The Combat Reconnaissance Vehicle (Wheeled), abbreviated to CVR(W), was a line of vehicles to replace the

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service. Two variants were planned: *

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(FV721) – fitted with a high velocity 30 mm L21

RARDEN The L21A1 RARDEN ("Royal Armament, Research and Development Establishment" and "Enfield") is a British 30 mm autocannon used as a combat vehicle weapon. The Royal Armament Research and Development Establishment (RARDE) and the Royal Small Ar ...

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, the same as fitted to the

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Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle a member of the

Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) (CVR(T)) is a family of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) developed in the 1960s and is in service with the British Army and others throughout the world. They are small, highly mobile, air-transportab ...

family * Vixen – to replace Ferret in the liaison role, armed with no more than a light machine gun but with space for 4 including the crew. Vixen was developed but was cancelled in the Mason defence review of 1974–75, and never reached service. Fox was deployed with both Regular Army and Territorial Army units but gathered a poor image due to some accidents where the vehicle tipped overprobably due to a combination of the high

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and poor driving.

Notes and references

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