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The Australian Army evaluated two pre-production FV432s during 1962 and 1963, but decided to purchase M113 armoured personnel carriers instead. The trials undertaken in Queensland demonstrated that the M113's performance was superior to that of the FV432. [3] A number of surplus vehicles were sold to the Indian Army after being withdrawn from ...
The most common is the FV432 armoured personnel carrier. Although the FV430 series has been in service since the 1960s, and some of the designs have been replaced in whole or part by other vehicles, such as those of the CVR(T) range or the Warrior , many have been retained and are receiving upgrades to the engine and control gear.
A retired British FV432 photographed in 2006. The Weapons and Equipment Policy Statement included a requirement that potentially suitable designs be subjected to extensive trials in tropical conditions before an order was placed. [15] The American M113, the British FV432 and the Canadian Bobcat were considered.
The M113 was developed by the FMC Corporation, which had produced the earlier M59 and M75 armored personnel carriers. The M113 bears a very strong resemblance to both of these earlier vehicles. The M75 was too heavy and expensive to be useful, as its weight precluded amphibious use and transport by air.
Iraqi EE-9 Cascavel armoured car hit by Coalition tank fire in February 1991. Coalition aircraft inbound during Operation Desert Shield.. List of Gulf War military equipment is a summary of the various military weapons and vehicles used by the different nations during the Gulf War of 1990–1991.
After World War II and the general introduction and acceptance of the armoured personnel carrier (APC) variants of vehicles such as the FV432 and M113 were used as mortar carriers, carrying the mortar itself, its crew and a supply of ammunition. In such vehicles the mortar is positioned to fire out of the roof hatch of the vehicle, a turntable ...
FV432 armoured personnel ... (popular name for the M113 Command and Reconnaissance ... M1932 4×2 armoured 5 ton truck based on the Standard B Liberty truck ...
The Warrior incorporates several design features in keeping with the UK's battlefield experience. In particular, there are no firing ports in the hull, in line with British thinking that the role of the armoured personnel carrier/infantry fighting vehicle (APC/IFV) is to carry troops under protection to the objective and then give firepower support when they have disembarked.