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FV 601 Saladin in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Israel. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1097x915, 201 KB) Summary Description: Alvis FV 601 Saladin armored car in Yad la-Shiryon Museum, Israel. ...

Alvis Saladin
General characteristics
Crew 3
Length 4.93 m
Width 2.54 m
Height 2.39 m
Weight 11.6 t
Armour and armament
Armour up to 32 mm
Main armament 76 mm gun
Secondary armament 2 x machine gun
Mobility
Power plant Rolls-Royce B80 Mk.6A, 8 cyl petrol
170 hp (127 kW)
Suspension 6x6 wheel
Road speed 72 km/h
Power/weight 15.5 hp/tonne
Range 400 km

The Saladin (FV601) was a six-wheeled armoured car built by Alvis and used by the British Army. It replaced the AEC Armoured Car that had been in use during World War II. Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. ... Gasoline engine (also referred to as petrol engine or Otto engine) invented at the end of the 19th century by German engineer Nikolaus Otto is a type of internal combustion engine which is often used for automobiles, aircraft, small mobile vehicles such as lawnmowers or motorcycles, and outboard motors for... Military armored cars A French VBL reconnaissance vehicle. ... Alvis Silver Eagle mascot (late version). ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... General characteristics Length: 5. ... Combatants Allied powers: China France Great Britain Soviet Union United States and others Axis powers: Germany Italy Japan and others Commanders Chiang Kai-shek Charles de Gaulle Winston Churchill Joseph Stalin Franklin Roosevelt Adolf Hitler Benito Mussolini Hideki Tōjō Casualties Military dead: 17,000,000 Civilian dead: 33,000...

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History

The Saladin was the armoured car of Alvis' FV600 series, similar in construction to Alvis Saracen armoured personnel carrier and the Stalwart High Mobility Load Carrier. 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. ... General characteristics Length 6. ...


Operators

The Saladin was used by B sqn 16/5 lancers during their defence of Nicosea airport in 1974 and subsequent armed recce operations under the banner of the UN. Badge of the BPOL The Bundespolizei (BPOL) is the (primarily) uniformed federal police force of Germany. ...


In Indonesia, TNI-AD use Saladin for Cavalry Bn (Batalyon Kavaleri), KOSTRAD Recon Company (Kompi Kavaleri Intai-KOSTRAD) and Armoured Car Company (Kompi Panser).


The Australian Army mounted Saladin turrets on M113A1 APCs to produce the Fire Support Vehicle. This was later renamed as the Medium Reconnaissance Vehicle after the somewhat unreliable turret[citation needed] was replaced by the turret from the FV101 Scorpion Light Tank. RAAC personnel referred to them as "Beasts". The Australian Army is Australias military land force. ... The M113 is an armored personnel carrier family of vehicles in use with the US military and many other nations. ... The FV101 Scorpion is a modern British light tank, part of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) or, CVR(T) family. ... The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ... The Royal Australian Armoured Corps (RAAC) is the overall umbrella grouping of Regular Army and Army Reserve regiments equipped with armoured vehicles in the Australian Army. ...


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Notes

  1. ^ Sri Lanka Army Web Site, Organization



Modern (post WW2) UK armoured fighting vehicles
Wheeled vehicles
Ferret Scout Car | Fox Reconnaissance Vehicle | Saladin Armoured Car | Saracen APC
FV1611 "Pig" | Saxon | Mastiff PPV
Armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles
FV432 | Warrior | FV103 Spartan | Stormer | FV104 Samaritan | FV105 Sultan
Light tanks and anti-tank vehicles
FV101 Scorpion | FV107 Scimitar | Sabre | FV102 Striker | FV438 Swingfire
Self-propelled artillery
FV433 Abbot | AS-90
Main battle tanks
Centurion | Conqueror | Chieftain | Challenger 1 | Challenger 2
UK unarmoured or non-fighting vehicles
Modern Wheeled Armoured Vehicles
4 x 4

