The armoured and partially armoured (protected) vehicles currently available to the armed forces and the companies from which they were purchased are provided in the following table:
Vehicle Company Number in service AS90 BAE Systems (formerly Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd.) 144 Challenger 2 BAE Systems (formerly Alvis Vickers) 383 CRAARV BAE Systems (formerly Vickers) 81 CVR(T) BAE Systems (formerly Alvis Vickers) 1,200 Fuchs Rheinmetall Landsysteme GmbH 11 FV 430 (Mk2 + Bulldog) BAE Systems (formerly Alvis Vickers) 1,487 Saxon BAE Systems (formerly Alvis Vickers) 147 Shielder Alliant Techsystems Incorporated 30 Stormer BAE Systems (formally Alvis) 115 Titan BAE Systems (formerly Alvis Vickers) 29 Trojan BAE Systems (formerly Alvis Vickers) 30 Warrior BAE Systems (formerly Alvis Vickers) 793 Mastiff US Department of Defense (then integrated by NP Aerospace) 157 Panther IVECO & BAE Systems 401 Ridgback US Department of Defense (then integrated by NP Aerospace) 20 Snatch 2a and Snatch VIXEN NP Aerospace 645 Vector BAE Systems 178 Viking BAE Systems (formally Hagglunds) 116
Information on the average estimated whole life costs as a percentage of the purchase price is not available for many of the older vehicles because much of the data are no longer held. For the newer vehicles procured as Urgent Operational Requirements (UORs), while support costs are considered, predicted whole life costs are generally not calculated as a precursor to the procurement. This is because the speed of delivery of this equipment is the absolute priority in these cases and the capability may be so specific to the threat that we do not expect to retain it beyond the operation. We are able to provide the information requested for the more recent non-UOR projects, Panther, Titan and Trojan, which is provided in the following table:
Vehicle Procurement cost (£ million) Estimated whole life cost (WLC) (£ million) WLC as percentage of procurement cost Panther 230 70 30 Titan and Trojan 340 100 30