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Encyclopedia > FV 432 AFV
The FV432 Armoured Personnel Carrier
FV 432
General characteristics
Length 5.25 m
Width 2.8 m
Height 2.28 m
Weight 15.3 t
Suspension 5 road wheel
Speed 52 km/h road
 km/h off-road
Range 480 km
Primary armament 7.62 mm L7 GPMG
Secondary armament
Armour  mm
Power plant Rolls-Royce K60 multi-fuel
240 hp ( kW)
Crew 2 + 10 troops
A privately owned FV 432 in a carnival procession.
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A privately owned FV 432 in a carnival procession.

The FV 432 is the armoured personnel carrier variant of the British Army's FV 430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction it has been the most common variant used for transporting infantry on the battlefield. Image File history File linksMetadata FV432_Trojan_APC.jpg FV432 Trojan armoured personnel carrier. ... The metre (Commonwealth English) or meter (American English) (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 wine gallons, which holds approximately 2100 pounds of water. ... The L7 machine gun is a general-purpose machine gun used by the British Army. ... Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. ... The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... The horsepower (hp) is the name of several non-metric units of power. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3038x2012, 991 KB) Description: North London Barmy Army with FV 432 armoured personnel carrier, in carnival procession, St Albans, UK. Source: self-made - http://arglist. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (3038x2012, 991 KB) Description: North London Barmy Army with FV 432 armoured personnel carrier, in carnival procession, St Albans, UK. Source: self-made - http://arglist. ... The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. ...


The FV430 chassis is a conventional tracked design with the engine at the front and the driving position to the right. There is a large split-hatch round opening in the passenger compartment roof and a side-hinged door in the rear for loading and unloading. In common with such an old design there are no fireports for the use of troops carried - British Army doctrine has always been to dismount from vehicles to fight. Although the FV 432 Series was going to be phased out of service while replaced by newer vehicles such as the Warrior they are now gradually being upgraded to extend their service through into the next decade. The improvements take the form of an engine upgrade, new steering unit, and new braking system. A warrior is a person habitually engaged in war and/or skilled in the waging of war. ...


the FV 430 variants are or have been used for the following roles in the British Army

  • Command Vehicle.
  • Ambulance.
  • Recovery Vehicle.
  • 81 mm Mortar carrier
  • Anti tank Missile teams carrier.
  • Cymbeline mortar detection radar.
  • Field artillery control.

To give improved support firepower over the pintle mount L7 GPMG or Bren gun some vehicle have been modified with turreted weapons such as the 30 mm cannon equipped turret from the FV107 Scimitar armoured reconnaissance vehicle or a Peak Engineering L7 A2 GMPG turret. The United Kingdoms L16 81 mm mortar is the standard mortar used by the British army. ... Bren is also a commune of the Drôme département in France. ... FV107 Scimitar is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle, although sometimes classed as a light tank used by the British Army. ... The L7 machine gun is a general-purpose machine gun used by the British Army. ... A general purpose machine gun (GPMG) in concept is a compromise weapon, a machine gun intended to fill the role of either a light machine gun or medium machine gun, while at the same time being man-portable. ...


FV 430 Series Variants

The FV 430 series includes the following, all using the same base chassis.

  • FV 431 Armoured load carrier, never produced.
  • FV 432 Armoured Personnel Carrier/ Command variants also exist in similar configurations to FV 436
  • FV 433 Abbot self propelled gun
  • FV 434 REME Maintenance Carrier with Hydraulically driven Crane
  • FV 435 (designation not used)
  • FV 436 Command and control
  • FV 437 (designation not used)
  • FV 438 Swingfire Missile
  • FV 439 Signals vehicle - many variants

General Characteristics FV 433 Field Artillery, Self-Propelled (Abbot) Length: (gun forward) 5. ... Swingfire is a wire-guided anti-tank missile in service with the British Army. ...

See also

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FV 432 AFV
Modern (post WW2) UK armoured fighting vehicles
Wheeled vehicles
Ferret Scout Car | Fox Reconnaissance 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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The FV 432 AFV is one of the British Army's FV 430 series of armoured fighting vehicles, and the most common variant used for transporting infantry on the battlefield.
The FV 432 Series are being replaced by FV 510 Warriors.
The following is a (partial) listing of FV numbers ("fighting vehicle") as used by the British Army.
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Fv 101 Scorpion, Fv 102 Striker, Fv 104 Samaritan, Fv 105 Sultan, Fv 106 Sampson and Fv 107 Scimitar.
Samaritan, Sultan and Sampson are also APC type vehicles, Samaritan is the CVRT ambulance vehicle, Sultan is the armoured command vehicle and Sampson is an armoured recovery vehicle.
Spartan, like FV 432 is likely to be replaced in some roles by the future Multi Role Armoured Vehicle (MRAV) and in other roles by the Future Command and Liaison Vehicle (FCLV).
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