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Meet the fast-moving fire support vehicle named after a mythical Norse wolf | Eurosatory 2026
Jul 13, 2026
At Eurosatory 2026, Defense companies John Cockerill and Arquus unveil the Fenris, a 6x6 armored vehicle with a 105 mm turret meant for rapid fire support.
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My name is Frank Janssens. I am the general manager of John Cockerell Defense Weapon Systems
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John Cockerell Defense is a company with two divisions, the John Cockerell Historical
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Department of Weapon Systems and Arcus Mobility Vehicle Systems. We are here at EuroCertory, first time together with our French friends
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We are a Belgian company, but in 2024 we acquired Arcus and now it's the first time that we
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present together our product portfolio. Specifically, I can present you behind me, next to me, the Fendris
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Andres is a kind of a first baby born between Arcus and John Cockrell
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Brainstorming how can we fit the historical 105 turret on the platform of Arcus
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Arcus specializes in 4x4, 6x6. So we had this idea to put this turret on a 105
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And so the ysis has proven that it was technically possible. We got board approval
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We started the project in July of last year, 2025. In the last 10 months later, we integrated both systems, the platform and the turret
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for the first time to exhibit here at Eurostatrii. Fandris is the name of the wolf of a Scandinavian methodology
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It's the only 6x6 system in the world with a mass of 26 tons
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It can be transported by aircraft so you can project a huge firepower to a conflict zone
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It has an approved mobility, qualified by ARKUS, French Army, Belgian Army
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and it's based on our historical know-how, which is the 105, NATO caliber high pressure
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The big advantage of this target is it can not only fire direct fire
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but also indirect fire we can elevate the gun up to 42 degrees so we can hit targets up to 10
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kilometers. We have 12 rounds in the autoloader and we have also 12 rounds inside the vehicle
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another 12 rounds outside the vehicle so in total we have a payload of 36 rounds. We also integrated
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an anti-drone capability on top of the turret you can see the 7.62 machine gun. It's operated by radar
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to attack drones who are trying to attack the vehicle. We are presenting a
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lot of other products, you can see it on our boots, we have the weapons systems
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product portfolio of John Cockerill starting from the 7.62 Hornet Air Guards
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we have the CLWS 25mm, the 1030, 30mm, 90mm, 105mm. And next to that you have Arcus with all their platforms and we are really happy
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to meet our customers here and to take note of their needs, their remarks
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Being at EuroStatuary is crucial for us to keep a positive interaction not only
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with the end-users but also with suppliers and other companies. you
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