ChasSomT. Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Bearing Opsec in mind, recently crossing Salisbury Plain I saw a few Rarden armed CVR(T) and I wondered what they were. Do 'we' have any Scimitars left, or are they all Sabres? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mash Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Scimitars are still in use, they shipped some out to Germany from the UK to do a two week range package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasSomT. Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Thanks Mash, Very quick:) 'Chas.' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirhc Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 (edited) Sabres were all withdrawn from service in 2004, if you see a CVR(T) with a turret it's probably a Scimitar. Chris Edited April 3, 2011 by sirhc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChasSomT. Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Interesting, any idea why the Sabres were withdrawn? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turret_Monster Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 Interesting, any idea why the Sabres were withdrawn? They went at the same time that Scimitar was 'dieselised', presumably to standardise the vehicle fleet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlienFTM Posted April 5, 2011 Share Posted April 5, 2011 Interesting, any idea why the Sabres were withdrawn? When Scorpion was sunset (issues with the 76mm gun flooding the turret with carbon monoxide during the recoil / ejection cycle when firing) in the mid-90s, it led to a shortage of Scimitars. Sabre was a stopgap created by mating a redundant Fox CVR(W) 30mm turret to a redundant Scorpion hull, creating an exact functional equivalent to Scimitar. I doubt Sabre was ever considered a long term solution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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