The following is a partial listing of FV ("fighting vehicle") numbers as used by the

British Army The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Royal Navy and the Royal Air Force. , the British Army comprises 79,380 regular full-time personnel, 4,090 Gurk ...

. Some vehicles do not have FV numbers (e.g. the

AS-90 The AS-90 ("Artillery System for the 1990s"), known officially as Gun Equipment 155 mm L131, is an armoured self-propelled artillery weapon used by the British Army. It can fire standard charges up to using 39 calibre long barrel (com ...

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*FV101:

Scorpion Scorpions are predatory arachnids of the order Scorpiones. They have eight legs, and are easily recognized by a pair of grasping pincers and a narrow, segmented tail, often carried in a characteristic forward curve over the back and always end ...

Light tank with 76 mm gun *FV102: Striker 5 Swingfire missile launchers. *FV103:

Spartan Sparta (Doric Greek: Σπάρτα, ''Spártā''; Attic Greek: Σπάρτη, ''Spártē'') was a prominent city-state in Laconia, in ancient Greece. In antiquity, the city-state was known as Lacedaemon (, ), while the name Sparta referred t ...

APC *FV104: Samaritan ambulance *FV105:

Sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...

Armoured command vehicle *FV106:

Samson Samson (; , '' he, Šīmšōn, label= none'', "man of the sun") was the last of the judges of the ancient Israelites mentioned in the Book of Judges (chapters 13 to 16) and one of the last leaders who "judged" Israel before the institution o ...

ARV. *FV107:

Scimitar A scimitar ( or ) is a single-edged sword with a convex curved blade associated with Middle Eastern, South Asian, or North African cultures. A European term, ''scimitar'' does not refer to one specific sword type, but an assortment of different ...

Light tank with 30 mm Rarden Cannon *FV109: Workhorse - replacement for FV432 *FV120: Spartan with Milan compact turret *FV180: Combat Engineering Tractor *FV201: "Universal Tank" (A45) 17 pdr gun (later 20 pdr) *FV205: Self-Propelled Medium Anti-Tank Gun based Conqueror tank chassis. *FV207: An SPG variant on the basis of the FV214 (Conqueror). It was planned to mount either a 105 mm, 140 mm, or 152 mm howitzer in a closed armoured cabin. The vehicle existed only in blueprints. *FV209: Universal ARV - not built *FV212: "Assault Personnel Carrier" - not built *FV214: Conqueror Heavy Gun Tank *FV215: known as "Tank, Heavy No. 2, 183mm Gun" or "Heavy Anti-Tank Gun, SP" - with 183 mm gun on FV214 (Conqueror) tank chassis. Project cancelled in 1957.AFV Profile No. 38 *FV216: Tank, Heavy, Royal Engineers, Flail *FV217: Conqueror Casement Test Rig 120 mm SPG - project cancelled. *FV219: ARV Mk I FV201 variant . Eight completed. *FV221: Caernarvon Medium gun tank. FV201 variant. *FV222: Conqueror ARV Mk II *FV223: Bridgelayer ARK * FV301: 21 ton light tank with 77 mm gun Project cancelled in 1953 *FV302: GPO/CPO Command Vehicle based on FV301 *FV303: 20 pdr Self Propelled Gun based on FV301 *FV304: 25 pdr Self Propelled Gun based on FV301 *FV305: 5.5 inch Self Propelled Gun based on FV301 *FV306: Light Armoured Recovery Vehicle based on FV301 *FV307: Radar Vehicle based on FV301 *FV308: Field Artillery Tractor based on FV301 *FV309: RA section vehicle based on FV301 *FV310: Armoured Personnel Carrier based on FV301 *FV311: Armoured Load Carrier based on FV301 *FV400: 17.6 ton tank with 77 mm gun *FV401: Cambridge series of carriers *FV402: Armoured Observation Post vehicle *FV420: Tracked Load Carrier, 5 ton. *FV421: 120 mm lightweight Tank Destroyer based on FV401. *FV421: Cargo Carrier. FV432 predecessor. *FV422: Personnel Carrier *FV423: 5 ton Carrier Command vehicle *FV424: Carrier Royal Engineers *FV425: Carrier REME *FV426: Carrier Tracked Launcher, Orange William HESH AT missile *FV430: Covers a number of armoured fighting vehicles of the British Army, all built on the same chassis * FV432: Armoured Personnel Carrier. *FV433: Abbot self-propelled gun 105 mm SP gun on FV432 chassis * FV434: Armoured Repair Vehicle - Engineering version of FV432 *FV435: Wavell communications vehicle *FV436: Trial version of FV432 variant fitted with Green Archer radar, did not enter service. Number subsequently used for brigade and division HQ staff vehicles. *FV437: Pathfinder vehicle based on FV432 with snorkel gear. * FV438: Swingfire anti-tank missile carrier. *FV439: Signals version of FV432. *FV510:

