Engin Blindé du Génie

It was pressed into service by the French Army in 1989 for the Gulf War, which revealed that the design needed further work.

Deliveries to the French Army resumed in the early 1990s.

[1] The vehicle carries a 142-mm demolition gun, a dozer blade, a manipulator arm, launchers for anti-tank mines, a winch and a 7.62-mm machine gun.

It has a three-person crew of a commander, driver and operator.

Of 71 vehicles built, 18 of the modernised EBG VAL or EBG R2 variant remained in operational service in 2018, with some others of it in long-term storage.