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In 1988, Alvis plc was awarded a £32 million contract to carry out a Life Extension Programme (LEP). The initial contract was for 200 CVR(T)s and supply kits for a further 1,107 vehicles. The LEP was carried out on the Scimitar and Sabre reconnaissance vehicles, Spartan APCs, Sultan command post vehicles, Samson recovery vehicles, Samaritan ...
The FV601 Saladin is a six-wheeled armoured car developed by Crossley Motors [1] and later manufactured by Alvis. Designed in 1954, it replaced the AEC armoured car in service with the British Army from 1958 onward.
Some Australian AFVs have the suffix "AS" (the NATO code for Australia), often appended by a model number. Generally speaking, Australian models are modified from the original models, in the case of the M113A1 series this included the AN/VIC-1 communications harness, large dust filters for the passenger compartment ventilation blower, heavy steel track manufactured by ADI, provision for 600 kg ...
They were fitted with a hydraulic crane on their roof capable of lifting an engine and transmission pack. The vehicles also carried tools, spare parts and technicians. [38] They were armed with a M2 Browning. [25] M113 Armoured Recovery Vehicle Light (ARVL): This variant was used to recover other vehicles from the field. [39]
The M113 Fire Support Vehicle (FSV) was an Australian variant of the United States M113 armoured personnel carrier fitted with the turret from Alvis Saladin armoured cars. The FSV was introduced into Australian Army units in the mid-1960s following the withdrawal of the Saladins and was armed with a 76mm gun, a .30 calibre coaxial machine gun ...
Pakistan produces an armored personnel carrier known as Talha which has a number of mechanical and automotive parts in common with the M113. Turkey produces the ACV-300 based on the AIFV . Egypt produces many variants of the M113 including the Egyptian Infantry Fighting Vehicle (EIFV), which features a combination of an M113A3-base and the ...
The main shortcoming revealed in the trials concerned the safety of the combustible case. The two Sheridans were returned to the U.S. Army in early 1969, and the Australian Army met its requirement by fitting turrets from Alvis Saladin armored cars to M113 armored personnel carriers. [53]
M113: Armoured personnel carrier: 300 United States: M113A1 : 30 delivered in 1974 + 60 delivered in 1981 M-577A1 CP : 20 delivered in 1981 + 6 delivered in 2003 [1] Equipping 3 mechanized infantry battalions each attached to a mechanized infantry brigade. Fiat-Otobreda 6614: Armoured personnel carrier: 120 Italy: Delivered in 1980