On 26 October 2018, Belgium's cabinet formalised the plan to purchase 60 "Jaguar" and 382 “Griffon” vehicles for €1.5 billion. In total the French Army plans to buy 1,872 Griffons and 300 Jaguars. A second tranche for 271 Griffons and 42 Jaguars was ordered on 24 September 2020. On 6 December 2014, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian announced that deliveries will commence in 2020 and a first tranche of 20 Jaguars and 319 Griffons was ordered in April 2017. The same consortium also builds the VBMR Griffon multi-role armoured vehicle for the French Army, which shares 70% of its components with the EBRC Jaguar.
A consortium of Nexter, Thales, and Renault Trucks Defense was formed to develop and produce the new vehicle. The Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance et de Combat Jaguar (English: Armoured Reconnaissance and Combat Vehicle Jaguar) or EBRC Jaguar is a French armoured reconnaissance vehicle that will replace the French Army's AMX-10 RC and ERC 90 Sagaie reconnaissance and fire support vehicles as well as the VAB Mephisto.Īccording to the French Army's 2020 Defence White Paper it plans to retire its AMX 10 RC and ERC 90 Sagaie vehicles beginning in 2020, and replace them with up to 250 examples of a new armoured reconnaissance vehicle.
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