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Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Volume 495: debated on Tuesday 7 July 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armoured vehicles of each type are (a) in service with the UK Land Command, (b) fit for purpose, (c) undergoing repair and (d) unavailable for operations for other reasons. (284531)

Headquarters Land Command became Headquarters Land Forces on 1 April 2008. The vehicle holdings, as at 3 July 2009, are provided in the following table.

Vehicle type

In service

Fit for purpose

Undergoing repair

Unavailable

Warrior all variants

793

619

158

16

CVR(T) all variants

1,196

908

280

8

Saxon Patrol

147

140

5

2

AFV 430 all variants

1,487

1,360

107

20

Challenger 2

345

334

5

6

Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle

81

75

4

2

Titan

27

27

0

0

Trojan

28

28

0

0

Viking all variants

184

180

2

2

Stormer HVM

115

109

6

0

Shielder

30

25

1

4

AS 90

146

140

3

3

Panther

401

396

3

2

Jackal

202

160

41

1

Snatch

568

544

24

0

Mastiff

182

170

12

0

Ridgback

30

29

1

0

Vector

178

143

35

0

Some vehicle platforms have been undergoing radio conversion work, repairs and overhauls and have therefore been taken temporarily out of service on a rolling basis. This has affected the number of fit for purpose vehicles, which can change on a daily basis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Government plans to purchase the Avaris 4x4 protected vehicle. (284598)

The Government have no current plans to purchase the Aravis vehicle.