Alvis Tactica
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Type | Armoured vehicle |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Specifications | |
Mass | 13,500 kg (Gross) 10,000 kg (empty) [1] |
Length | 4 m |
Crew | 14 max |
Engine | Mercedes-Benz 906 series or Mercedes-Benz OM 906LA turbo-charged diesel engine |
Power/weight | 176 hp / 129kW [1] |
Suspension | 4 × 4 wheeled |
Operational range | 650 km [1] |
Maximum speed | 120 km/h |
The Alvis Tactica is a 4x4 or 6x6 wheeled military vehicle produced by
BAE Systems Land Systems. The vehicle was designed by Glover Webb and introduced in 1988.[2] It comes in a number of variants including APC
and Internal Security and Riot Control. The platform is no longer produced by BAE Systems.
Users
Never an armed military vehicle,[Hampshire, UK. Variants included ambulances, APCs, water cannons, crowd control, perimeter control, and IEDD.
Variants are in service with the following nations:
- Argentine Army: 10 deployed at United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus
- Ghana Army[3]
- Indonesia (12 deployed by police force)
- Mauritius (14 deployed by military)
- Norway - (Norwegian Army, 3 in service as ambulances)
- Saudi Arabia - (Saudi Arabian National Guard and Ministry of Interior)
- - British Army beginning in 1993 in Northern Ireland; now all retired
- Ukraine 1+
See also
- Pinzgauer High-Mobility All-Terrain Vehicle
- RG-12
- M1117 Armored Security Vehicle
- TPz Fuchs
- Véhicule de l'avant blindé
- BOV M11
- BRDM-2
- WZ551
- Anoa
- Ratel IFV
- Fahd
References
- ^ a b c http://www.etb.nl/detail.php?vehicleID=692[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Defense & Security Intelligence & Analysis: IHS Jane's - IHS". articles.janes.com.
- ^ "Trade Registers". armstrade.sipri.org.
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