Description
It had a crew of three and had a low profile rotating turret armed with a 30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon which was manually fed with 3 round clips; 99 rounds were carried. A coaxial L37A2 7.62 mm machine gun was mounted with 2,600 rounds. The weapons were not stabilised. This turret was also equipped with a set of 2 4-barrelled smoke dischargers. The vehicle had a combat weight of 6.75 tonnes and was designed to be air-portable. The Fox had aluminium armour and was fitted with a flotation screen. It lacked protection against nuclear, biological and chemical weapons. Powered by a Jaguar 4.2-litre 6-cylinder petrol engine, the Fox was one of the fastest vehicles of its type.
The Fox was typically attached to armoured and mechanized infantry battalions. The use of high mobility light vehicles such as the Fox would provide the ability to out flank heavier armoured divisions. This also potentially enabled the Fox to act as a scout and a vehicle that can engage similar light vehicles. The Fox's all-welded aluminum armour hull and turret protected against medium and heavy machine gun fire and artillery splinters. The driver viewed through an integral periscope/hatch cover that lifts open while the turret holds the commander with gunner to his right and loader to his left. - Without preparation, the Fox can ford one metre of water and a flotation screen can be erected in two minutes. - Air portable, three Foxes can be carried by one C-130 Hercules aircraft, two of which can be parachute dropped.
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