Saracen armoured personnel carriers

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Saracen armoured personnel carriers are British six-wheeled, lightly armoured military vehicles designed for troop transport and internal security operations, notably used in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf armoured personnel carrier ⓘ
internal security vehicle ⓘ
armament 0.303 inch Bren light machine gun ⓘ
7.62 mm machine gun ⓘ
smoke dischargers ⓘ
armourDescription light armour ⓘ
armourType welded steel ⓘ
combatWeight 11 tonnes ⓘ
configuration 6×6 wheeled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
crew 2 ⓘ
designer Alvis ⓘ
linked to: Alvis Vehicles
developedFrom Alvis Saladin armoured car ⓘ
drive all-wheel drive ⓘ
engineConfiguration 8-cylinder inline ⓘ
engineType Rolls-Royce B80 petrol engine ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
height 2.6 m ⓘ
length 4.8 m ⓘ
manufacturer Alvis ⓘ
linked to: Alvis Vehicles
notableUse British Army operations in Northern Ireland ⓘ
urban internal security patrols ⓘ
numberBuilt over 1800 ⓘ
operatorType army ⓘ
gendarmerie ⓘ
police ⓘ
passengerCapacity 9 infantry soldiers ⓘ
primaryRole troop transport ⓘ
productionEnd 1972 ⓘ
productionStart 1952 ⓘ
range 400 km ⓘ
relatedTo Alvis Salamander fire tender ⓘ
secondaryRole internal security ⓘ
serviceEntry 1952 ⓘ
successor FV432 armoured personnel carrier ⓘ
suspension independent torsion bar ⓘ
topSpeed 45 mph ⓘ
72 km/h ⓘ
usedBy Abu Dhabi Defence Force ⓘ
Abu Dhabi Police ⓘ
Australian Army ⓘ
Bahrain Defence Force ⓘ
Belgian Gendarmerie ⓘ
British Army ⓘ
Brunei Armed Forces ⓘ
Cyprus National Guard ⓘ
Cyprus Police ⓘ
Dubai Police ⓘ
Ethiopian Army ⓘ
Fiji Military Forces ⓘ
Ghana Army ⓘ
Hong Kong Police Force ⓘ
Indonesian Army ⓘ
Irish Army ⓘ
Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ
Kenya Army ⓘ
Kuwait Army ⓘ
Lebanese Armed Forces ⓘ
Libyan Army ⓘ
Malaysian Army ⓘ
New Zealand Army ⓘ
Nigerian Army ⓘ
Oman Armed Forces ⓘ
Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ
Qatar Armed Forces ⓘ
Rhodesian Security Forces ⓘ
Royal Ulster Constabulary ⓘ
Sierra Leone Army ⓘ
Singapore Armed Forces ⓘ
Somali Armed Forces ⓘ
South African Police ⓘ
Sri Lanka Army ⓘ
Sudan Police ⓘ
Sudanese Armed Forces ⓘ
Tanzanian Army ⓘ
Uganda Army ⓘ
United Nations peacekeeping forces ⓘ
Yemen Arab Republic Armed Forces ⓘ
Zambian Army ⓘ
usedInConflict The Troubles ⓘ
width 2.5 m ⓘ

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Operation Motorman → usedEquipment → Saracen armoured personnel carriers ⓘ
L21 RARDEN cannon → mountingPlatform → FV603 Saracen (some variants) ⓘ
linked to: Saracen armoured personnel carriers