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CVR(W) Fox Armored Car
Specifications
| Country of Origin/Used by: | Great Britain |
| First Produced/Service Dates: | 1967 |
| Manufactured by: | Vickers Defence Systems (Originally: Daimler, Ltd) |
| Crew: | 3 |
| Armament: | Turret: 30mm Rarden Cannon; Co-Axial: 7.62mm Machine Gun |
| Engine: | 6 Cylinder Petrol |
| Miscellaneous Info: | The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance-Wheeled [CVR(W)] Fox was developed as the same time as the CVR-Tracked Scorpion series and is fitted with a similar turret as the Scimitar variant. The Fox shares its lineage with the Ferret Scout Cars, specifically the Mark 4 "Big Wheel" variant. A companion vehicle, the CVR(W) Vixen Liaison Vehicle was also planned, but never put into serial production. |
| Data Sheet Available: |
None Available |
Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| CVR(W) Fox Photos | Major (Retired) Don Allen - Orleans, Ontario Canada |
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CVR(W) Fox Photos |
Neil Baumgardner - Arlington, Virginia USA |
| CVR(W) Fox Armored Car Photos | Mark Hallam - Nottingham, UK |
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Ferret 2 or 2/3 & Saladin Mark 2 Armored Cars Photo |
Dave Haugh - Content Editor |
| CVR (W) Fox Armored Car Photos (Fitted with incorrect turret; probably from a Scimitar Tracked Recon Vehicle) (Taken at the Australian Armour & Artillery Museum - Cairns) | Mckenna35 - Fort Collins, Colorado USA |
| CVR(W) Fox Armored Car Photos | Keith Paget - Northampton, UK |
| CVR(W) Fox Armored CarPhotos | Lt. Col. Dick Taylor (RTR) -
Blandford Forum, |
 CVR(W) Fox
Armored Car Photo |
William Testaert - Brussels, Belgium |
| CVR(W) Fox Photos Taken at The Tank Museum - Bovington, UK | Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK |
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CVR(W) Fox Armored Car Instructional Hull (Driver and Maintenance School - Bovington Camp:
Circa 1994) |
Clive Elliott - Editor of The Shorland Site |
References Available
Online
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| CVR(W) Fox Armored Car Photos and Information | Clash of Steel Website |
| CVR(W) Fox Armoured Car Information and Photos | The Shopland Collection Website |
| "Foxes and Their Cubs" By Peter Brown | Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #19) |
| "Last of the Line - No More Armored Cars in the British Army?" By Peter Brown | Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal (Issue #32) |
Printed
| Reference | Author |
| British Armoured Cars Since 1945 | Simon Dunstan |
| British Infantry Brigade Berlin: Armoured Vehicles of the... (Tankograd British Special No. 9001) | Andreas Kirchhoff |
| Certain Shield: The Multi-National Airmobile Divison on Exercise (Concord Publications) | Michael Jerchel |
| Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars | Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks |
| Ferrets and Fox - AFV Weapons Profile #44 | R.M. Ogorkiewicz |
"Fox On the Run" (June 2024 Issue of Classic
Military Vehicle Magazine. |
Craig Moore |
| Jane's AFV Recognition Handbook | Christopher F. Foss |
| Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles In Service | B.T. White |
Hobby Modeling
Kits and Accessories
| Model Kit | Manufacturer | Scale | Other Information |
| CVR(W) Fox Armored Car Model Kit | Accurate Armour | 1/35 | Resin |
| CVR(W) Fox Armored Car Model Kit (PWB-01) | Matador Models | 1/76 | Resin |
Model Photos
| Reference | Source/Provider |
| Fox CVR(W) Armored Car Model Kit (1/76 Matador Models) | Ron Bell - Columbus, Ohio USA |
| Fox CVR(W) Armored Car Model Kit (1/35 Accurate Armour) | Alan Crawford - Milwaukee, Wisconsin USA |
CVR(W) Fox Model Photographed at AMPS 95 |
Patrick Keenan - Content Editor |
