British Army Vehicles

Think Defence — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 22:36:05 +0000

There is often much confusion amongst readers and especially journalists regarding what vehicles are called. The Army has embarked on a range of vehicular UOR’s to fill specific gaps in capabilities. In days gone by the Army had Land Rovers a range of Bedford trucks, a few odd specialist vehicles and the armour. Now there is an extremely wide range of vehicle types and revisions. Some are going or have recently gone out of service but we have included these for completeness.

Without passing any comment on their utility or suitability here is a list of some of the equipment in service in hot and sandy places, or not!

Its not exhaustive but most kit is there.

Harley Motorcycle

Yamaha Quad Bike

Land Rover Defender 90 GS

Land Rover Defender 110

Land Rover Snatch Vixen

Land Rover Ambulance

Land Rover WMIK

Pinzgauer 4x4

Pinzgauer 6x6

Pinzgauer Vector

Coyote

Jackal

Mastiff

Wolfhound

Ridgeback

Panther

Buffalo

Bushmaster

Husky

ATMP2

Springer

Viking

Warthog

Foden DROPS

Oshkosh Heavy Equipment Transporter

Close Support Tanker

MAN Unit Support Tanker (UST) - Medium Mobility

MAN Cargo Vehicle Heavy CV(H) Medium Mobility - with EPLS

MAN Cargo Vehicle Medium CV(M)

MAN Recovery Vehicle (RV) - Improved Medium Mobility (IMM)

Scimitar

Sultan

Spartan

Stormer HVM

Stormer Shielder

Bulldog

Warrior

Warrior Mechanized Combat Repair Vehicle

Challenger 2

AS90

M270 G/MLRS

M270 MARV

Fuchs/Fox NBC Reconnaissance Vehicle

Cormorant (Based on a Mowag Duro III Chassis)

Trojan

Alvis Unipower GSB

Terrier

M3 Rig

Titan

Tellar (Duro III Chassis)

Kalamar Rough Terrain Container Handler

Light Wheeled Tractor All Arms JCB 3CX CSM

JCB 541-70 Rough Terrain Fork Lift

JCB 524-50 Telehandler

Medium Crawler Tractor (MCT) Caterpillar D5N DZ10

Medium Crane Truck Terex AC35

Terex AC55 Crane

Caterpillar Deployable Universal Combat Earthmover (DEUCE)

JCB HMEE

Light Wheeled Tractor Protected LWT(P) Caterpillar 434E

Ultra Light Tractor Protected ULWT(P) Cat 257B

Medium Wheeled Tractor MWT(P) Cat 938

Self Loading Dump Truck Iveco Trakker

Truck Mounted Loader Iveco Trakker

Hippo Beach Recovery Vehicle

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British Army Vehicles