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  "id": "fv102-striker",
  "name": "FV102 Striker",
  "aliases": [],
  "domain": "land",
  "country": "GBR",
  "category": "Anti-tank missile carrier",
  "status": null,
  "fielded": 1975,
  "operators": [
    "BEL",
    "GBR"
  ],
  "prolif_count": 2,
  "summary": "FV102 Striker was the Swingfire wire-guided anti-tank missile carrying member of the CVR(T) family. The FV102 Striker was externally very similar to the FV103 Spartan but carried five missiles in a ready-to-fire bin at the back of the vehicle.",
  "specs": [
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      "k": "",
      "label": "Manufacturer",
      "section": "system",
      "v": "Alvis Vehicles, Coventry, England",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "crew",
      "v": 3,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "length_m",
      "v": 4.8,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "k": "width_m",
      "v": 2.4,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "v": 8.13,
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      "conf": "medium",
      "label": "Weight"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_name",
      "v": "Cummins BTA 5.9-litre (Diesel)",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "engine_hp",
      "v": 195,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "road_range_km",
      "v": 640,
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      ],
      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "k": "speed_road_kmh",
      "v": 80,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "speed_swim_kmh",
      "v": 6.4,
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording depth",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "1 m",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "k": "",
      "label": "Fording with Preperation Depth",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Amphibious m",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Transmission",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "Self Change Gears TN15X",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Suspension",
      "section": "mobility",
      "v": "torsion bar, 5 road wheels, front drive, rear idler, 2 hydraulic shock absorbers",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Fire control system",
      "section": "firecontrol",
      "v": "A special optical sight with a 100 m cable allows the crew to engage enemy targets from a safe cover.",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Armor (turret front)",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Against 14.5-mm rounds (remainder of the vehicle against 7.62-mm rounds) mm",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Applique armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "INA mm",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "",
      "label": "Explosive reactive armor",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "INA mm",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "k": "",
      "label": "NBC Protection System",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "Yes",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
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      "k": "",
      "label": "Smoke Equipment",
      "section": "protection",
      "v": "8 Smoke dischargers",
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      "conf": "medium"
    },
    {
      "k": "armament",
      "label": "Secondary armament",
      "v": "L43A1 FN MAG, 7.62 mm General-Purpose Machine Gun",
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      "conf": "medium"
    }
  ],
  "payloads": [
    {
      "name": "Wire-Guided Anti-Tank Missile",
      "role": "ammunition",
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      ],
      "conf": "medium",
      "caps": {
        "Warhead": "7 kg",
        "Armor penetration": "800 mm",
        "Guidance": "Guidance of the Swingfire is by wire, with a Manual Command Line Of Site (MCLOS) interface. later re"
      },
      "qty": "10 ea"
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  "variants": [
    {
      "name": "Scorpion (FV101)",
      "text": "Original variant with 3-man crew",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Spartan (FV103)",
      "text": "Artillery & engineer vehicle with 3-man crew & 4 dismountable troops; 80 k/hr; 483 km range; 1 7.62-mm MG",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Striker (FV102)",
      "text": "AT vehicle with 5 Swingfire CLOS ATGMS (5 reloads) & 1 7.62-mm L37A1 MG",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "name": "Scorpion 90",
      "text": "3-man crew; 73 k/hr; Cockerill Mk IIIK 90-mm gun & 1 7.62-mm MG",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Samaritan (FV104)",
      "text": "Ambulance for 4 litter patients, 5 seated patients, or 2 litter/3 seated patients; 2-man crew; 483 km range",
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    },
    {
      "name": "Sultan (FV105)",
      "text": "Command vehicle with at least 2 radios; total 5-6 personnel; 483 km range",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "art": "apc8",
  "image": {
    "file": "fv102-striker.jpg",
    "thumb": "fv102-striker-thumb.jpg",
    "credit": "AlfvanBeem",
    "license": "CC0",
    "url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alvis_FV102_Striker_owned_by_Malcolm_McMillan_pic01.JPG",
    "title": "File:Alvis FV102 Striker owned by Malcolm McMillan pic01.JPG"
  },
  "verified": null,
  "changelog": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Added photo (CC0)"
    },
    {
      "date": "2026-10-10",
      "change": "Quality pass: unit and field corrections to imported values"
    }
  ],
  "url": "https://www.defensepedia.com/systems/fv102-striker.html",
  "sources": {
    "weg-fv102-striker": {
      "title": "FV102 Striker British Anti-Tank Missile Carrier",
      "publisher": "U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)",
      "url": "https://odin.t2com.army.mil/WEG/Asset/FV102_Striker_British_Anti-Tank_Missile_Carrier",
      "published": "2026-03-20",
      "tier": 1,
      "checked": "2026-10-10"
    }
  }
}