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Potential sources for CAESAR, other French weapon systems

 * Blog post by Eric H. Biass at European Security, includes photos of CAESAR testing in Malaysia
 * Galleries of CAESAR photos at Esprit de Valmy web forum
 * Archive of defense-related press releases going back to October 1998
 * The development of the French defence industry in the 20th century, a January 2005 report by Martin Lundmann of the Swedish Defence Research Agency, summarizing Laurent Giovachini's book L’armement français au XXe siècle (Les Cahiers de l’armement, Ellipses, Paris, 2000)
 * Obscure forum thread from 2002 linking French sites; first found Giat website here
 * Discussion thread at Zona Militar web forum (in Spanish), covering VBCI, CAESAR and other wheeled combat vehicles; includes assessment of Argentine Army procurement needs; another thread on the French army in general
 * Discussion thread on truck procurement for the French Army (in French) at air-defense.net
 * Discussion thread at Moroccan Military Forum (in French) on CAESAR, including links to articles and press releases
 * TTU, defunct website that provided newsletters and reporting on defense topics, especially exhibitions
 * Report (in French) on IDEX 2007: five pre-production CAESARs used Unimog chassis; main series of 72 used RTD
 * [Sherpa 5 specified]
 * [Sherpa 5 specified]

Government of France

 * French Ministère des Armées archive:
 * Afghanistan: Opération Pamir (2001-2014)
 * Iraq and Syria, against Islamic State: Chammal
 * Adaptation de la Task Force Wagram
 * Journée d’appuis intensifs autour de Mossoul pour les soldats de l’opération Chammal
 * La Task Force Wagram adapte ses feux pour protéger le dispositif irakien au nord de Mossoul
 * La Task Force Wagram appui les soldats irakiens dans la bataille de Tal Afar.
 * La TF Wagram maintient la pression sur Daech dans la bataille d’Hawija
 * Un artilleur français inséré au sein de la Task Force américaine Falcon
 * Les transmetteurs en Irak, une nécessité opérationnelle
 * Dans la peau d’un pyrotechnicien de la Task Force Wagram
 * La TF Wagram maintient la pression sur Daech dans la bataille d’Hawija
 * Un artilleur français inséré au sein de la Task Force américaine Falcon
 * Les transmetteurs en Irak, une nécessité opérationnelle
 * Dans la peau d’un pyrotechnicien de la Task Force Wagram

GIAT Industries / Nexter Systems / KNDS France

 * Nexter ammunition catalogue from 2018 (earliest archive)
 * Internet Archive snapshot collection of old Giat Industries website:, ,
 * Giat Magazine issues:
 * Issue 46 (French), dated April 2001
 * Issue 41 (English), dated September 1999
 * Annual reports: 2003 (English), 2004 (French)
 * List of press handouts from Eurosatory 2004, including this one on CAESAR (Renault chassis mentioned!)
 * Brochure of technological innovations in CAESAR
 * Factsheet listing specifications for CAESAR
 * Links to other relevant websites
 * Photo gallery of Giat products, including CAESAR
 * Snapshots of old CAESAR program website: requirements, specifications, FAQ, links
 * Brochure of technological innovations in CAESAR
 * Factsheet listing specifications for CAESAR
 * Links to other relevant websites
 * Photo gallery of Giat products, including CAESAR
 * Snapshots of old CAESAR program website: requirements, specifications, FAQ, links
 * Photo gallery of Giat products, including CAESAR
 * Snapshots of old CAESAR program website: requirements, specifications, FAQ, links

Renault Trucks Defense (RTD)

 * Archived Renault Trucks websites: master list circa 2007
 * Booklet dated May 2006 (English version dated June 2006) surveying all company activities
 * lists collaborative projects with partner firms, including VBCI and CAESAR with GIAT; details about VAB as well
 * Sherpa family first launched at Eurosatory 2004
 * Similar booklet dated March 2007 (second copy)
 * Press kit from Eurosatory 2006, includes Sherpa 5 and 10 specifications
 * Press kit from IDEX 2007, only mentions Sherpa 5
 * Sherpa Medium (5 and 10) brochure, dated May 2010 (English and French)
 * Brochure dated January 2012 about Sherpa Medium line of trucks:
 * consists of Sherpa 5 and Sherpa 10
 * "The Sherpa Medium is already operational in the french army as an ammunition carrier and a self propelled howitzer (with a 155 mm gun)."
 * Press kit from Eurosatory 2012
 * Press kit from IDEX 2013
 * Brochure dated April 2015 on Sherpa Medium line of trucks, mentioning CAESAR by name:
 * "Around 100 Sherpa Medium vehicles are in daily operational use with the French armed forces as logistics carriers or CAESAR® (155 mm) artillery system carriers. The Sherpa Medium chassis has also been selected for CAESAR® and HIGUARD systems in service with several countries in Asia and the Middle East."
 * Sherpa 5 page and links: tactical range leaflet, general technical specifications, detailed specs short cab, detailed specs long cab
 * VAB Mark II brochure (English and French) (alternate version)
 * AMC 6x6 brochure (English and French)
 * Kerax 4x4 - 6x6 brochure (English and French)
 * Kerax 8x8 brochure (English and French)
 * Sherpa Light APC brochure (English and French) (alternate version) (alternate version 2) ("Security and Public Order" version)
 * Sherpa Light Carrier brochure (English and French)
 * Sherpa Light High Intensity brochure (English and French) (alternate version)
 * Sherpa Light Scout brochure (English and French) (alternate version) (alternate version 2)
 * Sherpa Light Station Wagon brochure (English and French)
 * Sherpa Medium MRAP brochure (English and French) (alternate version) (alternate version 2)
 * VAB Mark 3 packet (French), brochure (English)
 * Press releases:
 * ACMAT becomes a Renault Trucks subsidiary
 * Renault Trucks Defense fournit de nouveaux véhicules à l’OTAN
 * NAMSA : nouvelles commandes pour Renault Trucks Defense
 * Nouvelle commande de l’Armée Française pour Renault Trucks Defense
 * Nouvelles commandes pour Renault Trucks Defense
 * Eurosatory 2008: Un accord de cooperation entre Renault Trucks Defense et AMZ-KUTNO
 * Renault Trucks Defense livre les véhicules logistiques et tactiques à l’OTAN
 * Des cabines blindées Kerax pour l’Armée Française
 * Tchad : notification d’un important contrat à Renault Trucks Defense
 * Renault Trucks Défense et Land Rover coopèrent pour répondre à un appel d’offre du Ministère de la Défense du Royaume-Uni afin de livrer des véhicules de soutien militaires.
 * Le Sherpa 3 de Renault Trucks Defense déployé dans les Armées françaises
 * L’OTAN retient le Sherpa de Renault Trucks Defense comme véhicule blindé de liaison et de reconnaissance
 * QATAR'S INTERNAL SECURITY FORCES ORDER 27 VEHICLES FROM RENAULT TRUCKS DEFENSE
 * RENAULT TRUCKS DEFENSE LAUNCHES THE VAB MK3
 * Urgences opérationnelles : Les VAB protégés contre les RPG
 * Chad takes delivery of the first Bastion Patsas

Miscellaneous resources

 * Ike Skelton Combined Arms Research Library Digital Library collections; too many to list here, appears extremely valuable
 * Archive of Armor (magazine) at DVIDS website
 * Technika 2005/Technika 2006, pair of illustrated magazines hosted on army.cz, Czech Ministry of Defense website (archive link)
 * IDEX 2005 show guide (archive link)