Alvis: Scorpion

Scorpion. Exhibit at Grampian Transport Museum.

Exhibit at the Tank Museum.

Exhibit at the Tank Museum.

Note: This is a sub-section of Alvis

Engine: Jaguar 6-cylinder 4.2-litre 195-hp

Service: 1973-94

1969 Introduced as the world's first series produced aluminium bodied tank and designed to be air transportable and dropped by parachute. Overall weight was just over eight tons with a top speed of 50 mph and a range of 400 miles. The first version engine was a Jaguar unit

1973 First units entered service

1981 The RAF took delivery of 184 units

Later units used a Perkins turbo-diesel engine producing 155 bhp

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