Warrior A warrior is a person specializing in combat or warfare, especially within the context of a tribal or clan-based warrior culture society that recognizes a separate warrior aristocracies, class, or caste. History Warriors seem to have been p ...

Mechanised Combat Vehicle (MCV). *FV511: Warrior Infantry Command Vehicle *FV512: Warrior Repair Vehicle *FV513: Warrior Recovery Vehicle *FV514: Warrior Observation Post Vehicle *FV515: Warrior Battery Command Vehicle *FV601:

Saladin Yusuf ibn Ayyub ibn Shadi () ( – 4 March 1193), commonly known by the epithet Saladin,, ; ku, سه‌لاحه‌دین, ; was the founder of the Ayyubid dynasty. Hailing from an ethnic Kurdish family, he was the first of both Egypt and ...

*FV603:

Saracen upright 1.5, Late 15th-century German woodcut depicting Saracens Saracen ( ) was a term used in the early centuries, both in Greek and Latin writings, to refer to the people who lived in and near what was designated by the Romans as Arabia Pe ...

*FV604: Saracen Regimental CP *FV610: Saracen RA CP (high roof) *FV620: Alvis Stalwart - "Truck, High Mobility Load Carrier, 5-Ton, 6 x 6, Stalwart Mk. 1" *FV622: Alvis Stalwart - "Truck, High Mobility Load Carrier, 5-Ton, 6 x 6, Stalwart Mk. 2" *FV623: Alvis Stalwart - "Truck, High Mobility Load Carrier, 5-Ton, 6 x 6, Stalwart Mk. 2, Limber" *FV624: Alvis Stalwart- "Truck, High Mobility Load Carrier, 5-Ton, 6 x 6, Stalwart Mk. 2, REME Fitters" *FV701: Scout Car Liaison, Ferret Mk 1/1 *FV703: Scout Car Reconnaissance/GW, Ferret Mk 2/6 *FV704: Scout Car Liaison Ferret Mk 1/2 *FV711: Scout Car Reconnaissance, Ferret Mk 4 (Big-wheeled)

Ferret The ferret (''Mustela furo'') is a small, Domestication, domesticated species belonging to the family Mustelidae. The ferret is most likely a domesticated form of the wild European polecat (''Mustela putorius''), evidenced by their Hybrid (biol ...

*FV712: Scout Car Reconnaissance/GW, Ferret Mk 5 (Big-wheeled) *FV721: Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled), Fox Mk 1/2 *FV722: Reconnaissance Vehicle (Wheeled), Vixen Mk1

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*FV1103:

Leyland Martian Leyland may refer to: Places * Leyland, Lancashire, an English town ** Leyland Hundred, an hundred of Lancashire, England * Leyland, Alberta, a community in Canada Companies * Leyland Line, a shipping company Automotive manufacturers * Le ...

Medium Artillery Tractor, 10-ton, 6 × 6 Leyland *FV1119: Tractor 10-ton Heavy 6 × 6 Leyland Recovery *FV1601: Truck Cargo 1-ton 4 × 4 GS,

Humber The Humber is a large tidal estuary on the east coast of Northern England. It is formed at Trent Falls, Faxfleet, by the confluence of the tidal rivers Ouse and Trent. From there to the North Sea, it forms part of the boundary between th ...

*FV1609:

Humber Pig The Humber Pig is a lightly armoured truck used by the British Army from the 1950s until the early 1990s. The Pig saw service with the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) chiefly as an armoured personnel carrier from late 1958 until early 1970. Th ...

prototype *FV1611: Truck 1 Ton, Armoured 4 × 4 Humber Pig *FV1612: Humber Pig FFW/FFR *FV1613: Humber Pig Armoured Ambulance *FV1620:

Humber Hornet The FV1620 Humber Hornet (FV1620, truck 1-ton, air portable, armoured launcher, Hornet launcher) was a specialised air-deployable armoured fighting vehicle designed to carry the Malkara, an anti-tank guided missile developed by Australia and the ...

