FV721 Fox Armoured Car, Norfolk Tank Museum.
The FV721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled) was a 4x4 Armoured Car introduced into the British Army as a replacement for the Ferret Scout Car and the Saladin Armoured Car. Manufactured by Alvis it entered service with B Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment (Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth) in 1975 and withdrawn from service 1993–94. The FV721 Fox had welded aluminium armour which would withstand medium gunfire and artillery splinters but not heavy calibre .50 machine gun rounds it was also designed to be air portable and, when a flotation screen was fitted, semi amphibious.
ARMAMENT:
The FV721 Fox CVR(W) featured a low profile, rotating turret and armed with a 30mm L21 RARDEN Cannon which was hand fed with clips of 3 rounds each, 33 such clips were carried. A coaxial 7.62mm L37A2 Machine Gun supplied with 2,600 rounds of ammunition completed the armament. There are smoke discharges on both sides of the turret, which would provide a readily available smoke screen, which can be used to permit the vehicle to be manoeuvred under cover. The smoke discharges are designed to fire No.80 grenades using fuse, electric No.F103 Mk.2 and Mk.3 as a propellant.
ENGINE:
The FV721 Fox was fitted with a Jaguar J60 4.2 litre in-line 6 cylinder petrol engine producing 190hp with a power to weight ratio of 28.1 hp/tonne coupled to a David brown pre-select gearbox giving 5 forward and 5 reverse gears with a top speed of 65mph and an operational range of 269.7 miles.
General characteristics:
▪︎Type: Armoured Car
▪︎Place of Origin: United Kingdom
▪︎Manufactured By: ROF Engineering
▪︎In Service: 1975 to 1994
▪︎Number Built: 325 (180 for U.K / 145 exported)
▪︎Mass: 6.75 tonnes
▪︎Length: 16ft 8in
▪︎Width: 7ft 0in
▪︎Height: 7ft 3in
▪︎Crew: 3 (Commander / Driver / Gunner)
▪︎Armour: Welded Aluminium
▪︎Main Armament: 30mm L21 RARDEN Cannon
▪︎Secondary Armament: Coaxial 7.62mm L37A2 Machine Gun
▪︎Powerplant: Jaguar J.60 No.1 Mk.100B petrol engine, 190hp
▪︎Power / Weight: 28.1 hp/tonne
▪︎Suspension: Wheel
▪︎Operational Range: 269.675 miles
▪︎Maximum Speed: 64.6mph.
Sourced from:
norfolktankmuseum.co.uk/fv721-fox-c-v-r-w/
FV721 Fox Armoured Car, Norfolk Tank Museum.
The FV721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled) was a 4x4 Armoured Car introduced into the British Army as a replacement for the Ferret Scout Car and the Saladin Armoured Car. Manufactured by Alvis it entered service with B Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment (Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth) in 1975 and withdrawn from service 1993–94. The FV721 Fox had welded aluminium armour which would withstand medium gunfire and artillery splinters but not heavy calibre .50 machine gun rounds it was also designed to be air portable and, when a flotation screen was fitted, semi amphibious.
ARMAMENT:
The FV721 Fox CVR(W) featured a low profile, rotating turret and armed with a 30mm L21 RARDEN Cannon which was hand fed with clips of 3 rounds each, 33 such clips were carried. A coaxial 7.62mm L37A2 Machine Gun supplied with 2,600 rounds of ammunition completed the armament. There are smoke discharges on both sides of the turret, which would provide a readily available smoke screen, which can be used to permit the vehicle to be manoeuvred under cover. The smoke discharges are designed to fire No.80 grenades using fuse, electric No.F103 Mk.2 and Mk.3 as a propellant.
ENGINE:
The FV721 Fox was fitted with a Jaguar J60 4.2 litre in-line 6 cylinder petrol engine producing 190hp with a power to weight ratio of 28.1 hp/tonne coupled to a David brown pre-select gearbox giving 5 forward and 5 reverse gears with a top speed of 65mph and an operational range of 269.7 miles.
General characteristics:
▪︎Type: Armoured Car
▪︎Place of Origin: United Kingdom
▪︎Manufactured By: ROF Engineering
▪︎In Service: 1975 to 1994
▪︎Number Built: 325 (180 for U.K / 145 exported)
▪︎Mass: 6.75 tonnes
▪︎Length: 16ft 8in
▪︎Width: 7ft 0in
▪︎Height: 7ft 3in
▪︎Crew: 3 (Commander / Driver / Gunner)
▪︎Armour: Welded Aluminium
▪︎Main Armament: 30mm L21 RARDEN Cannon
▪︎Secondary Armament: Coaxial 7.62mm L37A2 Machine Gun
▪︎Powerplant: Jaguar J.60 No.1 Mk.100B petrol engine, 190hp
▪︎Power / Weight: 28.1 hp/tonne
▪︎Suspension: Wheel
▪︎Operational Range: 269.675 miles
▪︎Maximum Speed: 64.6mph.
Sourced from:
norfolktankmuseum.co.uk/fv721-fox-c-v-r-w/