4×4S.ORGTHE REGISTRY NAMED MODEL · 1982
NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

Scorpion in the Falklands (1982)

The Scorpion and Scimitar with the Blues and Royals in the Falklands — the lightest armour in the campaign, and the only vehicles that could cross the peat.

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Sources & evidence
Scorpion in the Falklands (1982) — An FV101 Scorpion in Iraq, 1991.PHC HOLMES · Public domain ↗
BASE VEHICLEScorpion (FV101 CVR(T), 1973–)BUILT BYAlvis, CoventryIN SERVICE1982PRODUCTIONPart of the roughly 3,000 CVRLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

Ground pressure, not armour, was what mattered there: the CVR(T)’s wide tracks went where wheeled vehicles sank. The type later fought in the Gulf and the Iran–Iraq war.

Specification

MANUFACTURED1982
ENGINEJaguar J60 petrol sixJaguar J60
PRODUCTION RUNPart of the roughly 3,000 CVR(T) total
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
STATUSout of British service in 1994
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