VBL M11 infantry mobility vehicle

Conflict Usage

Boko Haram Insurgency

Side: Boko Haram and ISWAPRole: Captured armored mobilityprotected mobility

Open-source reporting ties the VBL M11/Panhard VBL to Boko Haram and ISWAP captured-equipment evidence: IPIS lists the VBL M11 among selected materiel in service with or recovered from Boko Haram, and The Defense Post reported an Amaq image appearing to show a Nigerian Army Panhard VBL after a 2019 ISWAP ambush near Damboa.

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Related Weapon Systems

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