Saker LSV

The Wessex Saker Light Strike Vehicle was a British Army light vehicle similar to a sandrail. They were produced in the late 1980s for the British Special Air Service.^[1]

Design was by Wessex and Devonport Management Limited. The frame was welded tube and power, to the rear wheels only, was from a Volkswagen 1.6 litre air-cooled petrol engine. It was a two-man vehicle which could be armed with either a 7.62 mm GMPG or a 0.5 inch M2 machine gun.^[1]

The vehicles were used as a mobile platform to mount heavy weapon systems including anti-tank missiles. The vehicle could be carried on the larger helicopters, such as the CH-47 Chinook or the UH-60 Blackhawk.^[1]

See also

• Desert Patrol Vehicle/Light Strike Vehicle
• Light Strike Vehicle (Singapore)