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PLFS Special Forces Heavy Weight Vehicle
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The PLFS (Poids Lourd Forces Spéciales - Special Forces Heavy Weight) is a wheeled armoured vehicle designed and manufactured by the French Company ARQUUS formerly Renault Trucks Defense, based on the tactical requirements of the French Special and the DGA (French Army Procurement Agency). The PLFS is based on the chassis of the Sherpa Light Special Forces also manufactured by Renault Truck Defense. The PLFS is lighter than the standard Sherpa and the crew compartment has been adapted to carried armament used by the French Special Forces including 12.7mm heavy machine gun, 7.62mm machine gun, anti-tank missiles AT4CS or Milan. In 2015, the French Army has ordered a total of 202 PLFS. The DGA (French army procurement agency) has certified the vehicle on January 30, 2017, to provide a new generation of combat vehicle especially dedicated to perform overseas operations and replace the old vehicle in service with the French Special Forces units as the Acmat VLRA and the VPS Panhard. On February 1, 2017, French Company Renault Trucks Defense has delivered the first batch of 25 PLFS vehicles to the French Special Forces units.
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The PLFS will be delivered in two variants, combat and logistic. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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