FV103 Spartan
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FV103 Spartan (left) and FV102 Striker in the US Army field recognition manual. |
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| FV103 Spartan | |
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| General characteristics | |
| Crew | Commander, driver and 5 passengers |
| Length | 5.1 |
| Width | 2.4 |
| Height | 2.2 |
| Weight | 8.1 |
| Armour and armament | |
| Armour | |
| Main armament | 1 x 7.62 mm GPMG |
| Secondary armament | |
| Mobility | |
| Power plant | Cummins BTA 5.9 diesel 190 hp (142 kW) |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
| Road speed | 80 |
| Power/weight | |
| Range | |
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 2 crew (commander and driver). 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 anti-aircraft missile teams, Royal Engineer technicians) across the battlefield.
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[edit] Variants
- FV120 Spartan with MILAN Compact Turret (MCT) - an anti-tank guided missile equipped variant.
See CVR(T) for full list of vehicles using the same chassis.
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[edit] Further reading
- Howard, Les. Winter Warriors - Across Bosnia with the PBI 1995/1996. The Book Guild, 2006, ISBN 1 –84624-077-8
the critically acclaimed account of a British soldier on active service at the end of the Bosnian war
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