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In the Kursk region of the Russian Federation noticed the French armored vehicles VAB, - LE ROINT (photo, video)

Above the French APC is a cage that protects against drones. However, the wheels of military equipment are not so fortified. Developed in the 1970s and gradually withdrawn from the French army since 2019, "The armored car of the front edge" Vab (Véhicule de l'ovant Blindé) has received a second life in Ukraine. About it writes LE Point. As it is noted, since the beginning of the Russian invasion of France has erected about 300 armored personnel carriers to Ukrainian forces.

After the Donbass plains, this technique, with a white triangle painted on the armor, was spotted in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation. Photos of armored personnel carriers involved in the offensive indicate the presence of cells on the roof for protection against drones. The evacuation of the machine with lowered wheels is also shown. VAB weighing 13 tons, 6 meters long, 2. 5 meters wide and 2 meters in height. It can carry twelve soldiers (including two crew members), protected from 7.

62 mm armor-piercing balls and is able to develop a speed of 110 km/h. In addition, the V-shaped floor can scatter fragments from mines in the event of a rush on them. We will remind, fighters of the unit Khorne Group 116th separate mechanized brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine showed staff with the destruction of the last stronghold of Russians in Sudzhi Kursk region.