Information about Fv103 Spartan
| FV103 Spartan | |
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| Type | Armoured personnel carrier |
| Place of origin | ){kind=small} United Kingdom |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 8.1 tonnes |
| Length | 5.1 m |
| Width | 2.4 m |
| Height | 2.2 m |
| Crew | Commander, driver and 5 passengers |
| Primary armament | 1 x 7.62 mm GPMG |
| Secondary armament | one MILAN missile launcher |
| Engine | Cummins BTA 5.9 diesel 190 hp (142 kW) |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
| Speed | 80 |
FV103 Spartan is a British Army armoured personnel carrier.
Spartan is the APC member of the CVR(T) family. It has capacity for 5 men in addition to 2 crew (commander and driver). Externally it is almost indistinguishable from the FV102 Striker. Rather than a general personnel carrier for infantry, the Spartan is retained for moving specialist teams (eg anti-aircraft missile teams, Royal Engineer technicians) across the battlefield.
Variants
- FV120 Spartan with MILAN Compact Turret (MCT) - an anti-tank guided missile equipped variant.
Operators
Iraq
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External links
Further reading
- Howard, Les. Winter Warriors - Across Bosnia with the PBI 1995/1996. The Book Guild, 2006, ISBN 1 –84624-077-8
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"Dieu et mon droit" [2] (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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..... Click the link for more information.Armoured personnel carriers (APCs) are armoured fighting vehicles developed to transport infantry on the battlefield. They usually have only a machine gun although variants carry recoilless rifles, anti-tank guided missiles (ATGMs), or mortars.
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..... Click the link for more information.Motto
الله أكبر (Arabic)
"Allahu Akbar" (transliteration)
"God is the Greatest"
Anthem
..... Click the link for more information.Motto
"Dieu et mon droit" [2] (French)
"God and my right"
Anthem
"God Save the Queen" [3]
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