THE LOHR VPX 5000

Responding to the demand for light, versatile vehicles that could be equipped with a variety of weapon systems for the modern battlefield, the Strasbourg-based company LOHR unveiled the VPX 5000 at the 1981 SATORY Defence Exhibition in France. At the time, it attracted a great deal of interest, but by the mid-1990s, LOHR had only produced ten prototype vehicles.

Measuring 4.2m in length, 1.6m in height, and an overall width of 2m exactly, the VPX 5000 was one of the most compact AFVs to be developed during the Cold War to meet a multiple range of roles on the battlefield. Capable