| FV102 Striker | |
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 Striker anti-tank guided weapons vehicles, at Camp New Jersey, Kuwait |
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| Type | Anti-tank vehicle |
| Place of origin |  United Kingdom |
| Service history | |
| Used by | UK |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Alvis |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 8. A self-propelled anti-tank gun or tank destroyer, is a type of Armoured fighting vehicle designed specifically to engage enemy armor forces and not produced for an infantry The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located 1 tonnes |
| Length | 4. 8 m |
| Width | 2. 4 m |
| Height | 2. 2 m |
| Crew | 3 |
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| Primary armament |
Swingfire in five bins with 5 reloads |
| Secondary armament |
1 x 7. Swingfire is a British wire-guided anti-tank missile. Development Swingfire was developed by Fairey Engineering Ltd and 62 mm L7 GPMG |
| Engine | Cummins BTA 5. The MAG is a Belgian 762 mm General purpose machine gun, designed in the early 1950s at Fabrique Nationale (FN by Ernest Vervier 9 litre diesel. 190 hp (142 kW) |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
| Speed | 80 km/h |
FV102 Striker is a British Army anti-tank guided missile carrier. The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. An anti-tank guided missile ( ATGM) or anti-tank guided weapon ( ATGW) is a guided Missile primarily designed to hit and destroy
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Overview
FV102 Striker is the Swingfire wire guided anti-tank missile carrying member of the CVR(T) family. Swingfire is a British wire-guided anti-tank missile. Development Swingfire was developed by Fairey Engineering Ltd and An anti-tank guided missile ( ATGM) or anti-tank guided weapon ( ATGW) is a guided Missile primarily designed to hit and destroy The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked &mdashor CVR(T &mdashis a family of Armoured fighting vehicles in service with the British Army and others Five missiles are in a ready to fire bin at the back of the vehicle and five reloads are carried. A missile (see also pronunciation differences) is a self-propelled explosive Projectile used as a weapon towards a target The bin is elevated to 35ยบ for firing. The targeting sight can be demounted and operated at a distance from the vehicle which can remain in cover, even completely screened as the missile can turn up to 90 degrees after launch to come onto the target heading. The missiles have hollow charge warheads and were originally steered by joystick control i. A joystick is an input device consisting of a stick that pivots on a base and reports its angle or direction to the device it is controlling e. Manual Command to Line of Sight (MCLOS), later updated to the Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight (SACLOS) system where the controller merely sights the target. MCLOS (short for Manual Command to Line of Sight) is a first-generation method for guiding Guided missiles With an MCLOS missile the operator must SACLOS (short for Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight) is a second-generation method of Missile guidance [1]
Service history
Striker entered service in 1976 with the Royal Artillery of the BAOR, but since then have been transferred to the Royal Armoured Corps. The Royal Artillery, is the common name for the Royal Regiment of Artillery, is an Arm of the British Army. There have been two formations named British Army of the Rhine (BAOR The Royal Armoured Corps (RAC is currently a collection of ten regular Regiments mostly converted from old horse cavalry regiments, and four Yeomanry regiments They are currently in service with formation reconnaissance regiments of the Royal Armoured Corps. The Formation Reconnaissance Regiment is one of two organisations currently provided by Cavalry regiments of the British Army.
Additional specification
- Ground clearance: 0. 35 m
- Ammunition carried: 10 Swingfire missiles, 7.62 mm NATO x 3,000 rounds. The 762x51mm NATO is a Rifle cartridge developed in the 1950s as a standard firearm cartridge among NATO countries
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