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<\/p>\n\n Civilian trucks go to war all the time, but a flagship coupe SUV built to command drones is something new <\/p>\n
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Renault and Thales unveil the 4 Troop tactical military prototype.<\/p>\n The vehicle is based on the Renault Rafale flagship SUV.<\/p>\n It features advanced drone control tech and a PHEV 4\u00d74 setup.<\/p>\n A coupe SUV is the last place you\u2019d expect to find a military command post<\/a>, yet that is exactly where Renault Group has put one. The company pulled the wraps off the 4 Troop prototype at the Eurosatory 2026 defense show in Paris, working alongside French defense contractor Thales.<\/p>\n Despite what its name suggests, the 4 Troop is not based on the fully electric R4<\/a> but on the much larger Rafale. The prototype falls under the Civilian Multi-Role Vehicle (VCMR) banner, a cheaper answer to the purpose-built military trucks that drain defense budgets.<\/p>\n More: Governments Are Tired Of Expensive Military Trucks. Ford Has A Cheaper Idea<\/a><\/p>\n From a distance it reads as a standard Rafale<\/a>, then the details give it away: a matte beige wrap, covers shielding the headlights, a set of aggressive tires, and a custom roof rack loaded with hardware. The real change sits underneath the bodywork, where Thales has installed its Combat Digital Platform and turned the SUV into a drone mothership.<\/p>\n The 4 Troop can deploy and coordinate multiple Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs<\/a>) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs). It also features advanced sensors, secure tactical connectivity, \u201csubstantial\u201d data processing capabilities, and AI-assisted decision support systems.<\/p>\n Renault 4 Troop<\/p>\n Renault calls the 4 Troop a \u201c4\u00d74 vehicle with a hybrid drivetrain to combine discrete operation with long-range capabilities,\u201d and notes it carries a Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) function for running electrical equipment. That points to the Rafale E-Tech 4\u00d74<\/a> as the donor, with a plug-in hybrid setup good for a combined 300 hp (221 kW \/ 305 PS), fed by a 22 kWh battery that delivers 62 miles (100 km) of electric-only range. The Rafale, for its part, shares the CMF-CD architecture with the Austral and Espace SUVs.<\/p>\n It Could Reach A Conflict Zone Near You<\/p>\n Eurosatory 2026 saw the 4 Troop in prototype<\/a> form, though Renault says it is \u201cpossible to series-produce vehicles for rapid deployment at optimum cost.\u201d The Thales gear backs that up, already meeting the operational and connectivity standards the armed forces require.<\/p>\n More: France\u2019s Presidential SUV Looks Like A Regular Crossover Until You See What\u2019s Inside<\/a><\/p>\n The pitch from Renault is that a civilian platform slashes the military\u2019s logistical and maintenance burden, since the fleet can plug straight into existing service and after-sales networks. Ford floated the same idea recently, pitching its F-Series and Ranger<\/a> platforms for modern defense work.<\/p>\n Renault Rafale<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Civilian trucks go to war all the time, but a flagship coupe SUV built to command drones is…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35956,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13063],"tags":[796,5,14867,25355,14361,12198,25356,15460,13595,24941],"class_list":["post-35955","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-renault","tag-drones","tag-france","tag-hybrids","tag-military-vehicles","tag-phev","tag-renault","tag-renault-concepts","tag-renault-rafale","tag-suv","tag-tuning"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35955","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35955"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35955\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35956"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35955"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35955"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/france\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35955"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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