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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Fox Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The FV 603 Saracen was a six-wheeled armoured vehicle built by Alvis used by the British army for transporting troops.
The Warrior tracked vehicle family, are a series of British armoured vehicles originally developed by GKN plc (which became part of Alvis Vickers Ltd), to replace the older FV432 series of armoured vehicles.
The FV 721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (wheeled) was a 4x4 armoured car deployed by the British Army as a replacement for the Ferret scout car and the Saladin Armoured Car.
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  Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Warrior tracked vehicle family, are a series of British armoured vehicles originally developed by GKN plc (the armoured vehicle division of is now part of BAE Systems Land and Armaments), to replace the older FV432 series of armoured vehicles.
Warrior Section Vehicles are able to carry and support 7 fully equipped soldiers together with supplies and weapons for a 48 hour battlefield day in nuclear/biological/chemical conditions.
The Warrior Reconnaissance vehicle is normally operated by a crew of three, the driver, commander and the gunner and can carry a reconnaissance officer and additional surveillance equipment.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Warrior_Tracked_Armoured_Vehicle   (730 words)

  
 Vehicle Encyclopedia @ LaunchBase.org (Launch Base)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
H.P. Able to reach a speed of twenty miles per hour on level roads, it had a vertical boiler at the rear and two separate twin cylinder engines, each of which drove one rear wheel by means of a chain and sprocket wheels.
In 1869, a small three wheeled vehicle propelled by a horizontal twin cylinder engine which drove the rear axle by spur-gearing; only one rear wheel was driven, the other turning freely on the axle.
The entire vehicle was enclosed and fitted with windows all around, carried six people, and even had two driving-mirrors for observing traffic approaching from behind; the earlier recorded instance of such a device.
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 NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Alvis Stormer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Alvis Stormer is a modern military armoured vehicle manufactured by the British company, Alvis, a subsidiary of BAE Systems.
The Stormer is a devlopment of the CVR(T) family of vehicles (Scorpion, Scimitar, Spartan etc), essentially a larger modernized version.
The FV 603 Saracen was a six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier built by Alvis and used by the British army that became a recognisable vehicle as a result of its part in the policing of Northern Ireland.
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 Warrior
Warrior is part of a family of seven variants which include a Milan carrier, a mechanised recovery vehicle, an engineer combat version and an artillery command vehicle.
Warrior has excellent cross country mobility and is armed with a 30 mm Rarden cannon.
The Warrior, as it is normally called, has a combat weight of 25.7 tonnes, a maximum speed of 75km/h (48 km/h in reverse) a maximum road range of 660 km and is able to mount 60% gradients and 40% side slopes.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/europe/warrior.htm   (217 words)

  
 Combat Vehicle 90 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Combat Vehicle 90 (CV90) or Stridsfordon 90 (Strf 90) is a Swedish infantry fighting vehicle designed by Hägglunds/Bofors and currently produced by BAE Systems Hägglunds.
The forward observation and command vehicles are only armed with a machine gun, but could be equipped with a dummy main gun to prevent them from being identified.
In December 2005 Denmark orderd 45 CV9035 vehicles for a cost of €188 million.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Combat_Vehicle_90   (293 words)

  
 Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle
The FV510 Warrior tracked vehicle family, are a series of British armoured vehicles originally developed to replace the older FV430 series of armoured vehicles.
Warrior Section Vehicles are able to carry and support 7 fully-equipped soldiers together with supplies and weapons including a number of anti-tank weapons for a 48-hour battlefield day in nuclear/biological/chemical conditions.
The Warrior Reconnaissance vehicle is normally operated by a crew of three, the driver, commander and the gunner and can carry a reconnaissance officer and additional surveillance equipment.
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 Warrior Infantry Fighting Vehicle (UK)
The Warrior was designed to replace the FV432 APC in the thirteen mechanised infantry battalions of the 1st, 3rd and 4th Armoured Divisions of BAOR in West Germany.
The Warriors achieved a 95 percent availability rate and while none fell victim to enemy action, three Warriors from the 1st Battalion, The Staffordshire Regiment were destroyed and nine soldiers killed when their vehicles were mistakenly attacked by American A-10 Thunderbolts firing Maverick missiles.
Warriors are now being retrofitted with the same hatch as supplied on the vehicles supplied to Kuwait, which has three day periscopes.
www.rickard.karoo.net /articles/weapons_warrior.html   (1581 words)