AML | BRDM-2 | Ferret | FV 721 Fox | Piranha
VAB | VBL
6 x 6
AMX 10 RC | EE-9 Cascavel | Piranha | ERC 90 Sagaie | FV 601 Saladin
VBC-90 | AVGP | Fuchs
8 x 8
Centauro | Coyote | MGS | Piranha | Rooikat
BTR-80 | LAV III | Stryker
10 x 10
Piranha An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, protected by armour and armed with weapons. ... The Ferret armoured car, also commonly called the Ferret Scout car, is a British produced armoured fighting vehicle designed and built for reconnaissance purposes. ... 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. ... The FV 603 Saracen was a six-wheeled armoured vehicle built by Alvis used by the British army for transporting troops. ... The Humber Pig was a heavily-armoured truck used by the British Army from the 1950s until the 1990s. ... The Saxon is an armoured personnel carrier used by the British Army and the Hong Kong Police Force. ... Cougar Hardened Engineer Vehicle The Cougar is an armored fighting vehicle designed to be resistant to anti-vehicle mines and improvised munitions. ... General Characteristics (FV 432) Length: 5. ... The FV510 Warrior tracked vehicle family, are a series of British armoured vehicles originally developed to replace the older FV430 series of armoured vehicles. ... FV103 Spartan is a British Army armoured personnel carrier. ... Alvis Stormer is a modern military armoured vehicle manufactured by the British company, Alvis, a subsidiary of BAE Systems. ... The FV104 Samaritan is the British Army armoured ambulance variant of the CVR(T) family. ... FV105 Sultan is a British Army command and control vehicle. ... The FV101 Scorpion is a modern British light tank, part of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) or, CVR(T) family. ... This refers to the armoured vehicle, for other uses see Scimitar (disambiguation) FV107 Scimitar is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle, although sometimes classed as a light tank used by the British Army. ... Sabre is a variation of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), featuring the turret from a Fox reconnaisance vehicle mounted on the hull of a Scorpion. ... FV102 Striker is a British Army anti-tank guided missile carrier. ... The FV438 Swingfire was an armoured anti-tank vehicle of the British Army. ... General Characteristics FV 433 Field Artillery, Self-Propelled (Abbot) Length: (gun forward) 5. ... The AS-90 (Artillery System for the 1990s) is a lightly-armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army it was first delivered in 1993. ... The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ... The Centurion was the primary British Main Battle Tank of the immediate post-war era, and considered by many to be one of the best British tank designs of all time. ... The FV214 Conqueror was a British Main Battle Tank of the post-war era, sometimes classified as a heavy tank. ... The FV 4201 Chieftain was the Main battle tank of the United Kingdom during the 1960s and 1970s. ... The British FV4030/4 Challenger 1 was the main battle tank (MBT) of the British Army from 1983 until it was superseded by the Challenger 2. ... The British FV4034 Challenger 2 is the main battle tank currently in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. ... United Nations Panhard AML. The Panhard AML( called the AML 245 by Panhard) 60/90 is a light armoured car with permanent 4x4 drive which gives it exceptional mobility. ... The BRDM-2 (Boyevaya Razvedyvatelnaya Dozornaya Mashina, Боевая Разведывательная Дозорная Машина, literally Combat Reconnaissance/Patrol Vehicle †) is an armoured scout car used by Russia and the former Soviet Union. ... The Ferret armoured car, also commonly called the Ferret Scout car, is a British produced armoured fighting vehicle designed and built for reconnaissance purposes. ... 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. ... Chilean Mowag Piranha 8X8. ... Medical evacuation version detail of propeller for amphibious operation Milan anti-tank missile variant 25 mm Dragar turret variant The Véhicule de lAvant Blindé or VAB (Armoured Vanguard Vehicle in French) is an armoured personnel carrier manufactured by the Euro Mobilité Division of GIAT Industries of France. ... The Panhard Véhicule Blindé Léger (Light armoured vehicle) is a wheeled 4x4 all-terrain vehicle offered in various configurations. ... The AMX-10RC is an armoured car built by GIAT. Over 300 are in service in the French Army. ... The EE-9 Cascavel is a 6x6 armoured car developed in the seventies by ENGESA of Brasil. ... Chilean Mowag Piranha 8X8. ... The ERC 90 Sagaie is a French six-wheeled light tank. ... The VBC-90 is a light armoured vehicle armed with a 90 mm gun. ... A pair of Canadian Cougars The AVGP (Armoured Vehicle General Purpose) is a series of three armoured fighting vehicles purchased by the Canadian military in the late 1970s. ... In British service TPz (Transportpanzer) Fuchs (fox) is an armoured personnel carrier developed by Daimler-Benz and built by Thyssen-Henschel (now Rheinmetall Landsysteme) in 1979. ... The Centauro is a wheeled tank-destroyer designed for light to medium territorial defense and tactical reconnaissance. ... The Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle is an armoured fighting vehicle built by General Motors of Canada for the Canadian Armed Forces. ... The Mobile Gun System is an eight-wheeled armored fighting vehicle mounting a 105 mm tank gun, derived from the Mowag Piranha. ... Chilean Mowag Piranha 8X8. ... The Rooikat is a wheeled armored fighting vehicle built in South Africa for the South African Army. ... BTR-80 is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the Soviet Union. ... The LAV III armoured vehicle (AV) is the latest (entering service in 1999) in General Motors light armoured vehicle (LAV) line. ... The Stryker is a family of eight-wheeled all wheel drive (AWD) armored combat vehicles (ACVs) produced by General Dynamics Land Systems, in current use by the US Army. ... Chilean Mowag Piranha 8X8. ...


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Alvis Saladin - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (139 words)
FV 601 Saladin in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Israel.
The Saladin (FV601) was a six-wheeled armoured car built by Alvis and used by the British army.
The Saladin was used by B sqn 16/5 lancers during their defence of Nicosea airport in 1974 and subsequent armd recon operations under the banner of the UN edit]
Alvis Cars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (929 words)
Some have suggested that de Freville proposed the name Alvis as a compound of the words "aluminium" and "vis" (meaning 'strong' in Latin), although it is well known that de Freville himself vigously denied this theory.
Alvis was produced and this engine became the basis for the long line of six-cylinder Alvis cars produced up until 1939 before a completely new design which was produced from 1950 to 1967.
In 2002 Alvis group purchased Vickers to form the subsidiary Alvis Vickers Ltd which was subsequently purchased by BAE Systems in 2004.
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