FV107 Scimitar - Additional Specification

Additional Specification

  • Ground clearance: 0.35 m
  • Main armament: 30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon. (Fires at up to 90 rounds per minute)
  • Ammunition types:
    • High Explosive Incendiary (HEI)
    • High Explosive (HE)
    • Armour Piercing (AP)
    • APSE (Armour Piercing Secondary Effects)
    • Armour Piercing Discarding Sabot-Tracer (APDS-T)
  • Additional defence: 2 x 4-barrel smoke launchers.
  • Ammunition stores:
    • 30 mm — 165 rounds
    • 7.62 mm — 2,000 rounds (official but in practice as many 200 round boxes as can be stored).
    • As with all UK Armoured vehicles, it is equipped with a forced air system, so the crew can lock down in a CBRN environment, for this reason they are equipped with a boiling vessel BV, to cook and make hot drinks, it also has a hole in the center of the commander's seat that can be used as a toilet.

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