  
 Johnson Beharry - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
On 1 May 2004, Beharry was driving a Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle that had been called to the assistance of a foot patrol caught in a series of ambushes.
The Warrior was hit by multiple rocket propelled grenades, causing damage and resulting in the loss of radio communications.
While back on duty on 11 June 2004, Beharry was again driving the lead Warrior vehicle of his platoon through Al Amarah when his vehicle was ambushed.
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 Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The FV 510 Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicles are light armoured multi-purpose transports used by the British army The british army is the land armed forces branch of the british military....
The warrior started out as the Mechanized Combat vehicle 80 (MCV 80), a succesor to the FV 432 AFV The fv 432 afv is one of the british armys fv 430 series of armoured fighting vehicles, and the most common variant used for transporting infantry on the battlefield....
Swedish CV90 IFV The combat vehicle 90 or cv 90 (stridsfordon 90) is a swedish infantry fighting vehicle produced by alvis hägglunds ab....
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 Delco
Armoured vehicles on every continent of the world are fitted with turrets designed, produced and supported by Delco Defense Systems Operations.
The ETS can locate and track targets while it is on the move.
Vehicle mobility and the AMS’s automatic operation results in fast engagement and re-engagement.
www.global-defence.com /2000/pages/delco.html   (888 words)

  
 Army Technology - Warrior - Tracked Armoured Vehicles
The Warrior family of tracked armoured vehicles, developed by Alvis Vickers Ltd (now BAE Systems Land Systems), has been proved in action with the British Army in operations in the Middle East during Desert Storm and Operation Iraqi Freedom and on United Nations duties in Bosnia.
The Warrior reconnaissance vehicle is normally operated by a crew of three, the driver, the commander and the gunner.
Warrior 2000 is a version of the Warrior which was developed for the Swiss Army requirement.
www.army-technology.com /projects/warrior/index.html   (1114 words)

  
 Warrior Definition / Warrior Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
A warrior is a person habitually engaged in combat Combat is purposeful physical conflict involving violence.
Warrior is a ChildThe Warrior is a Child.
Warrior is a small, but capable email client that is easy to use and even offers some advanced features.
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 100 Great Black Britons -Johnson Beharry
On 1 May 2004, Beharry was driving a Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle that had been called to the assistance of a foot patrol caught in a series of ambushes.
The Warrior was hit by multiple rocket propelled grenades, causing damage and resulting in the loss of radio communications.
The platoon commander, the vehicle's gunner and a number of other soldiers in the vehicle were injured.
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Diehl Remscheid is the largest developer and producer of armoured vehicle tracks in the Western Hemisphere...
Armoured Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire Armoured Vehicle Depot, Ludgershall, Wiltshire The large storage sheds in this picture were for military supplies and armoured vehicles, 3 of which are parked in the foreground.
The systems were fitted to an armoured vehicle carrying a CBS News anchorman from Jordan to Baghdad just after the...
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 M2 Bradley: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The m1 abrams main battle tank is the principal combat tank of the united states army, with three main versions being deployed starting in 1980: the m1,...
The combat vehicle 90 or cv 90 (stridsfordon 90) is a swedish infantry fighting vehicle produced by alvis hägglunds ab....
Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle[Follow this hyperlink for a summary of this subject]
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 British Army
Scorpion is fully amphibious, propelled in the water by it's tracks at a speed of 6.5km/h.Scimitar is an almost identical vehicle, but it mounts the RARDEN 30 mm cannon which meets the British requirement of defeating existing and future enemy reconnaissance vehicles and APC's.
The Warrior family of tracked armoured vehicles developed by Alvis Vehicles (formerly GKN Defence) has been proved in action with the British Army in operations in the Middle East and on United Nations duties in Bosnia.
Between 1987 and 1995, 789 Warriors were produced for the British Army.Warrior Section Vehicles carry driver, commander, gunner and 7 fully equipped soldiers together with supplies and weapons for a 48 hour battlefield day in NBC conditions.
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 The Infantry - Armoured Fighting Vehicles
The armour of WR is designed to withstand an explosion from a 155mm shell at 10 m and direct fire from machine guns up to a caliber of 14.5 mm.
Saxon is an armoured troop carrier and is issued to mechanised battalions in 1, 12 and 19 Mech Bdes on a scale of 62 per battalion.
The FV 430 family of armoured vehicles entered service with the British Army in the 1960s, but regular maintenance and improvements including a new power train have enabled this old workhorse to remain in service into the 21st Century.
www.army.mod.uk /infantry/current_equipment/the_infantry_armoured_fighting_vehicle.htm   (1037 words)

