FV101 Scorpion
The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), CVR(T), family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by Alvis, it was introduced into service with the British Army in 1973 and was withdrawn in 1994. More than 3,000 were produced and used as a reconnaissance vehicle or a light tank. It holds the Guinness world record for the fastest production tank; recorded doing at the QinetiQ vehicle test track, Chertsey, Surrey, on 26 January 2002.
Q145
British
LOC
Q1751753
reconnaissance vehicle
Concept
Q2984722
Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)
Concept
Q26952
Alvis
MEDIA
Q222595
British Army
ORG
Q875583
light tank
Concept
Q41675
Guinness world record
MEDIA
Q1759946
QinetiQ
MEDIA
Q1070428
Chertsey
LOC
Q23276
Surrey
LOC
Q610358
FV101 Scorpion
MISC
1973-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1973
DATE
1994-01-01T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
1994
DATE
2002-01-26T00:00:00Z^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#dateTime
26 January 2002
DATE
+101^^http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#decimal
101
NUMBER
country of origin
manufacturer
service entry
subclass of