The French Direction Generale de l'Armament (DGA) defense procurement arm ordered 200 additional Panhard armored vehicles on September 6. The 4x4 Panhard PVP (Petit Vehicule Protégé - light protected armored vehicle) was selected by the DGA in September 2004; since then, the DGA has ordered 933 of the vehicles. The last of these will be produced in December. The first batch - which went into production in 2007 - was for 312 vehicles, being produced at a rate of 15 per month. Deliveries on this most recent order will occur in 2012.
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