Messier Auto Industrie

Messier Auto Industrie, a division of Lucas France SA, has been involved in the design, development and production of suspension systems for wheeled armoured vehicles for many years and, more recently, tracked armoured vehicles.

Messier Auto Industrie has been developing double-action, lever-operated hydraulic dampers which can withstand high-damping torque as well as giving a high degree of reliability. These dampers are specified for members of the Giat Industries AMX-13 light tank family, Giat Industries AMX-30 MBT family and the Giat Industries AMX-10P family of tracked vehicles. They have also been fitted to Alvis Vehicles Scorpion and Stormer vehicles. These have been retrofitted to British Army Scorpions as they are overhauled.