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UKF NEWS
16th March 2006
Again another week of news!
Continuing our weekly updates, today we're showcasing CVRT Pack 1, which contains the Scimitar and Scorpion. This pack started life as a Scorpion addon being made by Bennyboy, many of you may remember the thread in the off topic section (it's still there!). BennyBoy joined UKF on the back of the work he put into this addon and since then it has expanded to be the base model for most of the range of CVRT vehicles being made by UKF.
The Scorpion was the backbone of the CVRT series, but is no longer in use with British forces, in fact around 9 or 10 vehicles (if you count prototypes) sprung up from the Scorpion hull. The Scorpion proved very successful, it had renowned low ground pressure tracks, and was even deployed during the Falklands conflict where boggy terrain and bad conditions would have prevented any other amour from operating.
The Scorpion fired a 76mm Shell, in HEAT, HESH, and cannister (like a large shotgun round) meaning it could pack a punch.
Many Scorpions were upgraded to have a fox turret, complete with 30mm Rarden canon and a chaingun fitted, these became Sabres. The Sabre has been all but superceded by the Scimitar (However, for clarity, the Scimitar was in service before the Sabre), which has a custom turret built around the 30mm rarden and an L946A1 machine gun fitted.
CVRT Pack 1 includes the following:
FV 101 (Scorpion) NATO {green/black}
FV 101 (Scorpion) Op Granby
FV 107 (Scimitar) NATO {green/black}
FV 107 (Scimitar) Op Granby
FV 107 (Scimitar) Op Telic - Assault
FV 107 (Scimitar) Op Telic - RPG Screened
FV 107 (Scimitar) Winterised
FV 107 (Scimitar) UN
FV 107 (Scimitar) Forward Recce
A number of other variants will also be released with the pack but will not be disclosed until then. So for now you'll have to make do with some screenshots of the Scimitars
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