VBL Reco 7.62mm
GAS50218

Complete kit of the Reco 7.62mm LAV in 1/48 scale

Kit contains:

Resin parts
Brass photo-cutting board
Brass rods to make wheels movable if desired
Pre-cut windows
Assembly instructions with parts list and color photos: Download instructions

You can also contact us to have this model assembled and painted with the camouflage of your choice.

History of VBL Reco 7.62mm

The VBL is a light armored vehicle developed in the 1980s by Société de Constructions Mécaniques Panhard et Levassor, but it didn't enter service with the French army until 1990.
The VBL is designed to combine the agility of the jeep with sufficient protection against battlefield scrap.

It is a vehicle that can carry out reconnaissance or liaison missions under armor, while being protected against nuclear, radiological, bacteriological and chemical attacks.

The LAV is air-transportable, helicopter-transportable, parachute-transportable and amphibious.
There are two versions, the "short chassis" and the "long chassis", and from these two basic versions, the Panhard company has created 13 other versions, with surveillance radar, anti-aircraft, anti-tank, etc.