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Army: Vehicles

Volume 493: debated on Thursday 11 June 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many combat vehicles of each type are in service with each infantry battalion; who the manufacturer of each type of vehicle is; and how many of each type of vehicle are available under urgent operational requirements to each battalion. (278966)

The information requested for all “combat” vehicles is not held centrally and could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

The number of armoured tracked vehicles in service with each Infantry Battalion is shown in the following table.

Unit

Warrior

CVR(T)

FV430

1st Battalion The Scots Guards

26

8

8

4th Battalion The Royal Regiment of Scotland

28

12

9

1st Battalion The Princess of Wales's Royal Regiment

26

13

4

1st Battalion The Duke of Lancashire Regiment

0

8

36

1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers

34

16

11

1st Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment

0

12

58

3rd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment

30

18

20

3rd Battalion The Mercian Regiment

44

16

5

2nd Battalion The Royal Welsh

38

11

5

4th Battalion The Rifles

0

10

61

5th Battalion The Rifles

21

12

9

BAE Systems (formerly Alvis Vickers) manufactures all three vehicle types. None of these vehicles were procured through the Urgent Operational Requirement process. We do not release the numbers of vehicles available for deployment on operations, as its disclosure would be likely to prejudice the security and capability of the armed forces.