Jack Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 I maybe stupid, but...... How do you define a vehicle as being an armoured vehicle? How come a Ferret sits in the same bracket as a tank? Cheers. Jack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sirhc Posted March 2, 2006 Share Posted March 2, 2006 Jack, Have you seen how thick the metal plate that makes up a Ferret is? An armoured vehicle is made of thick hardened steel or aluminium plates. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 Jack Posted March 3, 2006 Author Share Posted March 3, 2006 So it is just a case of thickness of the steel then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 AlienFTM Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 So it is just a case of thickness of the steel then? I guess so. The Army classifies vehicles as Armoured (A), Soft-skin (B) or (don't know what the class is, but it includes trailers) C. Like I just said in another thread, I drove Ferret and Saracen on a Group B (automatic car) licence throughout my time. They were both "A" vehicles maintained by "A" Vehicle Mechanics (VMAs). I am sure there are one or two of these on the forum who can explain more. Scorpion was substantially lighter than Saracen but required a Group H licence because it was a track-laying vehicle steered by its tracks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sirhc Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 This should give you an idication of how thick the Aluminium armour on the side of a CVRW is... Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 sirhc Posted March 5, 2006 Share Posted March 5, 2006 Jack, See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vehicle_armour Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0 turnkeyiand Posted March 21, 2006 Share Posted March 21, 2006 C class was Plant type kit. As was mentioned previously, mechs were categorised as A mech, B mech and at one time C mechs but the C mechs were discontinued with the A mechs taking up the slack as usual :twisted: Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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I maybe stupid, but......
How do you define a vehicle as being an armoured vehicle? How come a Ferret sits in the same bracket as a tank?
Cheers.
Jack.
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