the Jaguar EBRC. to replace the multitude of older wheeled recon and support vehicles with a single design.
Only:
- the AMX-10RC (which similarly shared components with the AMX-10P main IFV),
- the ERC-90 Sagaies (bought because they were air-transportable in C-160s unlike the AMX-10RC)
- and the VAB in HOT launcher configuration aka Mephisto as anti-tank missile vehicles.
Although in my opinion the VAB-HOT replacement is more to bring up numbers and due to functional overlap than to directly replace them.
i'd say the Stryker is probably a better comparison.
The Stryker comparison is apt in another way too: France is planning "Scorpion Brigades" - replacing the current light armoured brigades first and establishing a new brigade by 2025. Belgium will effectively field a fourth "Scorpion Brigade" around the same time.
Both Griffon and Jaguar are STANAG 4569 Level 4 armored btw, i.e. 14.5mm / 155mm HE-FRAG / 10 kg mines. The Stryker is armored to Level 2A in basic protection (7.62mm AP or 6 kg mines non-central) and Level 4 if fitted with MEXAS-2C ceramic applique armor.
Planned versions for Griffon are:
- 1033 troop transport (split into: troop carrier, 81mm mortar team carrier, sniper team carrier, anti-tank team carrier)
- 333 C3
- 196 ambulance
- 117 artillery observer
- 54 engineer (split into: engineer/recovery, response team carrier, refueling)
There are plans for an additional VBMR-L, a lighter 12-ton version of the Griffon. These would replace most VLRA and some P4 trucks and PVP uparmored jeeps in Scorpion Brigades; about 3,800 unarmored P4 trucks throughout the forces are planned to be updated instead of replaced. Tender for VBMR-L was expected mid last year, but to my knowledge postponed.