FV 430 Series
INTRO PAGE


Vehicle seen at Beltring 2005.

VARIANTS:
FV 430: Pre production model. Wombat carrier: 120mm Wombat recoilless rifle mounted over the rear troop compartment.
FV 432 Mk I: Exhaust on hull top FV 433: Abbot self propelled gun. (see Abbot Page)
FV 432 Mk I with Peak Engineering Turret: GPMG turret fitted. FV 434: Maintenance vehicle for REME units.
FV 432 Mk II: Exhaust on hull side FV 435: Wavell Communications fitted vehicle.
FV 432 Mk II with Peak Engineering Turret: GPMG turret fitted. FV 436: Mortar-locating radar system "Green Archer" or  Cymbeline: Artillery location radar system  fitted.
Mine Layer: Fitted with a Bar Mine or Ranger launcher system FV 437 Pathfinder: Special recovery vehicle
Command:  Fitted with map boards and extra radios. FV 438: Swingfire ATGW missile armed vehicle.
Mortar carrier: British 81mm mortar fitted on turntable firing through the  roof hatch. FV 439: Signals vehicle.
 Ambulance:  Unarmed, equipped with four stretchers.
FV432-30: Vehicle equipped with a Fox armoured car turret armed with a 30mm Rarden cannon.
DATA
Year: 1961 Hull Length: 5.25m
Main Armament: 7.62mm GPMG Width: 2.8m
Machine Guns:   Height: 2.28m 
Armour: 6 to 12mm Engine: Rolls-Royce K60 No.4 Mk 4F 6-cylinder 240BHP
Crew: 2 + 10 Speed: 32mph 
Weight: 15.04tons Range: 360miles

 

OH BOY! what did I let myself in for, I know I wanted to revamp the web site and add new photos but when I came to this page, even I was surprised as to how many photos I had.  Hence the lack of them on this page;  this is just  a gateway to FV432 Hell or Heaven..

60+ photos of various 432's are contained here, some are of the same vehicle but that still leaves over 50 different vehicles and I have not yet scanned some in.  These pages are MEGA picture heavy so please bear this in mind when looking at them.

Oh well Have fun:

Page 2 :  Contains - FV430, FV432 Mk.I, FV432 Mk.2 & FV434

Page 3 : Contains - FV436, FV439, FV432-30, Other Variants and Tank Limo.