4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1973
NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Scimitar (FV107)

The Scorpion with a 30 mm RARDEN cannon in place of the 76 mm gun: the British Army’s reconnaissance vehicle long after the Scorpion itself had gone.

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Sources & evidence
Scimitar (FV107) — An FV107 Scimitar.Alf van Beem · CC0 ↗
BASE VEHICLEScorpion (FV101 CVR(T), 1973–)BUILT BYAlvis, CoventryIN SERVICE1973PRODUCTIONPart of the roughly 3,000 CVRLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The Scimitar outlasted every other CVR(T) in British service and went to Iraq and Afghanistan; the cannon suited a vehicle whose job was to see and report rather than to fight.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1973–
ENGINEJaguar J60 petrol six; later Cummins dieselJaguar J60 · Cummins B-series
PRODUCTION RUNPart of the roughly 3,000 CVR(T) total
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSin service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINECVR(T)
FAMILYCVR(T)
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEturret
CATEGORYMilitary · United Kingdom

Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.

Variants & colours

Base model variants

Factory colours

  • Deep Bronze Green

Codes on hover. Hex values are representative approximations of period paint unless a source states a measured value.

AI rendering impression

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Proportions, fittings, markings, colours and the setting can all drift from the original in the process. For the vehicle's actual details, rely on the specification, the photographs and the cited sources on this page.

Sources

  1. 1FV101 Scorpion ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

Registry record updated 2026-09-23 · status: researched