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Armoured vehicles1952–present
Armoured personnel carrier
Alvis Saracen is a armoured personnel carrier originating in United Kingdom. It was built by Alvis.
United KingdomTrue scale
Sourced dimensions beside a 1.75 m human reference.
Points represent sourced observations, including revisions. Revisions on the same effective date are not separate inventory events. Ranges appear in the table and are not plotted as exact points.
| Observation / report period | Value | Source | Claim state |
|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Sept 2026 | 4.8 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
Armoured personnel carrier
United Kingdom
1952–present
See "Operators"
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Alvis
1952–1976
11.0 t
4.8 m
2.54 m
2.46 m
2 + up to 9 troops
16 mm Rolled homogeneous armour (RHA)
Browning M1919 machine gun or L37 GPMG
Bren LMG, 6–12 smoke grenade launchers
Rolls-Royce B80 Mk 3A or Mk 6A, 8 cyl Inlet over Exhaust petrol 160 hp
14.5 hp/tonne
6x6 wheel, independent torsion bars
400 km
72 km/h (off-road 32 km/h)
Amal Movement
Australia
Biafra
Brunei
Indonesia
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
Mauritania
Nigeria
Qatar
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam
British Hong Kong
United States
Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alvis Saracen equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Australia
Brunei
IndonesiaArmy exact named equipment holdings: FV603 Saracen (14 upgraded). Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Jordan
Kenya
Kuwait
Lebanon
Libya
MauritaniaArmy exact named equipment holdings: FV603 Saracen. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
NigeriaArmy exact named equipment holdings: FV603 Saracen. Active, operational-reserve and training units excluding equipment in store; November 2025 IISS assessment. Named service only; no parent-force or national total inferred. Source role: ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES / APC (W). Original estimates, ranges, reporting names, reserve, lease and employment scopes retained; nested included counts are not added. Missile-system quantities mean launchers, not rounds. No readiness, crew, carried weapon, payload, factory-production or future order count inherited.
Qatar
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Thailand
United Arab Emirates United Kingdom
United StatesAmal Movement, Australia, Biafra, Brunei, Indonesia, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Nigeria, Qatar, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, British Hong Kong, United States
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