VLA

The VLA (Véhicules logistiques de l'avant) is a cab-over design, available in 4x4, 6x6, 8x8, with a carrying capacity of 4,000 kg to 8,000 kg. It is primarily designed to carry pallet
Pallet
A pallet , sometimes called a skid, is a flat transport structure that supports goods in a stable fashion while being lifted by a forklift, pallet jack, front loader or other jacking device. A pallet is the structural foundation of a unit load which allows handling and storage efficiencies...

s. As of 2010 the VLA is no longer offered by ACMAT.
    • WPK 4.40 SH/STL 4x4 4ton, shelter/pallet
    • WPK 6.65 SH/STL 6x6 up to 15 feet (4.6 m) Container/pallet system "Hunter"
    • WPK 6.65 APL up to 20 feet (6.1 m) containers/pallets
    • WPK 8.75 SH 8x8 up to 20 feet (6.1 m) containers

Variants

ACMAT offers over 70 variants including the following: command car, commando
Commando
In English, the term commando means a specific kind of individual soldier or military unit. In contemporary usage, commando usually means elite light infantry and/or special operations forces units, specializing in amphibious landings, parachuting, rappelling and similar techniques, to conduct and...

 vehicle, police
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...

 vehicles, personnel carriers, cargo carriers, ambulance
Ambulance
An ambulance is a vehicle for transportation of sick or injured people to, from or between places of treatment for an illness or injury, and in some instances will also provide out of hospital medical care to the patient...

s, mortar
Mortar (weapon)
A mortar is an indirect fire weapon that fires explosive projectiles known as bombs at low velocities, short ranges, and high-arcing ballistic trajectories. It is typically muzzle-loading and has a barrel length less than 15 times its caliber....

 carrier, weapons carriers, communications vehicles, cross country bus
Bus
A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. Buses can have a capacity as high as 300 passengers. The most common type of bus is the single-decker bus, with larger loads carried by double-decker buses and articulated buses, and smaller loads carried by midibuses and minibuses; coaches are...

, wireless vehicle, workshops vehicles, vehicles with cranes, fire fighting vehicles
Fire apparatus
A fire apparatus, fire engine, fire truck, or fire appliance is a vehicle designed to assist in fighting fires by transporting firefighters to the scene and providing them with access to the fire, along with water or other equipment...

, fluid carriers(water and/or POL
POL
-Given name:*Pol Amat , field hockey player from Spain*Pol Antràs , Spanish economist*Pol Cruchten , Luxembourgian film director and producer*Pol Espargaró , Grand Prix motorcycle racer...

), Semi-trucks, multiple rocket launcher
Multiple rocket launcher
A multiple rocket launcher is a type of unguided rocket artillery system. Like other rocket artillery, multiple rocket launchers are less accurate and have a much lower rate of fire than batteries of traditional artillery guns...

 carriers, dump truck
Dump truck
A dump truck is a truck used for transporting loose material for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a hydraulically operated open-box bed hinged at the rear, the front of which can be lifted up to allow the contents to be deposited on the ground behind the truck at the site of...

s and more.

Options

  • two or four doors
  • soft or hard top
  • manual or power steering
  • manual or automatic transmission
    Automatic transmission
    An automatic transmission is one type of motor vehicle transmission that can automatically change gear ratios as the vehicle moves, freeing the driver from having to shift gears manually...

  • left or right hand drive
  • heater
  • air conditioning
  • armoured or unarmoured
  • NBC defence system

Users

  • Botswana
  • France
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Cyprus
  • Djibouti
  • Gabon
  • Ireland
  • Lebanon
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Senegal
  • Togo
  • Zimbabwe
  • México

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