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Armoured recovery vehicle
FV106 Samson is a armoured recovery vehicle originating in United Kingdom.
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Retained English infobox, specifications and article text
FV106 Samson Type Armoured recovery vehicle Place of origin United Kingdom Production history No. built 136 Specifications Mass 8.7 tonnes Length 5 m (including Vice and bench) Width 2.4 m Height 2.8 m (Including A-frame) Crew Commander, driver and crew Main armament 1 x 7.62 mm L7 GPMG Secondary ar
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Armoured recovery vehicle
United Kingdom
136
8.7 tonnes
5 m (including Vice and bench)
2.4 m
2.8 m (Including A-frame)
Commander, driver and crew
1 x 7.62 mm L7 GPMG
8 Smoke dischargers
Jaguar 4.2 litre petrol
483 Km
72 km/h
Togo
Belgium
Brunei Darussalam
Latvia
Oman
Philippines
Thailand
United Kingdom
Ukraine
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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| 28 Sept 2026 | 5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 5 m | Wikipedia contributors | approved |
| 28 Sept 2026 | 5 m | Wikipedia contributors | superseded |
FV106 Samson equipment records. Variants, orders and quantities are shown as reported in each inventory source; coverage is incomplete.
Belgium
BruneiNumber column of the Wikipedia list table under "Armoured personnel carriers". The list's own wording applies; it is a compiled secondary source, not an official census.
Latvia
OmanReported count for FV106 Samson. Service scope: Royal Army of Oman; 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): quantity: 3. 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.
Philippines
Thailand
Togo
UkraineArmy exact named equipment holdings: FV106 Samson. 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: ENGINEERING & MAINTENANCE VEHICLES / ARV. 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.
United Kingdom
VenezuelaTogo, Belgium, Brunei Darussalam, Latvia, Oman, Philippines, Thailand, United Kingdom, Ukraine
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