Re: Fox (I THINK) Was Re: UK Sabre CVR(T) type vehicle

>I do believe you are correct.	If mymemory serves, the 30mm gun turret
on
>the Fox was very similar in appearance (if not identical--never saw one
in
>person) to the Scimitar turret.

The Fox turret is (IIRC) more rectangular in overhead view than the
scorpion/scimitar turrets which are multi-faceted (octagonal?).

The Fox was a four-wheeled A/C with a hull rather similar in shape to
the
Ferret scout car (but larger).

Jon (GZG)
>
>I suppose this means that the Brits have gone to a standardized
armament for
>their recon units--makes sense.
>
>Rob
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: Brian Bilderback <bbilderback@hotmail.com>
>To: <gzg-l@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU>
>Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2000 3:47 PM
>Subject: Fox (I THINK) Was Re: UK Sabre CVR(T) type vehicle
>
>
>> I went back and looked around, and the SABRE's turret bears a
striking
>> resemblance to the turret on an armored car called the Fox, which
>according
>> to GHQ, left British service in 1996.  This would seem,
timeline-wise, to
>> fit with the earlier comments on this subject.  Yes? No?
>>
>> Brian Bilderback
>>
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