List of FV series military vehicles

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The following is a (partial) listing of FV numbers ("fighting vehicle") as used by the British Army. Some vehicles do not have FV numbers (eg the AS-90).

(currently tracked vehicles only)

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FV101 Scorpion Light tank with 76 mm gun
FV102 Striker 5 Swingfire missile launchers.
FV103 Spartan APC
FV104 Samaritan ambulance
FV105 Sultan Armoured command vehicle
FV106 Samson ARV.
FV107 Scimitar Light tank with 30 mm Rarden Cannon
FV109 Workhorse - replacement for FV432
FV120 Spartan with Milan compact turret
FV180 Combat Engineering Tractor
FV201 "Universal Tank" (A45) 17 pdr gun (later 20 pdr)
FV214 Conqueror Heavy Tank
FV219 ARV Mk I FV201 variant . Eight completed.
FV221 Caernarvon Medium gun tank. FV201 variant.
FV222 Conqueror ARV Mk II
FV400 17.6 ton tank with 77 mm gun
FV401 Cambridge series of carriers
FV402 Tank
FV420 Carrier
FV421 Cargo Carrier . FV432 predecessor.
FV422 Personnel Carrier
FV423 5 ton Carrier Command vehicle
FV424 Carrier Royal Engineers
FV425 Carrier REME
FV426 Carrier Tracked Launcher, Orange William HESH AT missile
FV432 Trojan APC.
FV433 Abbot self-propelled gun 105 mm SP gun on FV432 chassis
FV434 Carrier, Maintenance, Full Tracked - Engineering version of FV432
FV435 Wavell communications vehicle
FV436 FV432 variant fitted with Green Archer radar
FV437 Pathfinder vehicle based on FV432 with snorkel gear
FV438 FV432 variant Swingfire missiles
FV439 Signals version of FV432.
FV510 Warrior Mechanised Combat Vehicle (MCV).
FV511 Warrior Infantry Command Vehicle
FV512 Warrior Repair Vehicle
FV513 Warrior Recovery Vehicle
FV514 Warrior Observation Post Vehicle
FV515 Warrior Battery Command Vehicle

FV601 Saladin
FV603 Saracen

FV711 Ferret

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FV2721a Trailer - Centurion AVRE
FV3801 Gun Tractor Centurion components
FV3802 25pdr SP Artillery Field Equipments Centurion components
FV3803 Command Post Vehicle Centurion components
FV3804 Ammunition Vehicle Centurion components
FV3805 5.5inch SP guns Prototype only
FV3806 7.2inch SP Gun Centurion components
FV3901 Churchill Linked ARK
FV3902 Churchill VII Flail
FV3903 Churchill VII AVRE Tank Infantry Dozer
FV3904 Churchill VII APC
FV4001 Centurion mineclearer
FV4002 Centurion Mk 5 Bridgelayer
FV4003 Centurion Mk 5 AVRE 165 Centurion AVRE 165
FV4004 Conway (prototype)
FV4005 Heavy SP AT Gun (prototype)
FV4006 Centurion ARV Mk 2 FV4006 Centurion ARV Mk 2
FV4007 Centurion Mk 1, 2, 3, 4, 7, 8/1, 8/2
FV4008 Centurion DD
FV4009 Tank, Medium
FV4010 Tank Destroyer, Medium Malkara missile vehicle on Centurion chassis
FV4011 Centurion Mk 5
FV4012 Centurion Mk 7/1, 7/2
FV4013 Centurion Mk 3 ARV
FV4014 Tank, Medium
FV4015 Centurion Mk 9
FV4016 Centurion ARK Bridgelayer
FV4017 Centurion Mk 10
FV4018 Centurion BARV (Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle)
FV4019 Centurion Mk 5 Bulldozer
FV4030 Shir series Designed for Iran. Challenger predecessors
FV4030/2 Shir 1 120 mm MBT Challenger predecessor. Renamed Khalid for supply to Jordan
FV4030/3 Shir 2
FV4030/4 Challenger 1 Challenger 1
FV4034 Challenger 2
FV4101 Cromwell Heavy AT Gun Charioteer
FV4201 Chieftain tank
FV4202 "40 ton Centurion" 105 mm gun Chieftain predecessor based on Centurion Mk 7
FV4203 Centurion AVRE 105
FV4204 Chieftain ARV Mk 5 and ARRV (Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle)
FV4205 AVLB Chieftain Bridgelayer
FV4207 Centurion Mk 9 VHF
FV4211 Experimental tank.
FV4333 Stormer APC
FV4401 British S-Tank experiment. 3 prototypes.
FV4501 Armoured mine clearer
FV4601 MBT-80 (3 experimental vehicles).