Ex Army FV434 Instructor Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 About 15 or so years ago when the Queens Own Yeomanry were getting rid of our CVRW fox armoured cars, they removed the turrets of them and they then came back on Scorpion hulls and we got our new vehicle's ie CVRT Sabre (even though they weren't new at all and they done was slapped 2 old vehicles together to make a new one!) However the mark 5 ferrets (foxes without turrets) we were told were going to be completly overhauled and have a new one man electricly operated turret fitted which mounted 2 50 callibre Brownings and they were then going to be sold on to Mexico. Does anybody know if this actually took place?, if so does anyone have any pictures of the modified ferrets, or did the deal simply fall through as they often do and they ended up on fireing ranges or sold as scrap? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 About 15 or so years ago when the Queens Own Yeomanry were getting rid of our CVRW fox armoured cars, they removed the turrets of them and they then came back on Scorpion hulls and we got our new vehicle's ie CVRT Sabre (even though they weren't new at all and they done was slapped 2 old vehicles together to make a new one!) However the mark 5 ferrets (foxes without turrets) we were told were going to be completly overhauled and have a new one man electricly operated turret fitted which mounted 2 50 callibre Brownings and they were then going to be sold on to Mexico. Does anybody know if this actually took place?, if so does anyone have any pictures of the modified ferrets, or did the deal simply fall through as they often do and they ended up on fireing ranges or sold as scrap? A bit of confusion here, a Mk5 Ferret is/was not a Fox, two different animals. I remember the Royal Yeomanry also had their Foxes earmarked for Mexico, but I understood they were to have a new diesel engine and this work was to be done by Ricardos. In the end the project never went ahead and a stack of Foxes without engines and ancillaries came onto the market. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Burley Posted December 19, 2009 Share Posted December 19, 2009 I would also like to know where the confushion with a Mk 5 Ferret and a Fox comes from??. There seems to be a lot of it going about. Even from the more knowledgable amongst us! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fadedsun Posted December 21, 2009 Share Posted December 21, 2009 When I was on the border a few months ago I remember hearing a very distinctive daimler transmission whine along with a mariachi band playing and the smell of burritos floating to my nostrils. Might possibly be true, who knows.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agripper Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Always thought the Fox was a followon from the MK 5 Ferret you can see how they evolved from fox to ferret. Though there is a lot of development to get a ferret into a fox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted December 24, 2009 Share Posted December 24, 2009 Always thought the Fox was a followon from the MK 5 Ferret you can see how they evolved from fox to ferret. Though there is a lot of development to get a ferret into a fox. The similarity that causes this confusion is the centre locker / bouyancy tank. The prototype Foxes had a round cover as did the Mk4 and 5 Ferret. The other similarity is the reduction hubs and disc brakes, but these are different to the Fox and parts not interchangeable. I learnt this early in their service life, when needing some hub parts for a Fox. A number of Mk5 Ferrets had come in to have wheel stations removed prior to going as range targets. Then found they were of no use to us as a spares source. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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