Nexter Aravis compared with Lazar BVT, ambush protected vehicle full specs : The Aravis is a 4x4, mine-resistant, ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle developed and built by Nexter. An order for 15 Aravis vehicles was placed by the Délégation Générale pour l'Armement in April 2009 for use by the French Army as a reconnaissance and escort vehicle for engineer units. Deliveries for the initial order began in January 2010. mine resistant vehicle The Lazar BVT is a Serbian mine resistant ambush protected vehicle (MRAP), manufactured by Yugoimport. Named after Prince Lazar Hrebeljanović, a 14th-century ruler of Serbia.