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France ordered a large shipment of armored personnel carriers VBCI
The French Army ordered a batch of 332 armored personnel carriers VBCI production joint venture, Renault Trucks Defense, AB Volvo and the French state companies are the Nexter Systems.As reported by Dow Jones, stated by the Ministry of Defense of France.
In the country's Defense Ministry reported that the total number of ordered armored vehicles with the latest agreement reached 630 units.Their cost is about 2.86 billion euros.Equipment deliveries have already begun and will continue until 2015.
Armored VBCI (Véhicule Blindé de Combat d'Infanterie) belongs to a class of wheeled fighting vehicles with modular protection that can be changed depending on the threat.The French have chosen it as a replacement of obsolete infantry combat vehicles YWCA 10p.