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FV 712 Ferret Mark 5 Scout Car

with Swingfire Anti-Tank Missile System

Specifications

Country of Origin/Used by:	Great Britain
First Produced/Service Dates:	1967
Manufactured by:	Chassis: The Daimler Company, Ltd.; Turret: British Aircraft Corporation
Crew:	2
Armament:	Main: (4) Swingfire Anti-Tank Missile Pods; Secondary: (1) 7.62mm GPMG Machine Gun
Engine:	6 Cylinder Gasoline (Rolls-Royce B60 Mk 6A)
Miscellaneous Info:	The Mark 5 Ferret was the second anti-tank variant in the series, after the Mark 2/6.  The Mark 5 was instead based on the same chassis/hull as the Mark 4 "Big Wheel" Ferret. Although initially a larger number were to be built, only 32 were produced due to the subsequent procurement of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance-Tracked [CVR(T)] series of vehicles.
Data Sheet Available:	None Available

Photos

Reference	Source/Provider
Ferret Scout Car Instructional Hull & 3D Electrical Diagram (Driver and Maintenance School - Bovington Camp: Circa 1994)	Clive Elliott - Editor of The Shorland Site
Ferret Scout Car Instructional Hull/Interior Photos (The Tank Museum - Bovington, UK)	Keith Paget - Northampton, UK
Ferret Scout Car Instructional Hull Photos (The Tank Museum - Bovington, UK)	Dennis Trowbridge
Ferret Mark 5 with Swingfire Anti-Tank Missile System Photos	Peter Brown - Wimborne, Dorset, England
Ferret Mark 5 with Swingfire Anti-Tank Missile System Photo	The David Haugh Collection
Ferret Mark 5 with Swingfire Anti-Tank Missile System Photos	David Green - Oxfordshire, UK
Ferret Mark 5 with Swingfire Anti-Tank Missile System Photos - Bovington	Dennis Trowbridge - Bristol, UK

References Available

Online

Printed

Reference	Author
"Big-Wheeled Ferrets" (February 2015 Issue of Classic Military Vehicle Magazine)	David Fletcher
British Armoured Cars Since 1945	Simon Dunstan
"Daimler Ferret" (March 2013 Issue of Military Machines International Magazine)	Geoff Fletcher
Daimler "Ferret" Scout Car - Armored/Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Data #2	David R. Haugh
Encyclopedia of Armoured Cars	Duncan Crow & Robert J. Icks
Ferrets and Fox - AFV Weapons Profile #44	R.M. Ogorkiewicz
Ferret: the FV 700 Series In British Army Service	Pat Ware Warehouse Military Vehicle Datafile
Wheeled Armoured Fighting Vehicles In Service	B.T. White

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