ACMAT AVTL
{{short description|French military pick-up}}
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The ACMAT AVTL is a military truck manufactured by the French company ACMAT, now part of Arquus.
Description
The AVTL (French: Aérotransportable Véhicule Tactique Léger, English: Airtransportable Light Tactical Vehicle) is a derivative of the Nissan Navara.{{cite web|title=Eurosatory 2012 : ACMAT étoffe son offre|url=http://www.alm-acmat.com/article-eurosatory-2012-acmat-etoffe-son-offre-106684216.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140228060831/http://www.alm-acmat.com/article-eurosatory-2012-acmat-etoffe-son-offre-106684216.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=28 February 2014|date=10 June 2012|language=fr}} It has a payload of 1.4 to 3.5 tonnes, depending on the version.
The AVTL is marketed under several variants, such as station wagon, single cab, double cab or torpedo (open special force vehicle).
Users
More than 1000 have been produced and delivered to 20 countries in 2014.
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- {{flag|Benin}}{{cite web|title=Acmat strengthening African presence|date=2 October 2012|website=defenceweb.co.za|first=Guy|last=Martin|url=https://www.defenceweb.co.za/land/land-land/acmat-strengthening-african-presence/}}
- {{flag|Burkina Faso}}{{cite news|title=Burkina Faso: Du matériel roulant et de transmissions pour l'armée burkinabè|date=6 October 2011|url=https://fr.allafrica.com/stories/201110070279.html|newspaper=AllAfrica.com|language=fr}}
- {{flag|Chad}}: 20{{cite web|title=Quelques détails sur l’armée tchadienne…|date=21 January 2013 |website=forcesoperations.com|url=http://forcesoperations.com/quelques-details-sur-larmee-tchadienne/|language=fr}}
- {{flag|Congo}}: 14 for the National Police, transport version
- {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}: 48, used by border guards
- {{flag|Ivory Coast}}{{cite web|title=ACMAT décroche une importante commande de véhicules militaires légers en Côte d’Ivoire|date=13 September 2012|url=http://www.opex360.com/2012/09/13/acmat-decroche-une-importante-commande-de-vehicules-militaires-legers-en-cote-divoire/|website=opex360.com|first=Laurent|last=Lagneau|language=fr}}
- {{flag|Gabon}}: bought for the contractors of Sovereign Global that trained the Gabonese contingent of the MINUSCA.
- {{flag|Mali}}
- {{flag|Mauritania}}
- {{flag|Morocco}}: armored command-post version
- {{flag|Niger}}
- {{flag|Togo}}: 44, used by the Togolese Police{{cite book|title=Renault Trucks Defense valued at 772 million of euros?|series=OIDA Strategic Intelligence Case Study #2|language=en|url=https://oidagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-02_OIDASI_CS2-RTD.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015110629/https://oidagroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/2017-08-02_OIDASI_CS2-RTD.pdf|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2019-10-15|pages=9–11}}
References
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