Sherpa Light

The Sherpa Light is a family of 4x4 tactical and light armoured vehicles developed by the French company Renault Trucks Defense (RTD). Available in unarmoured or armoured variants, with ballistic, mine and IED kits, the Scout is suited for tactical missions such as scouting, patrol, convoy escort and command and liaison, and can carry up to four or five soldiers or a payload of up to four tonnes. The Sherpa family is also offered to customers in North America and Oceania through Mack Defense. The Sherpa 2 and 3 were officially unveiled to the public at Eurosatory 2006 in Paris, with first production models made in 2007, and in 2010 the name changed from Sherpa 2 and 3 to Light. An Indonesian version, the Elang, was shown by Pindad in 2011, and the Brazilian firm Avibras entered a vehicle called TUPI based on the Sherpa Light Scout chassis in 2014. In 2016 requirements of the French Special Operations Command led to the Poids Lourd Forces Spéciales, certified on 31 January 2017. After RTD was rebranded Arquus in May 2018, development led to the Sabre, shown in 2019, and on 19 May 2020 Arquus announced the 1000th Sherpa Light vehicle.