Armoured Personnel Carriers

& Infantry Fighting Vehicles…

FV 432

FV603 Saracen

GKN Sankey FV432  The FV432 seems to have been around for ever.  It originally entered service in 1962 and production ceased in 1972.  Nevertheless, it is still used by the British Army, in a range of variants. During the mid 2000s, a number of FV432s were refurbished by BAE SYSTEMS as the up-armoured Bulldog patrol vehicle, for service in Iraq, with extensive add-on armour, uprated transmission and mechanical running gear, as well as modern diesel engines. Despite their age (most are now double the age of their crews), the modernised vehicles proved a big success. This is a Cromwell 1/72 resin kit of an FV432 fitted with a Peak Engineering GPMG turret.

FV603 Saracen

The Alvis Saracen was the armoured personnel carrier variant of the FV600 series, sharing many mechanical components with the Saladin, Salamander and Stalwart.  As well as driver and commander, it could carry 8 troops and was manufactured from 1952 to 1976, seeing wide service with the British Army and 23 other nations.  Saracens were used for policing duties in Northern Ireland during the early 1980s, some being fitted with water cannon in plac eof their turret. . Return to APC page Return to British Cold War page Return to Dark Side AFVs index page Return to Gengriz Modelling Index Page