Truck 1 Ton, Air-portable Launcher, 4 × 4 Hornet ( Malkara launcher) *FV1801A: Truck, 1/4ton, CT, 4 × 4 Austin, Mk.1. (Austin Champ) *FV1802: Truck, Utility, CT, 4 × 4, Austin (prototypes only) *FV2721a: Trailer - Centurion AVRE *FV3011: Semi-trailer, 50 Ton - used with

Thornycroft Antar The Mighty Antar was a heavy-duty 6×4 tractor unit built by Thornycroft from the late 1940s onwards. For some decades it was the standard tank transporter of the British Army and was also used by other nations. It was powered by a shortened ...

tractor unit *FV3601: Trailer Transporter 50-ton *FV3621: Trailer Low-loader 20-ton *FV3801: Gun Tractor Centurion components *FV3802: 25 pdr SP Artillery Field Equipments Centurion components *FV3803: Command Post Vehicle Centurion components *FV3804: Ammunition Vehicle Centurion components *FV3805: 5.5 inch SP guns Prototype only *FV3806: 7.2 inch SP Gun Centurion components *FV3901: Churchill Linked ARK *FV3902: Churchill VII Flail also known as "TOAD" *FV3903: Churchill VII AVRE Tank Infantry Dozer *FV3904: Churchill VII APC *FV4001: Centurion mineclearer *FV4002: Centurion Mk 5 Bridgelayer *FV4003:

Centurion A centurion (; la, centurio , . la, centuriones, label=none; grc-gre, κεντυρίων, kentyríōn, or ) was a position in the Roman army during classical antiquity, nominally the commander of a century (), a military unit of around 80 ...

Mk 5 AVRE 165 Centurion AVRE 165 *FV4004: Conway SPG based on a Centurion Mark III hull with a larger calibre 120 mm L1 gun in a turret made from rolled plate. To be an interim design until Conqueror tank entered service. One built before the project was cancelled in 1951. *FV4005: Heavy 183 mm SPG (two prototypes, one with a limited-traverse casemate mount, the 'Stage 2' with a tall, fully traversing turret) *FV4006: Centurion ARV Mk 2 *FV4007: Centurion Mk 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8/1, 8/2 *FV4008: Centurion DD *FV4009: Tank, Medium *FV4010: Tank Destroyer, Medium Malkara missile vehicle on Centurion chassis *FV4011: Centurion Mk 5 *FV4012: Centurion Mk 7/1, 7/2 *FV4013: Centurion Mk 3 ARV *FV4014: Tank, Medium *FV4015: Centurion Mk 9 *FV4016: Centurion ARK Bridgelayer *FV4017: Centurion Mk 10 *FV4018: Centurion BARV - Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle *FV4019: Centurion Mk 5 Bulldozer *FV4030: Shir series Designed for Iran. Challenger predecessors *FV4030/2: Shir 1 120 mm MBT Challenger predecessor. Renamed ''Khalid'' for supply to Jordan *FV4030/3: Shir 2 *FV4030/4:

Challenger 1 The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2. It is also currently used by the Royal Jordanian Army as its main battle tank, after heavy m ...

*FV4034:

Challenger 2 The FV4034 Challenger 2 (MOD designation "CR2") is a third generation British main battle tank (MBT) in service with the armies of the United Kingdom and Oman. It was designed and built by the British company Vickers Defence Systems (now known ...

*FV4101: Tank, Medium gun, Charioteer *FV4201:

Chieftain tank The FV4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank of the United Kingdom during the 1960s–1990s. A development of the Centurion, the Chieftain introduced the supine (reclining) driver position to British design allowing a heavily sloped hull with r ...

*FV4201: Medium Gun Tank No.2 "40t Centurion" *FV4202: "40 ton Centurion" 20 pounder gun, mantlet-less Chieftain predecessor based on Centurion Mk 7 *FV4203: Centurion AVRE 105 *FV4204: Chieftain ARV Mk 5 and ARRV (Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle) *FV4205: AVLB Chieftain Bridgelayer *FV4207: Centurion Mk 9 VHF *FV4211: Experimental (Aluminium) Chieftain (1971) *FV4333: Stormer APC *FV4401: Contentious - British experiment along

S-Tank The Stridsvagn 103 (Strv 103), also known as the Alternative S and S-tank, is a Swedish post-World War II main battle tank, designed and manufactured in Sweden. "Strv" is the Swedish military abbreviation of ''stridsvagn'', Swedish for chariot an ...

lines for lightweight tank. 3 prototypes. *FV4501: Armoured mine clearer *FV4601:

MBT-80 The FV4601 MBT-80 was a British experimental third-generation main battle tank, designed in the late 1970s to replace the Chieftain tank. It was eventually (and later controversially) cancelled in favour of the Challenger 1, itself an evolutio ...

