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Encyclopedia > Saxon (vehicle)
Saxon
General characteristics
Crew 2 + 10 passengers
Length 5.17 m
Width 2.49 m
Height 2.63 m
Weight 10.6 tonnes
Armour and armament
Armour
Main armament 7.62 mm MG
Secondary armament none
Mobility
Power plant Bedford 500 6-cyl diesel
164 hp
Suspension Wheel 4x4
Road speed 96 kph
Power/weight
Range 510 km

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History

Saxon is in effect an armoured lorry intended to act as a "battle-taxi" for units that would have to make long journeys from the UK to reinforce the BAOR. As a wheeled vehicle it would be much faster and less of a problem than a tracked vehicle. The design was developed by GKN Sankey, from earlier projects, AT 100 IS and AT104. There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR). ...


It is due to be replaced by the Future Rapid Effect System. The Future Rapid Effect System (often abbreviated FRES) is a proposed family of medium weight armoured vehicles for the British Army. ...


The British MoD revealed in August 2006 that some vehicles were being converted into armoured ambulances for deployment in the Iraqi and Afghan theatres as part of the army's force protection initiative.[citation needed]


Variants

Saxon can be fitted out as

  • AT105A - Ambulance
  • AT105E - Turret armed with one or two machine guns
  • AT105MR - 81 mm mortar
  • AT105C - Command vehicle

Also the Simba range of vehicles, and a variant with the French Milan ATGW turret.


Operators

A Saxon AT105 in service of Hong Kong Police.
A Saxon AT105 in service of Hong Kong Police.

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See also

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 Infantry Fighting Vehicles and Personnel Carriers
4 x 4

