Panhard EBR

Panhard EBR
An EBR Mle 51 re-armed with the 90 mm low-pressure gun displayed at the National Tank Monument in Berry-au-Bac.
TypeWheeled reconnaissance vehicle, Armoured car
Place of originFrance
Service history
Used byFrench Army
Indonesian Army
Portuguese Army
WarsAlgerian War
Portuguese Colonial War
Indonesia-Malaysia Confrontation
Sand War
Western Sahara War
Production history
DesignerPanhard
ManufacturerPanhard
Produced1951-1960
No. built1179
VariantsEBR-ETT (APC)
Specifications
Mass12.5 tonnes (13.8 short tons; 12.3 long tons) (model 1951)
14.9 tonnes (16.4 short tons; 14.7 long tons) (model 1954)
Length6.15 m (20 ft 2 in)
Width2.42 m (7 ft 11 in)
Height2.24 m (7 ft 4 in)
2.32 m (7 ft 7 in) (eight wheels deployed)
Crew4; driver, commander, gunner and rear driver

ArmorTurret front 40 mm (sloped)
Turret sides 25 mm
Hull front 20 mm (sloped)
Hull sides 15 mm
Main
armament
Model 1951 : SA 49 75 mm rifled gun (56 rnds)
Model 1951 revalorisé: CN 90 F2 90 mm low-pressure gun (43 rnds)
Model 1954: SA 50 75 mm high-velocity rifled gun (36 rnds)
Secondary
armament
3× 7.5 mm MAC31 Reibel machine guns most common, sometimes 4 x 7.5 mm MGs
4× DREB smoke dischargers
EnginePanhard 12 H 6000 S flat-twelve gasoline engine
200 hp at 3700 RPM
Power/weight15.6 hp/tonne
Transmissiontwo 4-speed tandem-mounted gearboxes providing a total of 16 different gear ratios[1]
Suspensioncoil springs and hydropneumatic, 8×8
Ground clearance340 to 420 mm
Fuel capacity370 l
Operational
range
700 km (430 mi)[2]
Maximum speed up to 115 km/h (71 mph)[2]
75 km/h (47 mph) to 85 km/h (53 mph) on secondary roads
10 km/h (6.2 mph) to 25 km/h (16 mph) on rough and uneven terrain[1]
Steering
system
front and rear axle

The Panhard EBR (Panhard Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance, French: Armored Reconnaissance Vehicle) is an armoured car designed by Panhard for the French Army and later used across the globe, notably by the French Army during the Algerian War and by the Portuguese Army during the Portuguese Colonial War.

  1. ^ a b Petit, Pierre (May–June 2013). "EBR - Engin Blindé de Reconnaissance". Trucks & Tanks (37): 2à–39.
  2. ^ a b Centre de Documentation sur les Engins Blindés. Les chars français du Musée des Blindés (in French). Association des Amis du Musée des Blindés. p. 29.