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FV 610 armoured command post-Royal Artillery (ACP): no turret and higher roof to the armoured compartment allowed headroom for the battery command post officer and technical assistants of the Royal Artillery to sit at a fitted table and use their plotting instruments and ALS 21 in front of the
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The Saracen was in turn used as an armoured personnel carrier, armoured command vehicle, and ambulance. The FV 603 model saw many variants in detail, including radio or command fitments and specialist equipment for artillery or signals use.
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could be mounted on an anti-aircraft ring mount accessed through a roof hatch and there were ports on the sides through which troops could fire. Although removed from active service, it saw extensive use into the 1980s in
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was the armoured personnel carrier of Alvis's FV600 series. Besides the driver and commander, a squad of eight soldiers plus a troop commander could be carried. Most models carried a small turret on the roof, carrying a
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from 1952 to 1976. It has been used by a variety of operators around the world and is still in use in secondary roles in some countries. The Saracen became a recognisable vehicle as a result of its part in
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by the state government of South Australia took place on 25 October 2014. The protest, organised by the National Trust of SA, featured an Alvis Saracen and other vintage military vehicles.
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The Saracen was produced both with and without turrets fitted. They are popular with collectors due to their prices being as low as $ 20,000 in Australia and $ 11,000 in the
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out of a British Army testing area by shrinking it to toy size with the help of a machine invented by his boss Professor Rushton (played by Noel Howlett).
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command post officer. There were also fittings for a canvas penthouse to the rear and sides. A small generator was sometimes carried on a front wing.
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In the 1992 film The Crying Game, one the main characters is killed, "he were run over by a Saracen" when he attempts to escape his IRA captors.
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FV 604 armoured command vehicle (ACV): with extra radio equipment and distinctive "penthouse" roof extensions to support.
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McClintock, Anne (April 1987). "'Azikwelwa' (We Will Not Ride): Politics and Value in Black South African Poetry".
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and the discrepancy between what was really happening and the perception of the conflict by the British public.
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Saracen was produced before Saladin because of the urgent need for a personnel carrier to serve in the
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remained similar, but the engine, transmission, and braking systems varied significantly.
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protest group drove their Saracen into the City of London and parked it outside the
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for the gun-ring at the rear of the vehicle. Later Marks carried the LMG and
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in Bishopsgate. The Saracen, which had been painted bright blue with
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As a member of the FV 600 series, it shared a similar chassis to the
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In the 1967 episode "Mission... Highly Improbable" of the TV series
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Saracen of the San Francisco Police Department SWAT team in action
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were used as the basis for taxis, fitted with a prop bodyshell.
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A Saracen masquerades as a German armoured car in the 1964 film
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Unrestored interior of a 1959 Saracen armoured personnel carrier
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The 8x8 Saracen variant at the South African School of Armour,
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Times Online: "Black bra, red stockings: is that a fair cop?"
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An Alvis Saracen in a community protest against the sale of
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Challenger Armoured Repair and Recovery Vehicle (CRARRV)
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A community protest against the sale of heritage-listed
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The Saracen is mentioned in the Irish Republican song "
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and was a familiar sight, nicknamed 'Sixers', during "
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as carriers for prisoners and personnel carriers for
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The Independent: "G20 protesters to sue Met Police"
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FV 603 Saracen at Woodvale Transport Festival 2015.
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Index


Armoured personnel carrier
Aden Emergency
Malayan Emergency
30 September Movement coup
The Troubles
Nigerian Civil War
South African Border War
Soweto uprising
Sri Lankan Civil War
Black September
Yom Kippur War
Lebanese Civil War
Invasion of Kuwait
2003–2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh
Alvis
Armour
Rolled homogeneous armour
Browning M1919
L37 GPMG
Rolls-Royce B80
torsion bars
armoured personnel carrier
Alvis
Operation Banner
Northern Ireland
South African government
apartheid

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