Saxon (vehicle)

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Saxon
Image:Saxonb.jpg
General characteristics
Crew	2 + 10 passengers
Length	5.17 m
Width	2.49 m
Height	2.63 m
Weight	10.6 tonnes
Armour and armament
Armour
Main armament	7.62 mm MG
Secondary armament	none
Mobility
Power plant	Bedford 500 6-cyl diesel 164 hp
Suspension	Wheel 4x4
Road speed	96 kph
Power/weight
Range	510 km

The Saxon is an armoured personnel carrier used by the British Army and the Hong Kong Police Force.

1 History
2 Variants
3 Operators
4 See also
5 External links

[edit] History

Saxon is in effect an armoured lorry intended to act as a "battle-taxi" for units that would have to make long journeys from the UK to reinforce the BAOR. As a wheeled vehicle it would be much faster and less of a problem than a tracked vehicle. The design was developed by GKN Sankey, from earlier projects, AT 100 IS and AT104.

It is due to be replaced by the Future Rapid Effect System.

The British MoD revealed in August 2006 that some vehicles were being converted into armoured ambulances for deployment in the Iraqi and Afghan theatres as part of the army's force protection initiative.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Variants

Saxon can be fitted out as

AT105A - Ambulance
AT105E - Turret armed with one or two machine guns
AT105MR - 81 mm mortar
AT105C - Command vehicle

Also the Simba range of vehicles, and a variant with the French Milan ATGW turret.

[edit] Operators

Image:Saxon Police HK.jpg

Image:Flag of Bahrain.svg Bahrain
Image:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong - six in the service of the Hong Kong Police Force
Image:Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait
Image:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia
Image:Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria
Image:Flag of Oman (bordered).svg Oman
Image:Flag of Serbia (state) (bordered).svg Serbia - Gendarmerie At least one is in use in Serbia having most likely been captured in Bosnia. Employed by the Gendarmerie, it has been fitted with rubber armor panels and a new weapon station mounting a 12,7mm Browning M2HB and smoke grenade dischargers.
Image:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom - British Army

[edit] See also

Modern (post WW2) UK armoured fighting vehicles
Wheeled vehicles
Ferret Scout Car \| Fox Reconnaissance Vehicle \| Saladin Armoured Car \| Saracen APC
FV1611 "Pig" \| Saxon \| Mastiff PPV
Armoured personnel carriers and infantry fighting vehicles
FV432 \| Warrior \| FV103 Spartan \| Stormer \| FV104 Samaritan \| FV105 Sultan
Light tanks and anti-tank vehicles
FV101 Scorpion \| FV107 Scimitar \| Sabre \| FV102 Striker \| FV438 Swingfire
Self-propelled artillery
FV433 Abbot \| AS-90
Main battle tanks
Centurion \| Conqueror \| Chieftain \| Challenger 1 \| Challenger 2
UK unarmoured or non-fighting vehicles

Modern Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicles and Personnel Carriers
4 x 4 BOV \| BTR-40 \| Bushmaster \| Casspir \| Cougar H \| Mamba \| RG-12 RG-31 Nyala \| RG-32 Scout \| Saxon \| VAB \| VBL \| Vodnik \| HMMWV \| Dingo 6 x 6 AVGP \| Boxer MRAV \| BTR-152 \| Buffalo H \| Cougar HE EE-11 Urutu \| Fuchs \| Ratel \| RG-33 \| Shoet \| Sisu XA-180 \| VAB 8 x 8 ASLAV \| Boxer MRAV \| BTR-4 \| BTR-60 \| BTR-70 \| BTR-80 \| BTR-90 \| BTR-94 LAV 25 \| LAV III \| Patria AMV \| Piranha \| Spähpanzer Luchs \| Stryker \| Terrex AV-81 \| VBCI

Modern Wheeled Infantry Fighting Vehicles and Personnel Carriers