Variants
There are several Marks of Ferret, including those with varying equipment, turret or no turret and armed with Swingfire anti-tank missiles. Including all the marks and experimental variants there have probably been over 60 different vehicles.
- Mk 1
- FV701C
- Liaison duties
- No turret
- MK 1/1
- Heavier armour than Mk 1
- Sealed hull for fording.
- Mk 1/2
- Extended height roof
- Crew of three
- Equipped with Browing .30 or later GPMG gun
- Mk 2
- Turret from Alvis Saracen APC
- Produced first
- Mk 2/1 to 5
- Small improvements at each stage including thicker armour.
- MK 2/6
- FV703
- Twin Vigilant antitank missiles
- Used by British Army and Abu Dhabi
- Mk 2/7
- FV701
- Mk 2/6 stripped of anti-tank missiles after Vigilant withdrawn from service
- Mk 4
- FV711
- Improved Mk 2
- Larger wheels
- Heavier armour
- Stronger suspension
- Flotation screen
- Mk 5
- FV712
- Modified Mark 4.
- L7 GPMG
- Swingfire anti-tank missiles in unusual wide flat turret
- Ferret 80
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