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The Arcus Expo Virtual Defense Exhibition offers the visitor the opportunity to observe its up-to-date family of armored vehicles
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A new vehicle unveiled by Arcus in its Expo is the Fortress Mark II, a new generation of four-by-four armored personal career
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There's also the VAB Mark 3 on which we'll come back in a moment
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We also have the Sherpa Light, a family of versatile vehicles. The Sherpa Light is a family of 4x4 tactical and light armored vehicles designed, developed and manufactured by Arcus
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The Light Scout can be fitted with an open top turret or a remote control weapon station, armed with a 7.62mm
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or a 12.7mm machine gun. By navigating on the pages of the expo
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By navigating on the pages of the expo, the visitors can be
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discover more in detail the technical data of the Sherpa light with technical drawings to illustrate them Sherpa family includes four base models The Sherpa Scout an armort vehicles for liaison reconnaissance seating four or five soldiers
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also available in a station wagon version. The Sherpa Light Scout is motorized by the Dutz or a renowned four-cylinder diesel engine
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coupled to a six-speed automatic transmission. It can reach 110 km per hour
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with a maximum cruising range of 800 km. So far, Arcus has already produced 1,000 Sherpa armored vehicles
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The carrier fitted for troop or communication systems transport, the APC for protected troop transport
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and the Sherpa Special Forces, designed for mission behind enemy lines. Arcus has published a super catalog detailing the various models of its vehicle range
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The Expo makes the pages. related to the Sherpa immediately available. After the Sherpa, let's come to the VAB Mark III
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the last evolution of a worldwide known star of Arcus. The VAB Mark III is indeed the latest member of the VAB family of our motor vehicles
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in several to the French Army since 1976. more than 5,000 VABs have been produced in 30 different versions so far
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The Amphibus VAB Mark 3 can be configured to be used as an armoured personnel carrier an infantry fighting vehicle a command post an ambulance a 120mm motor carrier or a reconnaissance vehicle
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The layout of VAB Mark 3 is similar to the standard and original version, engine in the front, crew compartment in the middle, and troop compartmental
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at the rear. The VAB Mark 3 can be equipped with a wide range of turrets or remotely controlled
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weapons systems armed with up to a 30-millimeter automatic cannon. The VAB Mark 3 is motorized
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with a Renault 6-cylinder MD-70s an engine developing 340 horsepower coupled to an automatic
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transmission with six forward gears and one reverse. It can reach 100 km per hour with a
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maximum cruising range of 800 km. After the VAB Mark 3, let's have a look for the Fortress Mark 2
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The Fortress is a new generation of 4x4 armor personal carrier, an evolution of the Fortress Mark 1, previously called Bastion HM, HM4 High Mobility
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The Bastion APC was developed using the chassis of the legendary and combat-proven light tactical truck VLRA manufactured by the French company Akhmat
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no part of Arcus. The Fortress is an up-armored bastion with a more powerful engine developing 340 horsepower
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and fitted with an independent suspension to improve its mobility. The vehicle is available in two variants, APC and cargo
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The Fortress has a Stanac-462-Ball-2 ballistic and mine protection. Like the Sherpa Light, the Fortress Mark 2 can be fitted with an open top track or remote control weapon station armed with a 7.62mm or a 12.7mm machine gun
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It's an improved version of the Fortress Mark 1, offering more ballistic and mine protection of Stanak 4569 Level 3
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while maintaining the weight of 14.5 tons of the previous Fortress Mark I
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It features an armored structure with a V-shaped hull that increases vehicle and crew survivability
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with deflecting an upward-oriented blast from landmine or an EID. The two compartment is designed to accommodate nine infantrymen
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The Fortress Mark II is powered by a six-cylinder diesel engine developing 340 horsepower coupled to a six-speed automatic transmission
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It can reach a top speed of 120 km per hour with the maximum cruising range of 1,000
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200 kilometers. We have more to tell you about Arcus Expo Defense virtual exhibition, so come back to follow us in another great part of the visit
