Details of the Serval 4×4 armoured fighting vehicle, designed and manufactured by Nexter and Texelis, were revealed at the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference in late January in London.

The first few of a planned 15 prototypes are complete and undergoing a series of factory and off-road trials, and variant qualification is expected to begin in 2021 and continue until 2023, according to a joint presentation by Michael Duckworth, head of export sales at Nexter, and Jean Vandel, managing director of Texelis. They added that there are as many as 25 variants of the vehicle planned for the French Army.

By 2025 the companies anticipate that 689 Servals will have been delivered, and by 2032, they anticipate orders could reach at least 2,000 platforms, which alongside the 6×6 Griffon are to replace the VAB in French service.

A rendering of a production standard Serval with the Hornet RWS and a 12.7 mm MG. (Nexter)

Details of the Serval 4×4 armoured fighting vehicle, designed and manufactured by Nexter and Texelis, were revealed at the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference in late January in London.

The first few of a planned 15 prototypes are complete and undergoing a series of factory and off-road trials, and variant qualification is expected to begin in 2021 and continue until 2023, according to a joint presentation by Michael Duckworth, head of export sales at Nexter, and Jean Vandel, managing director of Texelis. They added that there are as many as 25 variants of the vehicle planned for the French Army.

By 2025 the companies anticipate that 689 Servals will have been delivered, and by 2032, they anticipate orders could reach at least 2,000 platforms, which alongside the 6×6 Griffon are to replace the VAB in French service.

A rendering of a production standard Serval with the Hornet RWS and a 12.7 mm MG. (Nexter)

Details of the Serval 4×4 armoured fighting vehicle, designed and manufactured by Nexter and Texelis, were revealed at the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference in late January in London.

The first few of a planned 15 prototypes are complete and undergoing a series of factory and off-road trials, and variant qualification is expected to begin in 2021 and continue until 2023, according to a joint presentation by Michael Duckworth, head of export sales at Nexter, and Jean Vandel, managing director of Texelis. They added that there are as many as 25 variants of the vehicle planned for the French Army.

By 2025 the companies anticipate that 689 Servals will have been delivered, and by 2032, they anticipate orders could reach at least 2,000 platforms, which alongside the 6×6 Griffon are to replace the VAB in French service.

A rendering of a production standard Serval with the Hornet RWS and a 12.7 mm MG. (Nexter)

Details of the Serval 4×4 armoured fighting vehicle, designed and manufactured by Nexter and Texelis, were revealed at the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference in late January in London.

The first few of a planned 15 prototypes are complete and undergoing a series of factory and off-road trials, and variant qualification is expected to begin in 2021 and continue until 2023, according to a joint presentation by Michael Duckworth, head of export sales at Nexter, and Jean Vandel, managing director of Texelis. They added that there are as many as 25 variants of the vehicle planned for the French Army.

By 2025 the companies anticipate that 689 Servals will have been delivered, and by 2032, they anticipate orders could reach at least 2,000 platforms, which alongside the 6×6 Griffon are to replace the VAB in French service.

A rendering of a production standard Serval with the Hornet RWS and a 12.7 mm MG. (Nexter)

Details of the Serval 4×4 armoured fighting vehicle, designed and manufactured by Nexter and Texelis, were revealed at the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference in late January in London.

The first few of a planned 15 prototypes are complete and undergoing a series of factory and off-road trials, and variant qualification is expected to begin in 2021 and continue until 2023, according to a joint presentation by Michael Duckworth, head of export sales at Nexter, and Jean Vandel, managing director of Texelis. They added that there are as many as 25 variants of the vehicle planned for the French Army.

By 2025 the companies anticipate that 689 Servals will have been delivered, and by 2032, they anticipate orders could reach at least 2,000 platforms, which alongside the 6×6 Griffon are to replace the VAB in French service.

A rendering of a production standard Serval with the Hornet RWS and a 12.7 mm MG. (Nexter)

Details of the Serval 4×4 armoured fighting vehicle, designed and manufactured by Nexter and Texelis, were revealed at the International Armoured Vehicles (IAV) conference in late January in London.

The first few of a planned 15 prototypes are complete and undergoing a series of factory and off-road trials, and variant qualification is expected to begin in 2021 and continue until 2023, according to a joint presentation by Michael Duckworth, head of export sales at Nexter, and Jean Vandel, managing director of Texelis. They added that there are as many as 25 variants of the vehicle planned for the French Army.

By 2025 the companies anticipate that 689 Servals will have been delivered, and by 2032, they anticipate orders could reach at least 2,000 platforms, which alongside the 6×6 Griffon are to replace the VAB in French service.

A rendering of a production standard Serval with the Hornet RWS and a 12.7 mm MG. (Nexter)