Alvis FV4333 Stormer

Alves FV4333 Storm Tale

The British FV4333 Alvis "Stormer" was developed from the CVR(T) ("Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)") vehicle family that appeared in the 1970s. The collection includes several mission-focused battlefield formats, including the FV101 Scorpion, FV102 Striker, and FV107 Scimitar - detailed elsewhere in this attraction.

The Stormer tracked vehicle becomes an Armored Personnel Carrier (APC), which is versatile and can eventually be used in other roles as needed.

The Stormer improves upon the form and function established by the Scorpion, while retaining its powertrain and general shape to be logistically friendly. The fuselage was lengthened to increase internal volume, and this lengthening required an additional roadwheel on each side of the fuselage for better ground weight transfer and propulsion. The overall shape remains largely in line with the entire CVR(T) line, with well-sloped glacis panels forward, a flat unobstructed fuselage roofline and an angled fuselage rear surface. The drive sprocket of the sprocket assembly is mounted on the front and the chain idler is mounted on the rear.

Smoke grenade launchers are installed in the upper area of ??the glacis panels (two rows of four grenades each), and roof hatches provide the required situational awareness. There is a large rectangular door on the rear wall of the fuselage for passengers to get on and off. A typical operator has just two people -- a driver and a commander sitting side by side -- and the interior seats can accommodate up to nine passengers. The driver sat on the left front of the fuselage with the hatch on the front wing and the engine on his right. The commander's position is right behind the driver, and his hatch is on the actual hull roof.

The vehicle is in the 14-ton range (short), has a built-in machine gun, and measures 5.27 meters long, 2.4 meters wide, and 2.49 meters high - allowing it to be airlifted in the cargo hold of a Lockheed C-130 Hercules or similar. Standard armament is a 7.62mm machine gun mounted on the third right fuselage top cover.

NBC (Nuclear, Biological, Chemical) protection and night vision goggles are optional for the crew.

Power for the line is provided by a liquid-cooled Perkins T6/3544 6-cylinder turbo diesel engine rated at 250 hp at 2,600 rpm. Road speeds reach 50 miles per hour and road range is up to 640 miles. The vehicle relies on a torsion bar suspension system for off-road touring.

The Stormer is endowed with inherently amphibious properties, although this requires some advance preparation by the crew before entering water up to 1 meter deep.

Production of Stormer products began in 1981 under the Alvis Vickers brand label, which was later changed to the BAe Systems Land Systems brand when Alvis was acquired. While the British Army became the main operator of the type, supplying at least 150 vehicles, Malaysia joined as a foreign customer with an initial stock of 25 to 12 vehicles of this type, equipped with powered turrets with 20mm Oerlikon machines. The gun was mounted for use in Infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) and 7.62mm machine guns are used for local defense. The rest consist of weapons with only 2 x 7.62mm machine guns.

In addition, 40 vehicles were delivered to the Indonesian Armed Forces and Oman received four of its own Stormers.

In 1986, the British Army pursued a self-propelled air defense platform and chose the Stormer as the base carrier component. To this end, an unmanned powered turret was added to the rear of the fuselage, with two quad-missile Starstreak High Speed ??Missile (HVM) launchers installed for air defense missions. Passenger capacity was lost and the operator increased to three.

To meet the minelaying requirements of Operation Desert Storm in 1991, Stormer retrofitted new slab beams with the addition of the French "Minotaar" minelaying distribution system. Since 1995, these vehicles have been equipped with the "Shielder" minelaying system.

The first operational use of the Shielder occurred in 1999.

Throughout the vehicle's life cycle, various BAe system models were eventually introduced, including Armored Battlefield Ambulance, Armored Rescue Vehicle (ARV), and Mortar Transporter (81mm and 120mm Transporter types), among others. The Stormer 30 is proposed as an armored kill AFV with a 30mm dual feeder Jungle King II autocannon and optional TOW Anti-Tank Missile (ATGM) launcher.

Also includes a bridge-level vehicle and a command and control (C2) vehicle - all based on the proven chassis and running gear of the CVR(T) series.

Specification

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Performance

Armor

Depends on the weapon of the specific mission.

8 x Smoke Grenade

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