  
 Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle - Education - Information - Educational Resources - Encyclopedia - Music
The MCV-80 Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicles are light armoured multi-purpose transports used by the British army.
Their strong aluminium armour proved efficient against small arm fire and self-propeled grenades during the conflict in Bosnia.
The Warriors vehicles inspired the name of the eponymous film about the war in Bosnia, by the BBC http://www.badgerland.co.uk/shops/videos_dvds/drama_tv/modern/warriors.html
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 M2 Bradley Encyclopedia @ FolkArtMuseum.com (Folk Art Museum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Bradley, named after WWII General Omar Bradley, is a replacement for the M113 family of APCs and consists of two types of vehicles, the M2 Infantry Fighting Vehicle and the M3 Cavalry Fighting Vehicle.
Aluminum armor tends to vaporize in the face of HEAT warheads; this and the prodigious storage of ammunition in the vehicle initially raised questions about its combat survivability.
Also, the survivability of the vehicle is upgraded with a series of armor improvements, again both passive and reactive, as well as improved fire-suppression systems and NBC equipment.
www.folkartmuseum.com /encyclopedia/M2_Bradley   (776 words)

  
 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> BMP-3   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The BMP-3 is a Soviet infantry fighting vehicle which was first introduced 1990.
The U.S. M1 Abrams main battle tank is capable of hitting a tank-sized target with a probability of fifty percent at 4,000 meters.
The AT-10 is capable of penetrating the armour of all MBTs currently deployed.
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 NATO-ISAF - Afghan Mission - Armoured Vehicles - Mercedes G-Wagon - Land Rovers - US Humvees - Abrams Tank - Armoured ...
US military officials told RFE/RL that they did not deploy their heavy armour into Afghanistan, because the mountainous terrain was not deemed suitable for a tank campaign against guerrilla fighters.
But there are not yet enough of those vehicles for the thousands of troops deployed this year as part of the NATO-led expansion into the south.
When the armoured Pinzgauer is delivered, what Afghans will see on the desert plains of Helmand Province – where the British are deployed – are vehicles that look more like six-wheeled camping vans than an armoured personnel carriers or tanks.
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 YourArt.com >> Encyclopedia >> AMX-10P   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
It has NBC protection and amphibious capabilities, with hydro jets to swim in water.
In the French Army, 108 of these will be upgraded in 2005, notably improving the armour and mobility http://www.defencetalk.com/news/publish/article_003274.php.
An export success, the AMX-10P is operated by France, the United Arab Emirates, Greece, Indonesia, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Mexico.
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 British Armed Forces & National Service
Scorpion is fully amphibious, propelled in the water by it's tracks at a speed of 6.5km/h.Scimitar is an almost identical vehicle, but it mounts the RARDEN 30 mm cannon which meets the British requirement of defeating existing and future enemy reconnaissance vehicles and APC's.
The Warrior family of tracked armoured vehicles developed by Alvis Vehicles (formerly GKN Defence) has been proved in action with the British Army in operations in the Middle East and on United Nations duties in Bosnia.
Between 1987 and 1995, 789 Warriors were produced for the British Army.Warrior Section Vehicles carry driver, commander, gunner and 7 fully equipped soldiers together with supplies and weapons for a 48 hour battlefield day in NBC conditions.
www.britisharmedforces.org /ns/ns/nat_armytoday_.htm   (1431 words)

  
 Car Talkers - armoured vehicles - car, auto, donate car, auto insurance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
IG Armoured Vehicles The group received the directive in June 1996 and was tasked with harmonization of the de-mands for a future armoured transport vehicle.
Armoured vehicle listing In its fairly short life the IDF has made use of many different vehicles...
The Warrior is an armoured infantry fighting vehicle and...
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 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC)s of the World Listing
The Marder 1 is the principle infantry fighting vehicle for the German Army.
The Boxer is a multi-role armored vehicle set to replace the aging M113 and Fuchs Tpz 1 armored pers...
The idea of a tracked armored fighting vehicle was put into practical military thought thanks to the...
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 Warrior Tracked Armoured Vehicle -   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Passenger access is through a large hydraulic door at the rear of the hull, rather than a drop down ramp as in the American M113 and M2 Bradley armoured personnel carriers (APCs).
The British Army has plans to upgrade its Warriors to extend their service life to 2025.
Although the MoD has part funded this work the Department will be embarking on a full competiton to select the most suitable turret system.
www.singaporegrid.com /mediawiki/index.php/Warrior_Tracked_Armoured_Vehicle   (492 words)

  
 M2 Bradley - Free net encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The M3 CFV was originally going to be named after General Jacob L. Devers, but it was decided the Bradley name would apply to both, since both vehicles are based on the same chassis (they differ in only some details).
An air defense variant, these vehicles are modified M2A2 ODSs with the TOW missile system replaced with a four-tube Stinger missile system.
The Bradley FIST is designed to replace existing forward observation vehicles in the U.S. Army inventory, and adds an inertial navigation system and a new targeting station control panel.
www.netipedia.com /index.php/M3_Bradley   (988 words)

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