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Abbreviations


 

British Army - The Infantry - AFV 432 - Bulldog - a5a09 - Armed Forces

THE INFANTRY

AFV 432 AND AFV Mk3 BULLDOG

 

AFV 432

 

In service since the early 1960s the basic 432 armoured personnel carrier is NBC proof and when necessary can be converted for swimming when it has a water speed of 6 km/h (if required).


Properly maintained it is a rugged and reliable vehicle with a good cross-country performance.

 

AFV 432 Bulldog

 

In July 2006 the UK Mod announced the provision, for Iraq, of around 70 uparmoured and upgraded FV430 troop carriers (Bulldog), in addition to the 54 already on contract.

 

Deliveries started in late 2006. In the longer term the MoD expects 900 vehicles to be upgraded to the Bulldog specification and the programme should be complete by mid 2011.


For counter-insurgency operations the up-armoured FV430 provides a similar level of protection to Warrior and the vehicle will is able to carry out many of the same tasks, thereby relieving the pressure on heavily committed Warrior vehicles in armoured infantry battlegroups.
 

AFV 432 Specifications

Approx 1,100 in service as Command Vehicles, Ambulances, and 81mm mortar carriers. 750 are base line vehicles.

Crew

2 (Commander and Driver)

Weight loaded

15,280kg

Length

5.25m

Width

2.8m

Height

2.28m

Max Road Speed

52km/h

Max Road Range

580km

Fuel Capacity

454 litres

Engine

Rolls Royce K60 No.4 Mark 1-4

Engine Power

240bhp

Vertical Obstacle

0.9m

Trench Crossing

2.05m

Gradient

60 degrees

Armament

1 x 7.62mm Machine Gun
2 x 3-barrel smoke dischargers

Armour

12.7mm max

Carries up to 10 men

 

 

Photo 1 USMC Photo 2 Copyright BAe Systems