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FV103 Spartan
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 3 crew. 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 missile teams, Royal Engineer technicians) across the battlefield.
Specification
- Length: 5.12 m
- Width: 2.24 m
- Height: 2.26 m
- Weight: 8.17 tonnes
- Max road speed: 80.5 km/h
- Engine: Jaguar 4.2 litre
- Crew: Commander, driver and 5 passengers, or 3 crew and 4 passengers.
- Armament: 7.62 mm machine gun.
See also
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