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ACMAT Bastion
The ACMAT Bastion is a modern French armoured personnel carrier, manufactured by ACMAT.
The Bastion was available to customers in North America and Oceania via Mack Defense. As of 2021, AM General is making the Bastion.
Its chassis is based on the ACMAT VLRA. In 2018, Arquus, owner of ACMAT, signed a contract with AM General to propose the Bastion as an armored ambulance for the U.S. Army.
The Bastion PATSAS (PATrouille SAS) is a variant designed for special forces. It is lighter (10 tonnes) and carries 5 equipped soldiers. It is armed with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun and can carry 3 additional medium machine guns.
The Fortress, formerly Bastion HM (High Mobility), is an up-armored Bastion, with a more powerful motor (340 hp) and an independent suspension to improve its mobility. It exists in two versions, APC and armored logistic vehicle.
The Chadian détachement d'action rapide (rapid action detachment) used the Bastion PATSAS during the 2013 intervention in Mali. The Chadian Army also fielded Bastions during the 2015 intervention against Boko Haram in Far North Cameroon and Nigeria.
The Cameroonian Bastion APCs, nicknamed as Cyclones, have been deployed in Northern Cameroon with the Rapid Intervention Brigade.
Burkina Faso deployed its Bastions in peacekeeping operations in Northern Mali, under the MINUSMA banner. They have also been used in internal security missions, Bastion PATSAS being for instance fielded by the regiment de sécurité présidentielle before its disbandment in 2015. One Bastion was destroyed by Ansar ul Islam in the 2016 Nassoumbou attack.
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ACMAT Bastion
The ACMAT Bastion is a modern French armoured personnel carrier, manufactured by ACMAT.
The Bastion was available to customers in North America and Oceania via Mack Defense. As of 2021, AM General is making the Bastion.
Its chassis is based on the ACMAT VLRA. In 2018, Arquus, owner of ACMAT, signed a contract with AM General to propose the Bastion as an armored ambulance for the U.S. Army.
The Bastion PATSAS (PATrouille SAS) is a variant designed for special forces. It is lighter (10 tonnes) and carries 5 equipped soldiers. It is armed with a 12.7mm heavy machine gun and can carry 3 additional medium machine guns.
The Fortress, formerly Bastion HM (High Mobility), is an up-armored Bastion, with a more powerful motor (340 hp) and an independent suspension to improve its mobility. It exists in two versions, APC and armored logistic vehicle.
The Chadian détachement d'action rapide (rapid action detachment) used the Bastion PATSAS during the 2013 intervention in Mali. The Chadian Army also fielded Bastions during the 2015 intervention against Boko Haram in Far North Cameroon and Nigeria.
The Cameroonian Bastion APCs, nicknamed as Cyclones, have been deployed in Northern Cameroon with the Rapid Intervention Brigade.
Burkina Faso deployed its Bastions in peacekeeping operations in Northern Mali, under the MINUSMA banner. They have also been used in internal security missions, Bastion PATSAS being for instance fielded by the regiment de sécurité présidentielle before its disbandment in 2015. One Bastion was destroyed by Ansar ul Islam in the 2016 Nassoumbou attack.