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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 ...
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 ...
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Unfortunately for them, there was also an Alvis Saracen — a six-wheeled, 11-ton armored personnel carrier — in the building, blocking the exit. It was this military vehicle that ultimately ...
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]
Jeffery armored car – World War I; King armored car, World War I vehicle for the short-lived 1st Armored Car Squadron (United States Marines) LAV-300; M1 armored car – interwar [95] M2 scout car – interwar; M3 scout car – World War II; M8 Greyhound; M38 Wolfhound prototype; M1117 armored security vehicle – modern 4x4 design; M1200 ...
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 ...
Pat. Southern dates the invasion to 295, [18] while Timothy Barnes mentions an earlier, unsuccessful invasion by Narseh based on the fact that the title Persici Maximi was given to all four emperors; Odahl (2004, 59) concurs with Barnes and suggests that Saracen princes in the Syrian desert collaborated with Narseh's invasion. [16] [19]