British Scorpion tanks appear in Ukrainian Forces, Ukrainians' advantage over Russians is growing

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The British FV101 Scorpion combat reconnaissance vehicle was spotted in service with the 2nd operational purpose company, the Forpost 1st Operational Purpose Battalion of the Bureviy 1st Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine," writes In Factum.

In fact, the rare British light reconnaissance tank was probably purchased by volunteers, or it was purchased through private structures, analysts note. According to them, there was no official report on the transfer of the FV101 Scorpion combat reconnaissance vehicle from Britain to Ukrainian soldiers.

According to analysts from In Factum, the custom version of the FV101 Scorpion is equipped with a 76 mm cannon, but the sample in the photo has a 14.5 mm Vladimirov heavy machine gun, probably because the cannon was missing when purchased or there was no ammunition for it. Note that observers from the Spanish Defensa wrote that the small but strong Scorpions are among the best light tanks in the world. Due to their speed and manoeuvrability, they are ideal for reconnaissance. The Spanish Marine Corps also used them for landing on ships and in amphibious operations. However, in 2007, Spain decommissioned them due to the high costs of modernization.

Analysts from In Factum noticed the British FV101 Scorpion armoured reconnaissance vehicle in service with the Bureviy 1st Brigade of the NGU.

The Scorpion FV101 is armed with the low velocity 76 mm L23A1 gun, which could fire high-explosive, HESH, smoke and canister rounds. Storage was provided for 40 or 42 rounds. A 7.62 mm coaxial L7 GPMG was also fitted, as were two multi-barrelled smoke grenade dischargers, one on each side of the turret. The main armament has an elevation of 35 degrees and a depression of 10 degrees; the turret has a full 360-degree traverse. The traverse was however hand-cranked, a cost-saving feature that made the turret relatively slow and laborious to traverse relative to other vehicles of its type. This gun was later deemed to be unsatisfactory, as RAF testing showed that the lack of a fume extraction system caused toxic fumes to enter the fighting compartment, endangering the crew's health.

The FV101 was a very light armored vehicle, weighing in at a mere 8 tonnes. This meant some compromises had to be made on protection. The vehicle had 12.7 mm of sloped aluminum armor, giving an average effective thickness of 25 mm. The FV101 had all-around protection from shell fragments and 7.62 mm rounds, and the heavily sloped frontal arc was designed to be resistant to 14.5 mm rounds fired from 200 m. The initial manufacture of the aluminium armour resulted, after time and effects of the environment, in failure; "Stress Corrosion Cracking" which seriously affected all early builds.
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