AArmoured vehicles
FV105 Sultan
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SGT Brian Gavin · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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AArmoured vehicles
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FV105 Sultanlarger figure on 1 of 5
OT-64 SKOTlarger figure on 4 of 5
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Length
Single source4.82 m (15 ft 10 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | FV105 Sultan | OT-64 SKOT |
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| Place of origin | United Kingdom[source] | Czechoslovakia Poland[source] |
| Main armament | FN MAG on pintle mount[source] | 7.62 mm PKT machine gun and 14.5 mm KPV machine gun.[source] |
| Suspension | torsion bar[source] | 8×8 or 8×4[source] |
| Manufacturer | Alvis plc[source] | Fabryka Samochodów Ciężarowych (FSC) (Polish People's Republic) |
7.44 m[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Type | — | Wheeled amphibious armored personnel carrier[source] |
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| In service | — | 1963–present[source] |
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| Used by | — | See Operators[source] |
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| Wars | — | Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Western Sahara War Uganda–Tanzania War Iran–Iraq War Operation Blue Star Insurgency in Punjab, India Syrian civil war Russo-Ukrainian War Russian invasion of Ukraine[source] |
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| Designed | — | 1959[source] |
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| Unit cost | — | $53,000 (vehicle's unit price for Morocco in 1967)[source] |
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| Produced | — | 1963 – early 1970s[source] |
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| No. built | — | 4,500[source] |
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| Variants | — | See Variants[source] |
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| Armor | — | 6-13 mm[source] |
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| Power/weight | — | 12.4 hp/tonne[source] |
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