“New Addition to the Arsenal: French Army Procurement Agency Receives 2 Serval 4×4 Armored Vehicles”According to a statement published by the DGA (French Army Procurement Agency) on July 21, 2022, two new Serval 4×4 armored vehicles were delivered to the DGA to conduct qualification tests.
Today, 364 Serval 4×4 armored vehicles have already been ordered by the DGA at the end of 2020 to the French companies Nexter and Texelis. A total of 978 Serval vehicles are to be delivered to the French Army under the Scorpion program and the first batch of 70 Serval vehicles should be delivered in 2022.
The Serval 4×4 armored vehicle is part of the Scorpion program of the French army which aims to modernize the combat capabilities of the French army around new equipment equipped with the SICS (Système d’information du combat Scorpion – Combat Information System Scorpion) information system. The SICS allows to digitally share all the tactical information available on the battlefield to all vehicles of the French army, and in particular the positions of the units thanks to the location of friends via “blue force tracking”.
The Serval is one of the four new armored vehicles including the Griffon, the MEPAC and the Jaguar developed within the framework of the Scorpion αямαмєит program.
The Serval is a 4×4 armored vehicle that has a weight of 15 to 17 tons depending on the version. The vehicle is fitted with equipment common to all Scorpion vehicles including a remotely controlled ωєαρσи station, threats detectors as well as the SICS information system.
The Serval has a standard design for a modern 4×4 armored vehicle with the engine at the front, the crew in the middle, and the troop’s compartment at the rear. It will be able to carry, in addition to the two crew members, up to eight men equipped with the Félin system.
