John Cockerill and Arquus company officials unveil the Fernis armored vehicle at Eurosatory on June 15, 2026. (Christina Mackenzie / Breaking Defense)
PARIS — The French vehicle producer Arquus today unveiled a new 6×6 armored vehicle dubbed Fenris which can be equipped with a 105mm gun.
Officials from Arquus and Belgium’s John Cockerill Group, which owns the French firm, literally pulled the sheet off the Fenris at the Eurosatory defense exposition here. Company officials said the 26-tonne (28.6-ton) vehicle was developed in just over a year to meet the need for direct fire support, which the war in Ukraine has revealed to be a modern battlefield necessity. The 105mm gun on this vehicle is currently in use with the Ukrainian army, they said.
As another lesson learned from the war in Ukraine, Fenris has natively integrated protection in its Cockerill 3105 turret against drones, and is protected to meet NATO standard STANAG 4.
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