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Ferret Mk2 armoured car on display at the Guards Museum, London Compared to the lightly armed and protected Mark 1, the Mark 2 was designed from the outset to mount a .30" (7.62 mm) Browning in a one-person traversable turret, at the cost of one crew member.
FV700: Series of vehicles based on Daimler Ferret 4x4 scout car. FV701: Scout Car Liaison, Ferret Mk. 1/1; FV702: Orange William test vehicle; FV703: Scout Car Reconnaissance/GW, Ferret Mk. 2/6; FV704: Scout Car Liaison Ferret Mk. 1/2; FV711: Scout Car Reconnaissance, Ferret Mk. 4 (Big-wheeled) FV712: Scout Car Reconnaissance/GW, Ferret Mk. 5 ...
The Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (Wheeled), abbreviated to CVR(W), was a line of vehicles to replace the Ferret Armoured Car in British Army service. Two variants were planned: Fox (FV721) – fitted with a high velocity 30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon , the same as fitted to the FV107 Scimitar Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle a member of the Combat ...
Ferret armoured car: The small and agile Ferret armoured car was operated by Canadian Armoured Recce units from 1954 to 1981. Canada ordered 124 Mk. 1's but some Mk. 2's were also acquired from BAOR stocks in Germany. The distinctive machine gun turret of the Mk. 2 was removed for Canadian service. The Ferrets were replaced by the Lynx.
The vehicle had a combat weight of 6.75 tonnes and was designed to be air-portable. [2] The Fox had aluminium armour and was fitted with a flotation screen. It lacked protection against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Powered by a Jaguar 4.2-litre 6-cylinder petrol engine, the Fox was one of the fastest vehicles of its type.
Swingfire entered operational service in 1969 and underwent several major upgrades during its time in service. It was used on a number of vehicles including the FV438, FV102 and several truck mountings including the Land Rover and Ferret armoured car. Concepts adapting it to helicopters, tanks and even hovercraft went nowhere. Swingfire ...
Thailand's military plans to acquire 120 American-made armoured vehicles by 2020, with the first batch of 10 arriving next month, a Thai defence ministry source told Reuters on Wednesday. The ...
The regiment was reformed in 1948 as a reconnaissance regiment of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, but by the 1960s had been reduced to two independent squadrons. Various armoured vehicles were utilised by the regiment including Daimler Dingo Scout Cars, Daimler Armoured Cars, Ferret armoured cars and M113a1 armoured personnel carriers ...