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. History According 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. A consortium of Nexter, Thales, and Renault Trucks Defense was formed to develop and produce the new vehicle. 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. 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. A second tranche for 271 Griffons and 42 Jaguars was ordered on 24 September 2020. In total the French Army plans to buy 1,872 Griffons and 300 Jaguars. Belgium On 26 October 2018, Belgium's cabinet formalised the plan to purchase 60 "Jaguar" and 382 “Griffon” vehicles for €1.5 billion. The vehicles will replace the Belgian Army's Piranha IIIC armoured personnel carriers and Dingo 2 infantry mobility vehicles. The deal includes spare parts and secure communications equipment and deliveries are planned to commence in 2025. Final assembly, including the conversion to the various specific variants and testing of the vehicles, will happen at a local contractor in Belgium. Design It was originally intended for the consortium manufacturing the Griffon and Jaguar to keep the price per unit of the vehicles under €1 million; basing them on the same 6×6 commercial all-terrain truck chassis and the use of standard commercial truck engines were meant to facilitate this. The engines were to be adapted to use a wider range of fuel. The cost constraints was later scrapped however and both vehicles ended up costing more, with the EBRC Jaguar having a unit price of around €5 million (FY2022). The Jaguar has an overpressure system to maintain constant overpressure in the armoured troop compartment to protect it against chemical, biological and radiological threats. For service in hot climates the Jaguar is equipped with air conditioning. The vehicle is built with STANAG