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Reconnaissance vehicle
FV107 Scimitar
Scimitar performing a firepower demonstration on Salisbury Plain
tracked, with 14 lbf/in2 (0.98 kg/cm2) ground pressure
Suspension
Torsion bar
Operational range
450 km
Maximum speed
50 mph (80.5 km/h)
The FV107 Scimitar is an armoured tracked military reconnaissance vehicle (sometimes classed as a light tank) formerly used by the British Army, until it was retired from active service in April 2023.[2] It was manufactured by Alvis in Coventry. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion, but mounts a high-velocity 30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon instead of a 76 mm gun. It was issued to Royal Armoured Corps armoured regiments in the reconnaissance role. Each regiment originally had a close reconnaissance squadron of five troops, each containing eight FV107 Scimitars. Each Main Battle Tank Regiment also employed eight Scimitars in the close reconnaissance role.
^Staff Writer, "Alvis FV107 Scimitar: Armed Reconnaissance Vehicle (1971)", Military Factory, retrieved 11 October 2021
^"SOLDIER - Page 13". edition.pagesuite.com. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
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