m109a3uk Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Was doing the rounds of trials in Europe, FVRDE had it for one month in 1964 although the front of the report says it was 1965! "The propulsive efficiency of FV430 is substantially better than the FMC vehicle" "Steering ahead of the FMC is satisfactory and similar to M113 and FV430" Although "Steering astern of FMC is also satisfactory again similar to M113 and very much better than FV430" "The excellent vision through the FMC periscopes was nullified by the absence of any wipers" "There was no ventilation system" IR Vision "No attempt has been made in the design ....to give the field of view requested" "The identification range also falls far short of the requirement stated" Although "The amount of space available to the crew and the good entry and escape hatches. This can only be described as luxurious compared to a three man Ferret"........well yes but that wasn't what it was being compared with in the trials! Cheers Clive great info! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andym Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 Considering that a swimming FV430 was probably more of a threat to its crew than the enemy, it doesn't say much for the rest! Interesting lack of flotation screens, though. Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 Someone sent me a request for a copy of the full report via an email through HMVF. I was away from home but tried to reply on my phone but your settings did not allow a reply through the HMVF email system. I have not been able to retrieve this message on the PC at home. The problem is not just finding the document again but I'm afraid I get swamped with requests for scan of documents of their various kinds. I don't mind doing a few odd pages but full scans of things can take a while. Each day I receive one or two requests for documents & I can't keep up I'm afraid. As it is most mornings are written off answering technical queries & looking things up for people. Sorry it's not practical at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robin craig Posted August 4, 2014 Share Posted August 4, 2014 Clive, I am thinking it was the new owner of that vehicle, it was one of the ones sold off from the late Mr Littlefield's collection. I will beat the bushes and ask a mate who bought it and I will spread the word back down the chain. Those of us who do get information from you Clive are very lucky to do so Thanks Robin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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