The CVR(T) was drawn light on purpose. Eight tonnes and wide tracks meant very low ground pressure, which is why it crossed the Falklands peat when wheeled vehicles could not, and why it could be flown in. The Jaguar J60 petrol six was later replaced by Cummins and Perkins diesels.
The family covered every job a reconnaissance regiment had: gun, cannon, personnel carrier, ambulance, command post, recovery vehicle and Swingfire missile carrier. It left British service in 1994 — except the Scimitar, which went on to Iraq and Afghanistan — and more than twenty countries still run them.
Scorpion and Scimitar (1973–)
2 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERThe 76 mm gun car and the 30 mm RARDEN reconnaissance vehicle.
Registry records · chapter 1
The rest of the family (1978–)
3 VEHICLES IN THIS CHAPTERSpartan, Samaritan, Sultan, Samson and Striker on the same hull.
Registry records · chapter 2
The Falklands and after (1982–1994)
1 VEHICLE IN THIS CHAPTERThe Blues and Royals on the peat, then the Gulf, then out of British service.
Registry records · chapter 3
Base models
The structural configurations the registry and the Creator build from; each page carries the researched specification.In service
Where the registry's CVR(T) records worked; each opens the themed history.Sources
- FV101 Scorpion — Wikipedia