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Alvis Stormer
General characteristics
Length 5.27 m
Width 2.76 m
Height 2.49 m
Weight 12.7 t
Suspension
Speed 50mph, 80 km/h road
 km/h off-road
Range 800 miles, 640 km
Primary armament
Secondary armament
Armour  mm
Power plant Perkins 6 litre, 6 cyl diesel
250 hp (186 kW)
Crew 2 + 12

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The Stormer is a devlopment of the CVR(T) family of vehicles (Scorpion, Scimitar, Spartan etc), essentially a larger modernized version. The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) —or CVR(T)—is a family of armored fighting vehicles in service with the British Army and others throughout the world. ... The FV101 Scorpion is a modern British light tank. ... A scimitar with a large blade (kilij) This article refers to the scimitar sword. ... The name of a class of Super Soldiers in the video game series called Halo. ...

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Variants

Like most modern AFVs, Stormer can be produced in several different configurations for different battlefield roles. Examples include:


Stormer Starstreak

The British Army use Stormer equipped with the Starstreak HVM for short range air defence. Jump to: navigation, search The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ... Starstreak is a British short range surface-to-air missile, also known as Starstreak HVM where HVM stands for High Velocity Missile. ...


Flat bed Stormer

A transport version of the Stormer with a flat load bed is used to carry the Shielder mine laying system.


Stormer 30

Stormer 30 is a development of the Stormer chassis to give a tracked reconnaisance vehicle, It is a turreted version of the Stormer. Armed with a 30 mm automatic cannon, and with the option of a TOW missile launcher that can be fitted to either turret side. A TOW missile being fired from a Jeep. ...


See also

Modern (post WW2) UK armoured fighting vehicles
Wheeled vehicles
Ferret Scout Car | Fox Reconnaisance Vehicle | Saladin Armoured Car | Saracen APC
FV1611 "Pig" | Saxon
Armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles
FV430 series | 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

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Alvis Saracen - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (354 words)
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.
The Saracen was the armoured personnel carrier of Alvis' FV600 series.
Besides the driver and commander, a squad of 8 soldiers plus a troop commander could be carried.
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