Sabre (tank)

Sabre
TypeReconnaissance vehicle
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Service history
In service1995−2004
Used byUnited Kingdom
Production history
ManufacturerAlvis / BAE Systems Land & Armaments
No. builtover 325 for UK and several hundred exported[1]
Specifications
Mass8.1 tonnes
Length4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Width2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Height2.2 m (7 ft 3 in)
Crew3

Main
armament
30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon
Secondary
armament
Co-axial 7.62 mm chain gun
EngineCummins BTA 5.9 diesel
190 hp (142 kW)
Suspensiontorsion bar
Maximum speed 80 km/h (50 mph)

Sabre is a variation of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), featuring the turret from a wheeled Fox Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle mounted on the hull of a tracked FV101 Scorpion.

  1. ^ Staff Writer, "Alvis Sabre: Reconnaissance Light Tank (1995)", Military Factory, retrieved 11 October 2021