FV105 Sultan vs General Dynamics Ajax

FV105 Sultan — licensed reference photograph

AArmoured vehicles

FV105 Sultan

Credit

SGT Brian Gavin · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified

General Dynamics Ajax — licensed reference photograph

BArmoured vehicles

General Dynamics Ajax

Armoured fighting vehicle

Credit

Richard Watt · OGL v1.0 · Resized · OGL v1.0 · Source ↗ · Modified

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

FV105 SultanLength

4.82 m

Length source ↗

General Dynamics AjaxLength

7.62 m

Length source ↗

Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

FV105 Sultanlarger figure on 1 of 4

Speed+14%

General Dynamics Ajaxlarger figure on 3 of 4

Length+58%
Width+47%
Mass+403%

Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.

Measured figures

Head to head

10 of 21 rows sourced on both sides

4.82m

7.62m

Length+58%

All recorded figures & sources

4.82 m

Length

Single source

4.82 m (15 ft 10 in)^[source]

7.62 m

Length

Single source

7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)^[source]

2.28m

3.35m

Width+47%

All recorded figures & sources

2.28 m

Width

Single source

2.28 m (7 ft 6 in)^[source]

3.35 m

Width

Single source

3.35 m (11 ft 0 in)^[source]

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Height

All recorded figures & sources

3 m

Height

Single source

3.00 m (9 ft 10 in)^[source]

8.3t

42t

Mass+403%

All recorded figures & sources

8,346 kg

Mass

Single source

8,346 kg (8.214 long tons)^[source]

42,000 kg

Mass

Single source

38,000 kg

with growth potential to

Single source

38 tonnes with growth potential to 42 tonnes^[source]

Crew

All recorded figures & sources

6 people

Crew

Single source

6^[source]

3 people

crew for Ajax variant 2 crew+7 passengers for Ares variant

Single source

3 crew for Ajax variant 2 crew+7 passengers for Ares variant^[source]

80km/hMaximum; Maximum speed

70km/hMaximum; Maximum speed

Speed+14%

All recorded figures & sources

80 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed

Single source

80 km/h (50 mph)^[source]

70 km/h

Maximum; Maximum speed

Single source

70 km/h (43 mph)^[source]

450kmOperational; Operational range

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Range

All recorded figures & sources

450 km

Operational; Operational range

Single source

450 km (280 mi)^[source]

142kWCummins BTA 5.9 diesel

600kWMTU Friedrichshafen V8 engine

PowerScopes differ

All recorded figures & sources

142 kW

Cummins BTA 5.9 diesel

Single source

Cummins BTA 5.9 diesel 190 hp (142 kW)^[source]

600 kW

MTU Friedrichshafen V8 engine

Single source

MTU Friedrichshafen V8 engine 600 kW (800 bhp)^[source]

Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.

Configuration

Details

FV105 Sultan and General Dynamics Ajax configuration
Specification	FV105 Sultan	General Dynamics Ajax
Place of origin	United Kingdom^[source]	United Kingdom^[source]
Main armament	FN MAG on pintle mount^[source]	40 mm (1.6 in) CTA International CTAS40 cannon^[source]
Suspension	torsion bar^[source]	Torsion bar^[source]
Manufacturer	Alvis plc^[source]	General Dynamics UK^[source]
Type	—	Armoured fighting vehicle^[source]
Designer	—	General Dynamics UK^[source]
Developed from	—	ASCOD 2^[source]
Secondary armament	—	7.62 mm L94A1 coaxial chain gun Kongsberg Protector Remote Weapon Station (UK testing with 7.62 mm L7 General-purpose machine gun and Javelin ATGM )^[source]
Transmission	—	RENK 6 speed HSWL 256B^[source]
Reported operators	Reported operator · Brunei Darussalam Reported operator · Honduras Reported operator · Latvia Reported operator · Ukraine	—

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FV105 Sultan

General Dynamics Ajax

Place of origin

United Kingdom^[source]

Main armament

FN MAG on pintle mount^[source]

40 mm (1.6 in) CTA International CTAS40 cannon^[source]

Suspension

torsion bar^[source]

Torsion bar^[source]

Manufacturer

Alvis plc^[source]

General Dynamics UK^[source]

Type

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Armoured fighting vehicle^[source]

Designer

—

General Dynamics UK^[source]

Developed from

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ASCOD 2^[source]

Secondary armament

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7.62 mm L94A1 coaxial chain gun Kongsberg Protector Remote Weapon Station (UK testing with 7.62 mm L7 General-purpose machine gun and Javelin ATGM )^[source]

Transmission

—

RENK 6 speed HSWL 256B^[source]

Reported operators

Reported operator · Brunei Darussalam
Reported operator · Honduras
Reported operator · Latvia
Reported operator · Ukraine

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