This article is about the post-war British vehicle. For the World War II Canadian vehicle, see Fox Armoured Car. For the German/American NBC reconnaissance vehicle, see M93 Fox.
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Armoured car
FV721 Fox
FV721 Fox in Ursel, Belgium
Type
Armoured car
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Production history
No. built
325 (180 for UK, 145 exported)[1]
Specifications
Mass
6.75 tonnes (7.44 short tons; 6.64 long tons)
Length
5.08 m (16 ft 8 in)
Width
2.13 m (7 ft 0 in)
Height
2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Crew
3
Armor
Aluminium
Main armament
30 mm RARDEN cannon
Secondary armament
Co-axial 7.62 mm L37A2 machine gun
Engine
Jaguar J.60 No 1 Mk 100B Petrol 190 hp (142 kW)
Power/weight
28.1 hp/tonne
Suspension
Wheel
Operational range
434 km (269.675 mi)
Maximum speed
104 km/h (64.6 mph)
The FV721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled) (CVR(W)) was a 4 × 4 armoured car manufactured by ROF Leeds, deployed by the British Army as a replacement for the Ferret scout car and the Saladin armoured car. The Fox was introduced into service with B Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment (Aliwal Barracks, Tidworth) in 1975 and withdrawn from service 1993–94.
Development of the Fox began in 1965 and the following year the Daimler company of Coventry, which was building the Ferret scout car at the time, was awarded a contract to build 15 prototype vehicles. The first was completed in November 1967 and the last in April 1969. User trials began in 1968 and the first official announcement concerning the Fox was made in October 1969.
The following year the Fox was accepted for service with the British Army and a production order was placed with Royal Ordnance Leeds.
Production began in 1972 and the first vehicle was completed in May 1973. Production of the Fox has been completed at Royal Ordnance Leeds.
^Staff Writer, "Alvis FV721 Fox: 4x4 Armored Car (1973)", Military Factory, retrieved 11 October 2021
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