Why This 'Cheap' French Six-Wheeler Fields The Gun Britain Spent Billions And Still Can't Use

The French Army's deadliest new armored vehicle fires ammunition no other military vehicle on Earth can use. This is the Jaguar EBRC, and it is rewriting the rules of modern armored warfare. Built under France's SCORPION program by a consortium of KNDS France, Arquus, and Thales, the Jaguar is a six-wheeled reconnaissance and combat vehicle armed with the revolutionary 40mm CTA40 cased telescoped cannon and Akeron MP anti-tank missiles capable of destroying main battle tanks at over four kilometers. It replaces three aging Cold War era vehicles in one platform: the AMX-10 RC, the ERC 90 Sagaie, and the VAB HOT. France has ordered 300 Jaguars for the French Army, with Belgium ordering 60 and Luxembourg 38, bringing total confirmed production to 398 vehicles. Deliveries began in 2021, and the first operational deployment took place in Estonia in May 2024 under NATO Mission Lynx. In September 2024, a Jaguar was chained to the deck of a French Navy landing craft and fired live rounds against maritime drones during Exercise Wildfire, proving its cannon could counter the same drone threat reshaping naval warfare in the Black Sea and Red Sea. No other operational vehicle in the world fires cased telescoped ammunition. Britain's Ajax program uses the same gun but remains effectively grounded after years of delays and crew safety failures. The Jaguar is deploying now. #MilitaryVehicles #ArmoredVehicles #FrenchMilitary #ModernMilitary #NATO