UK Sabre CVR(T) type vehicle

I finally saved the images of the SABRE, Scimitar, and Scorpion, looked at all
3 at once, and realized that yeah, the SABRE is on a Scorpion Chassis. Thanks
for confirming my suspicions.

I've been looking at all of the vehicles in that line, including the Spartan
and Striker variants - I thought that, given the description and earlier

discussion, the Scorpion and Spartan would make great figures for the
Cataphract from Jerry Pournelle's Prince of Mercenaries books, and I'm sure
with a little kit bashing the Spartan or Striker could be converted into the
SPG version.

I'll go back to GHQ's site and look through the British vehicles to see if I
can figure out on my own, before someone tells us, which armored car the

SABRE's turret is from. My question is, if it's so similar to the Scimitar,
why did they bother? Or was it just a budget-saving move, since they had
the Scorpions and the AC turrets already, and if so, what IS the main British
Recce vehicle at this point in time?

Brian Bilderback

> From: db-ft@westmore.demon.co.uk (David Brewer)

> UK Forces no longer field Scorpions. All the Scorpions had their

In message <20000422182101.8117.qmail@hotmail.com> "Brian Bilderback" writes:
> I was checking out the GHQ website, and they have a new British figure

UK Forces no longer field Scorpions. All the Scorpions had their 76mm gun
turrets pulled off and replaced with the turrets from some old wheeled recce
vehicles (I forget which) that were being scrapped. These hybrids are called
"Sabres".

They are not very different from Scimitars. They have the same 30mm RARDEN
cannon and had a 7.62mm chaingun installed during the refit. These are the
same weapons used on the Warrior APC.

At least, this is what I recall from Jane's Armour and Artillery.

In message <20000422193456.79651.qmail@hotmail.com> "Brian Bilderback" writes:
> I'll go back to GHQ's site and look through the British vehicles to

I would say that, yes, it was to save money and I suppose that Scimitars and
Sabres are pretty much interchangable. In the fullness of time I imagine that
they will be replaced by a stealthy vehicle with a composite, radar absorbing
hull of some sort.

Fox? Dunno. Check with Jane's.