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Armoured Fighting Vehicles

Volume 501: debated on Tuesday 24 November 2009

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armoured vehicles of each type were classified as (a) in service, (b) fit for purpose and (c) not in service on the latest date for which figures are available. (301595)

The numbers of armoured vehicles of each type classified as ‘in service', ‘fit for purpose' and ‘out of service' are provided in the following table.

Significant quantities of Mastiff, Vector, Bulldog and Snatch are currently in the process of withdrawal to the UK following the cessation of operations in Iraq.

Vehicle

In service

Fit for purpose

Out of service

AS90

145

132

0

Challenger 2

345

261

40

CRARRV

81

70

0

CVR(T)

1,052

928

116

FV 430 (Mk2 and Bulldog)

1,110

658

290

Fuchs

11

11

0

Saxon

147

147

0

Titan

33

24

0

Trojan

33

25

0

Warrior

793

552

0

Mastiff

271

134

0

Panther

401

334

0

Ridgeback

118

73

0

Snatch 2 (including variants)

653

358

0

Vector

192

87

0

Viking

116

86

0