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Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Production history | |
Designer | Alvis[1] |
Designed | 1967 |
Produced | 1970 |
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Specifications | |
Mass | 17,800 lb (8.074 tonnes)[1] |
Length | 4.79 m (15 ft 9 in)[1] |
Width | 2.23 m (7 ft 4 in)[1] |
Height | 2.102 m (6 ft 10.8 in)[1] |
Crew | Between three and seven depending on variant |
The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), abbreviated CVR(T), is a family of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) developed in the 1960s and is in service with the British Army and others throughout the world. They are small, highly mobile, air-transportable armoured vehicles, originally designed to replace the Alvis Saladin armoured car.[2]
Designed by Alvis in the 1960s, the CVR(T) family includes Scorpion and Scimitar light reconnaissance tanks, Spartan armoured personnel carriers (APC)s, Sultan command and control vehicle, Samaritan armoured ambulance, Striker anti–tank guided missile vehicle and Samson armoured recovery vehicle. All members of the CVR(T) family were designed to share common automotive components and suspension; aluminium armour was selected to keep the weight down.[3][4] By 1996, more than 3,500 had been built for British Army use and export.[5]
Scorpion, Scimitar, and Striker have now been withdrawn from British Army service.[6]
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