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P4 Light All-Terrain Vehicle

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	France and a few others (including Cameroon and Chile)
First Produced/Service Dates:	1982
Manufactured by:	Groupe PSA (Peugeot Societe Anonyme) (Now part of Arquus)
Crew:	SWB = 1+3 LWB = 2+8
Armament:	Some specialist versions armed with 7.62mm Machine Gun, 12.7mm HMG, MILAN Anti-Tank Guided Missile or Mistral Air Defense Systems.
Engine:	4-Cylinder Gasoline (Original); Later upgraded to Diesel and Turbo-Diesel
Miscellaneous Info:	The Peugeot P4 Vehicule Leger Tout-Terrain (VLTT) replaced the long obsolete Hotchkiss built post-war M201 Jeeps in the early 1980's. The P4 design is based upon the Mercedes-Benz Geländewagen (G-Wagen)/Puch-G Utility Vehicle, although using a large proportion of French sourced components.  These include the engine, transmission, body-work and small fittings. The P4 was built in a variety of versions including short and long wheel base vehicles, soft/hard topped, armored (P4P Protege) and even custom fitted for Special Forces use (Panhard VPS 1, P4 PATSAS & VEHA). Although still in service at the time of writing (2018), the P4 is being replaced by a number of different vehicles including the ACMAT VLTP-NP (Ford Everest), Ford Ranger, Land Rover Defender HS/XD "Wolf", Panhard PVP, Arquus was (Renault Trucks Defense) Sherpa series and Technamm Masstech T4 (Toyota Land Cruiser).
Data Sheet Available:	None Available

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
P4 Light All-Terrain Vehicle Photos	French Ministere Des Armees
P4 Light All-Terrain Vehicle Photos	Alf van Beem via Wikipedia Commons
P4 Light All-Terrain Vehicle Photo	Technical Sgt. H.H. Deffner via Wikipedia Commons
P4 Reconnaissance Vehicle Photos	French Ministere Des Armees
P4 Reconnaissance Vehicle Photo	Xavier Care via Wikipedia Commons
P4 with Mistral Air Defense Missile System Photo	David Monniaux via Wikipedia Commons

References Available

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Printed

Reference	Author
Franco-German Brigade (Concord Publications)	Walter Bohm & Peter Siebert
"French Fancy" (March 2021 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	Baz England-Davis
Landing Zone Lebanon: UNIFIL 2006 (Blue Steel Books)	Moustafa Assad
"Peugeot's Unsung Hero" (February 2015 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	James Taylor
UNITAF in Somalia: Vehicles of Restore Hope Forces (Concord Publications)	Barry Beldam

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