(3 experimental vehicles).

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*FV11002: Tractor 10-ton, 6 x 6 GS, AEC Militant Mk 2 *FV11003: Truck Crane Bridging 6 x 6, AEC Militant *FV11005: Truck End-tipper 6 x 6, AEC Militant *FV11009: Truck, Fuel Tanker 2,500 gallon 6 x 6, AEC Militant *FV11018: Truck Cargo 10-ton 6 x 6 GS, AEC Militant Mk 1 *FV11010: Tractor 10-ton 6 x 6 GS, AEC Militant *FV11014: Truck 10-ton 6 x 6 GS, AEC Excavator *FV11021: BV202E Articulated Sno-Cat *FV11044: Tractor 10-ton 6 x 6 Heavy Recovery, AEC *FV11047: Truck Cargo 10-ton 6 x 6 GS, AEC Militant Mk 3 *FV11061: Armoured Command Vehicle, Heavy, AEC 10 ton 6 x 6 *FV11301: Tractor 10-ton 6 x 6 GS, Scammell Recovery *FV12002: Tractor 30-ton 6 x 4 GS, Thornycroft Antar Mk 2 *FV12003: Tractor 30-ton 6 x 4 GS, Thornycroft Antar (ballast body) *FV12004: Tractor 30-ton 6 x 4 GS, Thornycroft Antar Mk 3 *FV12101: Tractor 20-ton 6 x 6 GS, Scammell *FV12105: Tractor 20-ton 6 x 6 GS, Scammell Mk 2 *FV13111: Truck End-tipper 4-ton 4 x 4, Bedford *FV13112: Truck Cargo 4-ton 4 x 4 GS, Bedford *FV13113: Truck Mobile Workshop 4-ton 4 x 4, Bedford *FV13142: Truck Cargo 4-ton 4 x 4 Airportable, Bedford *FV13165: Truck Mobile Dental Clinic 4-ton 4 x 4, Bedford *FV13201: Truck 3-ton 4 x 4 GS, Commer *FV13219: Truck End-tipper 3-ton 4 x 4, Commer *FV13206: Truck Mobile Workshop 3-ton 4 x 4, Commer *FV16001: Truck Cargo 1-ton 4 x 4 GS, Austin *FV16003: Truck 1-ton 4 x 4 Wireless, Austin *FV16008: Truck 1-ton 4 x 4 200 Water-tanker, Austin *FV16100: Truck 1-ton 4 x 4, (series, Morris) *FV18005: Truck 3/4-ton 4 x 4 Ambulance

Land Rover Series I The Land Rover series I, II, and III (commonly referred to as ''series'' Land Rovers, to distinguish them from later models) are compact British off-road vehicles, produced by the Rover Company since 1948, and later by British Leyland. Though ...

*FV18008: Truck 3/4-ton 4 x 4 Ambulance

*FV18032: Truck 3/4-ton 4 x 4 Line-laying *FV18044: Truck 3/4-ton 4 x 4 Ambulance

Land Rover Series II The Land Rover series I, II, and III (commonly referred to as ''series'' Land Rovers, to distinguish them from later models) are compact British off-road vehicles, produced by the Rover Company since 1948, and later by British Leyland. Though ...

*FV18061: Truck 3/4-ton 4 x 4 L.W.B GS (General Service) *FV18062: Truck 3/4-ton 4 x 4 L.W.B FFR (Fitted for Radio) *FV18067: Truck 3/4-ton 4 x 4 Ambulance 2/4 Stretcher *FV23225: Truck Light Recovery 4-ton 4 x 4, Bedford *FV30011: Semi-trailer, 50-ton, Tank Transporter

Notes and references

;Notes ;Bibliography *Norman, Michael, ''AFV Profile No. 38 Conqueror Heavy Gun Tank'' Profile Publications. {{DEFAULTSORT:List Of Fv Series Military Vehicles Military vehicles of the United Kingdom FV Series