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The VBL Ingwe is a Tier 7 progression Armored Fighting Vehicle under Sophie Wölfli's dealership.

History[ | ]

Class: Reconnaissance Vehicle
Developed: 1988
Service: 1990+
Vehicles Built: cca 2400
Operators: France, Greece, Oman, Benin, Botswana, Cameroon, Djibouti, Gabon, Indonesia, Kuwait, Mexico, Nigeria, Portugal, Qatar, Senegal, Togo and UAE

The VBL is a light, four-wheeled armored fighting vehicle, designed for multiple roles while offering its crew basic small arms protection. It is a compact machine, capable of great speeds and a wide variety of duties, including reconnaissance, liaison tasks or even armored vehicle killing.

It was developed by Panhard in the late 1980s and its designation stands for Véhicule Blindé Léger (Light Armored Vehicle). In a way it was designed for the "old" type of war, symmetric warfare where units in such vehicles wouldn't be the most common target of enemy attention. The original purpose of the program was to replace the American Jeep vehicles still in French service in the late 1970s and to provide the French army with a light and affordable platform for multiple weapons systems.

The VBL was accepted in French service in 1990 and has found its way to around a dozen (mostly African) countries. It's a very popular export item thanks to its ruggedness and versatility. The biggest operators include France (approximately 1400 in service), Greece, and Oman. All in all, around 2400 were built. Over the years, the VBLs in French service were mostly involved in peacekeeping operations for the United Nations, such as those in former Yugoslavia, Lebanon and Somalia, but some saw service in Mali, the Ivory Coast and Afghanistan. The Nigerians used VBLs in counter-insurgency operations as light fighting vehicles (the recon variant armed with a Browning M2 .50 caliber heavy machinegun).

This particular model features an experimental INGWE ATGM launcher. This variant was never produced.

Vehicle Traits[ | ]

  • Harder to Spot: When moving slowly, this vehicle does not lose any camouflage and can effectively creep around.
  • Designate Target: This vehicle has the ability to designate targets that are within its line of sight. Designated targets are marked to other players and take increased damage.
  • Recon Package: This vehicle's set of advanced optics provides an improved vision range when stationary.
  • Missiles Only: This vehicle is only armed with anti-tank guided missiles or unguided rockets, making it only viable in mid-to-long-range combat, since both are often difficult to aim at short distances.

Ammunition[ | ]

# Ammo
Name
Ammo
Type
XP Cost Damage Penetration Velocity Reload
Time
More
Info
1 ZT3 Ingwe ATGM ATGM Stock 650[note 1] 800 mm 200 m/s 30.00 s
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  • Magazine Type: Clip
  • Partial Reload: Yes
  • Magazine Size: 4
  • Reload within Magazine: 2.50 s
  • Fire Chance Bonus: 300 %
  • Damage Randomization: ± 10 %
  • Penetration Randomization: ± 5 %
  • Bonus Module Damage: 25 %
  • Flight Agility: 25.00 deg/s
  • Self-Guided: No
2 ZT3B Ingwe ATGM-TH ATGM Experience 116,625 680[note 2] 900 mm 200 m/s 30.00 s
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  • Magazine Type: Clip
  • Partial Reload: Yes
  • Magazine Size: 4
  • Reload within Magazine: 2.50 s
  • Fire Chance Bonus: 300 %
  • Damage Randomization: ± 10 %
  • Penetration Randomization: ± 5 %
  • Bonus Module Damage: 25 %
  • Flight Agility: 25.00 deg/s
  • Self-Guided: No

Upgrades[ | ]

Armor[ | ]

VBL Stock Armor
XP Cost Credit Cost Hull
Armor
Hull
Composition
Turret
Armor
Turret
Composition
ERA Name ERA
Penetration
Reduction
Stock Stock 10 mm (vs AP)
10 mm (vs HEAT)
Steel 15 mm (vs AP)
12 mm (vs HEAT)
Steel N/A N/A vs AP
N/A vs HEAT
This vehicle's light armor offers basic protection from autocannons and machineguns.

Weapon[ | ]

# Name XP Cost Credit Cost Aim Time Reload Time More Info
Weapon1 ALRRT-4M Ingwe ATGM Launcher Stock Stock N/A 30.00 s
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Stats:

  • Magazine Type: Clip
  • Magazine Size: 4
  • Reload within Magazine: 2.50 s
  • Burst Fire Rate: 24.00 rd/min
  • Depression/Elevation: -8.0° / 20.0°
Ammo:
Ingwe ATGM
Ingwe-B ATGM-TH

Engine[ | ]

Name XP Cost Credit Cost Max Speed Reverse Speed Forward
Acceleration
Hull Traverse Fire Chance
Steyr M14 TCI 129 hp Diesel Engine Stock Stock 100 km/h 40 km/h 2.23 s (0 to 32 km/h)
9.69 s (0 to Max Speed)
80.00° 8 %

Parts[ | ]

Name XP Cost Credit Cost Description Notes
Smokegrenades
GALIX 13 Smoke Grenades
Stock Stock Comes with 4 charges
Takes 35s to recharge
Duration: 10s
Smokegrenades
GALIX 17 Smoke Grenades
Experience 40,715 Credits 678,895 Comes with 6 charges in total
Magazine capacity: 2 charges
Takes 3s to recharge
Duration: 10s
Magazine reload time: 25s
Thermalsight
Improved Thermal Imager
Experience 69,980 Credits 1,166,850 Ability to spot targets behind foliage improved by 30%
Telescope
Reconnaissance Package
Stock Stock Drastically decreases the Spotted by Enemy indicator delay in PvP
Bonus vision range when standing still: 30 m
Improvedsuspension
Improved Suspension
Experience 27,140 Credits 452,600 Movement speed on off-road surfaces is increased by 20%
Powersteering
Improved Power Steering
Experience 15,690 Credits 261,655 Turning speed increased by 15%
Wheels01
Stock Wheels
Stock Stock Mobility (Light Terrain): 91.7%
Mobility (Heavy Terrain): 76.9%

Other unlocks[ | ]

Name Cost Description Notes
Battleharden
Battle Hardened
Golds 2,700 The Battle-Hardened status allows you to earn more Experience and Credits
and also grants preferential matchmaking to the vehicle.
VBL Ingwe avatar
Avatar
Experience 40,525 Unlocks Vehicle icon for player portrait.
Currencyrep
9,900 Reputation
Experience 33,770 Provides an injection of 9,900 Reputation.
Currencyrep
9,900 Reputation
Experience 33,770 Provides an injection of 9,900 Reputation.
Currencyrep
9,900 Reputation
Experience 33,770 Provides an injection of 9,900 Reputation.
Currencyrep
9,900 Reputation
Experience 33,770 Provides an injection of 9,900 Reputation.

Abilities[ | ]

# Name XP Cost Stats Activation
Time
Duration Cooldown More
Info
Designate Ability Designate
Designate Target
Stock N/A 2.5 s 10 s 15 s
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Description:
A target designated by this ability will remain spotted for its duration and will receive increased damage.

Conditions:
No conditions bound to this ability.

Footnotes[]

  1. 130 for Non-Penetrating Hits
  2. 136 for Non-Penetrating Hits
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