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CVR(W) Vixen Liaison Vehicle

 


Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by: Great Britain
First Produced/Service Dates: 1970
Manufactured by: Royal Ordnance Factory - Leeds (Later: Vickers Defence Systems)
Crew: 4
Armament: Turret: (1) 7.62mm Machine Gun
Engine: 6 Cylinder Petrol
Miscellaneous: The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance-Wheeled [CVR(W)] Vixen Liaison Vehicle was planned to be the companion vehicle to the CVR(W) Fox Armored Car, but was cancelled in 1975 before put into serial production.
Data Sheet Available:   None Available

Photos

Reference Source/Provider
CVR(W) Vixen Liaison Vehicle Photos (Taken at the Tank Museum at Bovington & the Imperial War Museum at Duxford, UK) Major (Retired) Don Allen - Orleans, Ontario Canada
CVR(W) Vixen Liaison Vehicle Photos Keith Paget - Northampton, UK
CVR(W) Vixen Liaison Vehicle Photos (Taken at the Tank Museum at Bovington, UK) Dennis Trowbridge -  Bristol, UK

References Available

Online

Reference Source/Provider
"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
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
Ferrets and Fox - AFV Weapons Profile #44 R.M. Ogorkiewicz

Hobby Modeling

Kits and Accessories

Model Kit Manufacturer Scale Other Information
CVR(W) Vixen Liaison Vehicle Model Kit Accurate Armour 1/35 Resin.
       
Aftermarket  Set Manufacturer Scale Other Information
       

Model Photos

Reference Source/Provider