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The TPz Fuchs from Transportpanzer Fuchs is a German armoured personnel carrier originally developed by Daimler-Benz, and manufactured and further developed by Rheinmetall MAN Military Vehicles (RMMV). Fuchs was the second wheeled armoured vehicle to enter service with the Bundeswehr (West German military). [5]
The Fennek, named after the fennec (a species of small desert fox), or LGS Fennek, with LGS being short for Leichter Gepanzerter Spähwagen in German (Light Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle), is a four-wheeled armed reconnaissance vehicle produced by the German company KNDS Deutschland (formerly Krauss-Maffei Wegmann) and Dutch Defence Vehicle Systems. [2]
The FUCHS armoured vehicle was retired at this point. [8] The 1st Royal Tank Regiment then became divisional troops within 3rd Mechanised Division. Nevertheless, in 2014, the Royal Tank Regiment formed up with one squadron, Falcon Squadron, dedicated towards CBRN, [9] [10] and brought the FUCHS vehicles back into service in 2016. [11]
This is a list of German-made and German-used land vehicles sorted by type, covering both former and current vehicles, from their inception from the German Empire, through the Weimar Republic and Nazi Germany, to the split between West Germany and East Germany, through their reunification and into modern-day Germany.
M114A1 of the Armored Cavalry Platoon 2/54th Infantry, 4th Armored Division takes part in exercises in Grafenwöhr, Germany.. During World War II, the British generally used armoured cars for reconnaissance, from the machine gun armed Humber Light Reconnaissance Car and Daimler Dingo to the 6-pdr (57 mm) gun equipped AEC armoured car.
Equipment includes EW variants of the TPz Fuchs and Bushmaster armoured vehicles. 104 JISTARC Reconnaissance Squadron (104 JISTARC Verkenningseskadron): The 104 JVE is a reconnaissance squadron which consists of a squadron staff, a logistics platoon and 5 reconnaissance platoon equipped with Fennek light armoured reconnaissance vehicles.
LAV family of wheeled armoured vehicles: AVGP: Cougar, Grizzly and Husky 6×6 armoured vehicles - based on the MOWAG Piranha; LAV-25 8×8 – Family of vehicles produced for the United States Marine Corps; Bison APC 8×8; Coyote Reconnaissance Vehicle 8×8; ASLAV 8×8 – Family of vehicles produced for the Australian Army based on the LAV-25 ...
A BTR-4MV1. The layout of the BTR-4 represents a change from the older BTR-60/70/80s designed in the Soviet Union.The vehicle has a conventional layout similar to Western designs like the German TPz Fuchs with the driver's and commander's compartment at the front of the hull, the engine and transmission compartment in the middle, and the troop compartment at the rear.