BOV | BTR-40 | Bushmaster | Casspir | Cougar H | Mamba | RG-12
RG-31 Nyala | RG-32 Scout | Saxon | VAB | VBL | Vodnik
6 x 6
AVGP | Boxer MRAV | BTR-152 | Buffalo H | Cougar HE
EE-11 Urutu | Fuchs | Ratel | RG-33 | Shoet | Sisu XA-180 | VAB
8 x 8
ASLAV | Boxer MRAV | BTR-4 | BTR-60 | BTR-70 | BTR-80 | BTR-90 | BTR-94
LAV 25 | LAV III | Patria AMV | Piranha | Spähpanzer Luchs | Stryker | Terrex AV-81 | VBCI An armoured fighting vehicle (AFV) is a military vehicle, equipped with protection against hostile attacks and often mounted 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 Saladin (FV601) was a six-wheeled armoured car built by Alvis and used by the British army. ... The FV 603 Saracen was a six-wheeled armoured vehicle built by Alvis used by the British army for transporting troops. ... General characteristics Length 4. ... 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 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. ... 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. ... 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. ... AS90 Braveheart The AS-90 (Braveheart) is a lightly-armoured self-propelled artillery piece used by the British Army. ... 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. ... Production History Variants BOV-VP - basic APC BOV-SN - ambulance BOV-M - police version BOV-1 / Polo M83 (Croatia) - anti-tank version 6xAT-3 missiles BOV-3 - Self-Propelled Anti-aircraft gun with 3 x 20mm cannons, 4 crew BOV-30 - Self-Propelled Anti-aircraft gun simular to BOV-3... The BTR-40 armored personnel carrier was developed in 1950 by a team headed by V. A. Dedkov and was produced from 1950 to 1958 at Gorkovsky Avtomobilny Zavod. ... The Bushmaster Infantry Mobility Vehicle is an Australian designed and built wheeled armoured vehicle produced by Australian Defence Industries Limited (ADI). ... The Casspir, a combat-proven, landmine-protected personnel carrier (APC), has been in use in South Africa for over 20 years. ... The Cougar is an armored fighting vehicle designed to be resistant to anti-vehicle mines and improvised munitions. ... The Mamba is a South African Armoured Personnel Carrier based on the Unimog that is ideally suited for regions with weak or no road infrastructure. ... The RG-12 is a multi-purpose armoured personnel carrier with anti-personnel mine, grenade, fire bomb and 5. ... The RG-31 Nyala is multi-purpose mine-protected vehicle made by Land Systems OMC in South Africa, based on the same manufacturers Mamba APC. The vehicle’s V-shaped monocoque welded steel hull and high suspension are designed to resist a blast equivalent to two TM-57 anti... The RG-32 (Scout) is a family of mine-proof 4x4 light armoured vehicles made by Land Systems OMC in South Africa. ... 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. ... GAZ-3937 Vodnik and its modified version GAZ-39371 is a high-mobility multipurpose vehicle from GAZ. It has been refered to as the Russian Hum-Vee. However the 3937 has some fetures the Hum-Vee doesnt have such as a water-displacing hermetic hull to easily overcome... AVGP means Armoured Vehicle General Purpose. ... The Boxer is a European Multirole Armored Vehicle (MRAV) designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. ... The BTR-152 was the first Soviet attempt at an armoured infantry vehicle. ... Buffalo mine-protected vehicle Buffalo mine-protected vehicle and GI Buffalo showing remote manipulator arm. ... The Cougar is an armored fighting vehicle designed to be resistant to anti-vehicle mines and improvised munitions. ... The EE-11 Urutu is a 6 x 6 armoured personnel carrier developed in the seventies by Engesa of Brazil. ... 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 Ratel is the basic Infantry Fighting Vehicle (IFV) of the South African National Defence Forces mechanized infantry battalions, and is named after an African animal known in English as the Honey Badger, which has a reputation as a ferocious fighter. ... The RG-33 is a mine-proof 6x6 light armoured vehicle made by Land Systems OMC in South Africa and the United States of America. ... Shoet in Yad la-Shiryon museum, Israel. ... XA-181 Crotale NG air defence variant XA-202 Command PASI XA-202 Communications PASI with 24m hydraulic mast XA-203 equipped with AMOS mortar system A Sisu XA-180 used by Swedish UNIFIL forces in Lebanon The Sisu XA-180 is a six-wheeled fully amphibious armoured personnel carrier... 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. ... Phase 3 ASLAV before hand-over to Defence by GDLS-A. The Australian Light Armoured Vehicle (ASLAV), is an Australian version of the Mowag Piranha. ... The Boxer is a European Multirole Armored Vehicle (MRAV) designed to accomplish a number of operations through the use of installable mission modules. ... BTR-4 is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in Ukraine by the Kharkiv Morozov Machine Building Design Bureau (SOE KMDB)as a private venture. ... The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers. ... The BTR-70 is an eight-wheeled armored personnel carrier originally developed during the late 1970s and fielded by the Warsaw Pact and allies beginning in the early 1980s. ... BTR-80 is a 8x8 wheeled armoured personnel carrier (APC) designed in the Soviet Union. ... BTR-90 (GAZ-5923) is a 8x8 wheeled Armoured personnel carrier designed in Russia. ... The BTR-94 amphibious armoured personnel carrier is an Ukrainian modification of the Soviet eight-wheeled BTR-80. ... LAV-25, also known as Bison, is said to be an 8 wheeled vehicle that has been used to destroy non-biological land-mines while safely carring 6 people. ... The LAV III AV is the latest in General Motors Light armoured vehicle line. ... The Patria AMV 8x8 (Armoured Modular Vehicle) is a multi-role military vehicle produced by Finnish manufacturer Patria. ... Piranha-derived LAV25 in USMC service Canadian Piranha-derived, six-wheeled Cougar AVGP, with Scorpion tank turret (76 mm gun) Prototype of a Mobile Gun System derivative of the Piranha, mounting a 105 mm tank gun Piranha-derived Stryker, clad with a supplementary anti-HEAT shell slat armour Canadian Forces... The Spähpanzer Luchs (German for lynx) is a German amphibian reconnaissance tank (Spähpanzer) in service since 1975. ... For the manufacturer of medical and orthopedic products, see Stryker Corporation. ... The Terrex AV-81 is an armoured fighting vehicle developed by Singapore Technologies. ... The Véhicule Blindé de Combat dInfanterie (VBCI, Armoured vehicle for infantry combat) is a French armoured fighting vehicle designed to replace the AMX-10P. 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