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Designation:

Saxon

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Manufactured by: ALVIS PLC  
Type: Armoured Vehicles  
Name: Wheeled armoured personnel carrier  
 
 

SAXON is a 4x4 vehicle offering 2-wheel and 4-wheel drive in high and low ratios for on-and-off road use in urban to battlefield environments. Saxon is air-transportable in C130 Hercules and other transport aircraft,

room for driver, commander and 8-10 personnel and stowage space for combat supplies, anti-tank weapons, and ammunition. Its large interior capacity makes it ideal for command, ambulance and other volume demanding roles,

SAXON'S protection is supeior even to many tracked armoured vehicles, providing both crew protection against 5,56mm and 7.62mm ball and AP, anti-tank mines up to 9 Kg, and 155mm HE air bursts.

SAXON can be fitted with gun ports, pintle mounted or turret mounted machine guns, and a variety of vehicle launched anti-tank and air defence missiles,

to provide ease of access to engine, gearbox and transfer gearbox to facilitate rapid inspection and maintenance,

from the outset to be a family of vehicles, its mobility, capacity and protection making it ideally suited for many roles, including:

  • ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER

  • COMMAND VEHICLE

  • REPAIR & RECOVERY VEHICLE

  • AMBULANCE

  • AIRFIELD DEFENCE & CLEARANCE

  • MORTAR CARRIER

  • SURVEILLANCE

  • OBSERVATION


Specifications
Property
Value
Number of drive wheels
6
Number of wheels
6
Length (mm)
5170
Width (mm)
2490
Height (mm)
2630
Ground clearance (mm)
290
Weight (kg)
11660
Max. road speed (km/h)
96
Vertical obstacle (mm)
410
Gradient (%)
66
Engine power output (h.p.)
160
Maximum torque (Nm)
541
Number of forward gears
4
Number of reverse gears
1
Max. road range (km)
480
Crew
2
Troops
10



Saxon Quantities:
Country
Quantity
BAHREIN BAHREIN
10
MALAYSIA MALAYSIA
44
NIGERIA NIGERIA
75
OMAN OMAN
22
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
10
UNITED KINGDOM UNITED KINGDOM
664
Total:
825

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