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Armoured personnel carrier
FV103 Spartan is a armoured personnel carrier originating in United Kingdom. Reported operators include Botswana, Iraq, Jordan, Latvia, Nigeria, Oman, Ukraine, Islamic State - West Africa Province.
United KingdomArmoured personnel carrier
United Kingdom
1978
967
10,670 kg (10.50 long tons) 9 ton 55 lbs Battle weight
5.16 metres (16.9 ft)
2.48 metres (8 ft 2 in)
2.63 metres (8 ft 8 in)
3, with 4 passengers
1 x 7.62 mm General Purpose Machine Gun
Jaguar J60 4.2 litre DOHC inline six-cylinder petrol engine 252 lbs/ft at 3,000 rpm replaced with Cummins 5.9 turbo diesel 190 hp (140 kW) at 4,500 rpm
17.9 hp/t
Torsion bar
320 mi (510 km)
60 mph (96 km/h)
Botswana
Iraq
Jordan
Latvia
Nigeria
Oman
Ukraine
Islamic State - West Africa Province
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Reference text from Wikipedia contributors, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.
True 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| 28 Sept 2026 | 5.16 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
FV103 Spartan equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
BotswanaNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Armored personnel carriers". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
IraqReported count for FV103 Spartan. Service scope: current equipment of the Iraqi Ground Forces; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Retired, wholly reserve and on-order rows are excluded; the reported count retains any explicitly mixed stock scope in the quoted row. Count column(s): in service: 100. Origin: United Kingdom. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. Dates are the count-cell citations' stated source period (2024), not the article revision. Cited source 2024-05-08. Edition or publication years do not claim an exact inventory census day.
JordanReported count for FV103 Spartan. Service scope: Royal Jordanian Army; does not replace a national total. 1 distinct count cell(s) from the same source list; shared rowspan cells counted once. Excludes retired/reserve/on-order rows. Count column(s): number: 100. Origin: United Kingdom. The listed variants/roles are the scope, not an immediately deployable count. The components do not establish one inventory census date; the stored date is the retrieved source snapshot.
Latvia
Nigeria
OmanArmy exact named equipment holdings: FV103 Spartan. 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 / AUV. 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.
TogoArmy exact named equipment holdings: FV103 Spartan. 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 / AUV. 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.
UkraineArmy exact named equipment holdings: FV103 Spartan. 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 (T). 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.
Botswana, Iraq, Jordan, Latvia, Nigeria, Oman, Ukraine, Islamic State - West Africa Province
Equipment reference ↗Army holdings of the exact named FV103 Spartan component: active, reserve operational and training units, excluding equipment in store. This is a service-scoped observation, not a national total or combat-readiness count. No parent-design, sibling-variant, heading aggregate or mounted-weapon total is inherited.