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The FV603 Saracen is a six-wheeled armoured personnel carrier designed and produced by Alvis from 1952 to 1976. It has been used by a variety of operators around the world and is still in use in secondary roles in some countries.
Priority was given to the Australian Regular Army's APC units, where the M113s initially replaced Alvis Saracen wheeled APCs. [ 30 ] [ 33 ] CMF units were accorded a low priority for M113s due to the need to allocate them to units involved in the Vietnam War , and some did not receive any until the late 1960s. [ 34 ]
The 1st Armoured Personnel Carrier Squadron (1 APC Sqn) was an armoured unit of the Australian Army raised for service during the Vietnam War.Raised in 1965, the unit was deployed to South Vietnam in May 1966 to join the 1st Australian Task Force.
In the early 1970s against the background of the escalating Troubles in Northern Ireland the Irish Government decided to expand the Irish Army. [1] In 1972 Séamus Timoney, a professor at University College Dublin (who had previously contributed to the design of the British FV601 Saladin and FV603 Saracen armoured vehicles) offered to design a new APC, based on requirements developed in ...
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Consequently, the reserve Citizens Military Forces (CMF) unit also named the 1st Armoured Regiment, was retitled as the 1st Royal New South Wales Lancers to perpetuate its unit history and battle honours. [6] [7] [Note 1] Upon establishment, the regiment constituted only one squadron, A Squadron, under the command of Major Cecil Ives. [8]
Saracen was a term used both in Greek and Latin writings between the 5th and 15th centuries to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Petraea and Arabia Deserta. The term's meaning evolved during its history of usage. During the Early Middle Ages, the term came to be associated with the tribes of Arabia. The oldest known source mentioning ...
In the 1960s the regiment was again reorganised, this time as an Armoured Personnel Carrier regiment equipped with Humber 4 × 4 trucks, [9] Ferret scout cars, M3 Personnel Carriers and a solitary Saracen APC. [citation needed] By 1970, the regiment was operating M113A1 APCs. [9]