The French arms manufacturing company, Arquus, has delivered 300 VLRA-type tanks to Morocco, according to Arquus’ CEO, Emmanuel Levancher.
The delivered tanks will be deployed immediately along the security wall in Western Sahara, reported the Spanish newspaper Larazon.
These light vehicles have the configuration of a small truck. Model 2 has a range of 1,400 kilometers and a maximum speed of 110 kilometers per hour.
The four-wheel drive armored vehicles are equipped with Zu-23-2 cannons to complete the tasks assigned by monitoring the separation line between the Moroccan forces and the Sahrawi units as much as possible.
The VLRA 2 can also carry 12 soldiers in addition to the crew and it is equipped with 5.56mm, 7.62mm and 12.7mm guns, as well as grenade launchers.
Rabat started recently strengthening its defense stock with diverse high tech arms, imported from US, France and China, amid the high political tensions in the region, fueled mainly by the long time dispute between Morocco and Algeria towards the Sahara territory.
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