FV721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Wheeled) (CVR(W)) Variants
Some of these are well known but I'll put them all here in the one place for ease of reference. Note that at least one of each of these vehicles exists today.
The FV721 FOX CVR(W) is a well known vehicle with a 30mm RARDEN autocannon firing from a three round clip. One of the nice things about the RARDEN is that once the clip is inside the weapon is sealed and no gasses escape into the turret. A conversion kit was made for the FV101 Scorpion CVR(T) creating the FV107 Scimitar CVR(T) but the Fox turret¹ also was fitted to the FV423 (issued to the Berlin Brigade), the M113 and the Alvis Saladin.
Note that some FV721 FOX CVR(W) were fitted with a ZB298 ground search radar but these never had a specialised typology. The FV432 conversion mentioned above had this as standard.
While the 30mm RARDEN was good Alvis also tried out some other variations for niche roles, and all but a few were simply turret swaps:
Fox Scout 7.62mm chaingun or GPMG²
Fox MILAN 7.62mm chaingun or GPMG and twin MILAN post²
Fox AA Oerlikon 20mm
Panga FT700 7.62x2
Panga FT800 12.7/7.62
Panga GKN 7.62x1
Stoat/Pole Cat GKN 7.62 turret (as used on the standard FV432)
Night Fox w/thermal instead or radar²
Fox Blow/Jav 7.62mm chaingun or GPMG (replace MILAN with other missile)²
Thunder Fox 7.62mm chaingun or GPMG and HVM missile
Fox "Glow" NBC reconnaissance (no weapon). This little guy is massively sealed and the interior has a nuclear spall liner.
While none of the turrets fitted to the FV101 Scorpion CVR(T) could be fitted to the FV721 FOX CVR(W), all the turrets on the Fox could be fitted to the Scorpion. This means you can have some really weird and whacky Scorps in your game.
¹I can't find its designation
²This is the same turret and the systems are interchangeable
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