FV300 Series

The FV300 series was a project for a series of lightweight armoured fighting vehicles by the United Kingdom between 1947 and 1950, a few years after World War II.

FV301
Vickers Medium Cruiser Mk. 1 - export tank derived from the FV301
Type	Light tank
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Production history
Manufacturer	Vickers
No. built	2 prototypes
Specifications (FV301)
Mass	21 tons
Crew	3
Armour	2 inch
Main armament	77 mm HV 80 rounds
Secondary armament	co-axial .30 cal Browning machine gun
Engine	Rolls-Royce Meteor 500 hp
Suspension	Torsion bar

History

The development and construction of the tank was carried out by Vickers. However, only two prototypes were built. The project ended in 1950 at the prototype stage.

Variants

• FV301 21 ton tank with 77mm gun
• FV302 GPO/CPO Command Vehicle
• FV303 20pdr Self Propelled Gun - 20 pounder
• FV304 25pdr Self Propelled Gun - 25 pounder gun/howitzer
• FV305 5.5 inch Self Propelled Gun - BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun
• FV306 Light Armoured Recovery Vehicle
• FV307 Radar Vehicle
• FV308 Field Artillery Tractor
• FV309 Royal Artillery section vehicle
• FV310 Armoured Personnel Carrier
• FV311 Armoured Load Carrier

FV303 SPG.

External links

• Arcane Fighting Vehicles
• HenkofHolland Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine