# Chadian Government orders 100 Proforce Ara MRAP

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2019/07/chadian-government-orders-twenty-proforce-ara-2-mrap/
- Published: 2019-07-20T17:25:12+01:00
- Author: Darek Liam

The Chadian government has signed a contract with Proforce for the sale of 100 improved
Ara (Ara 2) mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicles.

This information was first disclosed by Janes IHS, sources from Proforce disclosed
that the deal was first finalised in June 2019 and deliveries are expected to begin
before the end of the year in successive batches of five vehicles.

N’Djamena’s decision to procure the Proforce Ara 2 comes after a major incursion
by the Union of Resistance Forces (UFR) from Libya which was halted by French airstrikes
alongside Chadian ground troops.

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This incursion, as well as other increasingly active violent armed groups at Chad’s
borders is putting Idriss Deby under pressure from an economic crisis and several
years of social unrest.

The Ara 2 MRAP has the capacity to carry up to 12 personnel plus equipment and can
be configured into multiple variants including recovery, command and control, ambulance,
field kitchen and reconnaissance. The vehicle can be armed with a 12.7 mm machinegun
can be mounted on a 360-degree roof turret which can be open or fully enclosed.

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