GKN Sankey FV432
The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier (APC) variant of the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1960s it has been the most common variant, being used for transporting infantry on the battlefield. In the 1980s, almost 2,500 vehicles were in use. Although it was to have been phased out of service in favour of newer vehicles such as the Warrior and the CVR(T) series, some have been upgraded to the Bulldog standard and deployed in Iraq.
It is an all-steel construction vehicle with the engine at the front and the driving position to the right. Directly behind the driver position is the vehicle commander's hatch. There is a large split-hatch round opening in the passenger compartment roof (visible above between the two cross rails) and a side-hinged door in the rear for loading and unloading. In common with such an old design there are no firing ports for the troops carried - British Army doctrine has always been to dismount from vehicles to fight. Wading screens were fitted as standard, and the original vehicles had a water speed of about 6 km/h when converted for swimming.
The Bulldogs being employed in Iraq have air-conditioning, enhanced reactive armour and IED jammers; they are probably nowhere near capable of being amphibious. This particular model is seen outside the Land Warfare Hall of the Imperial War Museum's RAF Duxford site in Cambridgeshire. I'm not sure exactly what variant it is - those cross rails are confusing me. Most of the details above are from Wikipedia.
GKN Sankey FV432
The FV432 is the armoured personnel carrier (APC) variant of the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles. Since its introduction in the 1960s it has been the most common variant, being used for transporting infantry on the battlefield. In the 1980s, almost 2,500 vehicles were in use. Although it was to have been phased out of service in favour of newer vehicles such as the Warrior and the CVR(T) series, some have been upgraded to the Bulldog standard and deployed in Iraq.
It is an all-steel construction vehicle with the engine at the front and the driving position to the right. Directly behind the driver position is the vehicle commander's hatch. There is a large split-hatch round opening in the passenger compartment roof (visible above between the two cross rails) and a side-hinged door in the rear for loading and unloading. In common with such an old design there are no firing ports for the troops carried - British Army doctrine has always been to dismount from vehicles to fight. Wading screens were fitted as standard, and the original vehicles had a water speed of about 6 km/h when converted for swimming.
The Bulldogs being employed in Iraq have air-conditioning, enhanced reactive armour and IED jammers; they are probably nowhere near capable of being amphibious. This particular model is seen outside the Land Warfare Hall of the Imperial War Museum's RAF Duxford site in Cambridgeshire. I'm not sure exactly what variant it is - those cross rails are confusing me. Most of the details above are from Wikipedia.