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|caption              = Pelaxian Culebra armed with a [[Protector (RWS)|Protector]] [[remote weapon station]]
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The [[MILCAR]] Culebra VTM (''Vehículo Táctico Medio''), military designation "''Culebra''" for the Milk Snake native to Pelaxia, is an infantry mobility vehicle and medium MRAP designed and manufactered by [[MILCAR]] Defence Vehicles for the Pelaxian Armed Forces. The acquisition is part of the Joint Replacement Programme of Wheeled Vehicles of the Pelaxian Ministry of Defence, with deliveries planned from 2033 until 2036. In Pelaxian service, the ''Culebra ''will replace the ageing fleet of MILCAR Jararaca's and MILCAR Urutu's of the Pelaxian Army and Pelaxian Air Force.
The [[MILCAR]] Culebra VTM (''Vehículo Táctico Medio''), military designation "''Culebra''" for the Milk Snake native to Pelaxia, is an infantry mobility vehicle and medium MRAP designed and manufactered by [[MILCAR]] Defence Vehicles for the Pelaxian Armed Forces. The acquisition is part of the Joint Replacement Programme of Wheeled Vehicles of the Pelaxian Ministry of Defence, with deliveries planned from 2033 until 2036. In Pelaxian service, the ''Culebra ''will replace the ageing fleet of MILCAR Jararaca's and MILCAR Urutu's of the Pelaxian Army, Pelaxian Marine Corps and Pelaxian Air Force.


Deliveries are planned for the second half of 2033 and should be completed by 2036.
Deliveries are planned for the second half of 2033 and should be completed by 2036.
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* 1000 Culebras and 500 RCWS.
* 1000 Culebras and 500 RCWS.
* 300 Culebras pick-up variant is a utility vehicle with a short two-man cabin and a range of utility modules on the rear section.
* 300 Culebras Security variant.
* 600 Culebras and 100 ATGMs stations can be ordered through an option included in the contract, which would ultimately bring the total to 1,600 Culebras.  
* 600 Culebras and 100 ATGMs stations can be ordered through an option included in the contract, which would ultimately bring the total to 1,900 Culebras.  


Additional Culebras can be ordered within five years after the delivery of the final vehicle.
Additional Culebras can be ordered within five years after the delivery of the final vehicle.
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===Armament===
===Armament===
===Operators===
[[File:MILCAR Culebra VTM NGB.png|184px|right]]{{flag|Burgundie}}
[[File:Gerin-Lajoie IronFist with machine gun turret.png|184px|right]]
[[National Gendarmerie of Burgundie]]: 50 hardtop variants ordered by the National Gendarmerie to be deployed in [[Equatorial Ostiecia]] with an unmanned turret with a [[Gerin-Lajoie Weaponeering|12x2 40mm non-lethal Lansing-Mitchell IronFist Vehicle Mount Launching System in tandem with a 7.62 machine gun]]
{{flag|Pelaxia}}
[[Pelaxian Armed Forces]]:
* 1000 Culebras ordered in hard-top variant with 500 on basic configuration armed with 12.7mm manned turrets, and 500 with 7.62mm RCWS.
* 300 Culebras ordered in Security variant.
* 600 Culebras ordered in soft-top variants with a 100 armed with ATGMs stations.


[[Category:Pelaxia]]
[[Category:Pelaxia]]
[[Category:Military]]
[[Category:Military]]
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