ERC (AFV family)

Mexican Army ERC 90 F1 Lynx during the Independence day Parade.

The ERC (French: Engin de Reconnaissance à Canon) is a French six-wheeled armoured all-terrain vehicle which is highly mobile and amphibious with an option of being NBC-proof. While various models were tested, only two versions of the ERC were developed and produced: the Lynx and the Sagaie.

Background

The Sagaie is originally a private-export project, the ERC wheeled armoured vehicles were developed by Panhard in the last half of the 1970s as successor to its highly successful four wheel AML and M3 armoured vehicles.

Variants

French ERC 90 Sagaie of the reconnaissance squadron of the 13th half-brigade of the Foreign Legion near Djibouti in 2005

• EMC 91: Fire support version armed with 81mm mortar in an Hispano-Suiza EMC turret.
• ERC 20: Anti-aircraft version with 2× 20 mm autocannons.
• ERC 60-20: Fitted with Hispano-Suiza 60-20 Serval turret armed with a 60 mm mortar and a 20 mm autocannon.
• ERC 90 (Diesel): Fitted with a diesel engine.
• ERC 90 F1 Lynx: Fitted with the Hispano-Suiza Lynx 90 turret as fitted to the Panhard AML.
• ERC 90 F4 Sagaie: Fitted with GIAT TS 90 turret with long barrel high velocity cannon that can fire APDS-FS anti-tank rounds.
• ERC 90 Sagaie 2: Slightly larger version fitted with twin engines and improved turret.
• VCR: APC based on ERC.

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