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NAMED MODELMilitary · United KingdomUnited Kingdom

FV430 Mk3 Bulldog.

The rebuild that kept the FV432 in service: Rafael reactive armour, a new engine, air conditioning and a remotely controlled 7.62 mm machine gun, for Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Sources & evidence
BASE VEHICLEFV432 (1962–71)BUILT BYAutomotive Technik / BAE Systems Land Systems, Guildford, BAE Systems Land Systems, TelfordIN SERVICE2006OPERATED INUnited KingdomPRODUCTIONOver 1,000 contractedLAYOUT4 wheels

The record

The Ministry of Defence signed an £85 million contract with BAE Systems Land Systems to bring over 1,000 FV432s to Mark 3 standard; the first 500 were handed over in December 2006, and nine hundred were expected to be converted.

Specification

MANUFACTURED2006–
ENGINEA new diesel; the model is not publishedRolls-Royce K60
PRODUCTION RUNOver 1,000 contracted; first 500 delivered December 2006
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom
STATUSin service
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEFV430 series
FAMILYFV430 series
WHEELS4
BODY STYLEapc
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

  • NATO 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. 1FV432 ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE
  2. 2FV430 series ↗Wikipedia · accessed 2026-09-23SOURCE

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