CVR(T)s Scimitar - Spartan - Scorpion (Belgium)

In the early 1970s, the Belgian government signed an agreement with the British company Alvis for the supply of 701 vehicles from the CVR (T) (Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance Tracked) family of armoured fighting vehicle. In compensation, most of the vehicles will be assembled in the workshops of the British Leyland factory in Malines, Belgium. 133 of these vehicles were of the Scorpion type, the Reconnaissance and Fire Support version armed with a 76mm gun and 153 of the Scimitar type, also a Reconnaissance version but armed with a 30mm Raerden rapid-fire gun. 266 Spartan were also ordered. A Reconnaissance and Personnel Carrier version, the Spartan was only armed with a 7,62mm MAG, but its lengthened and heightened hull can accommodate, in addition of a crew of 2, a section of soldier of 5 men or special command and transmission material.

The models are from S&S and their simplified aspect were hardly improved by my few interventions. I was definitely more motivated at the time by fast and large production than by attention to detail. The arrival of new injection kits could certainly in the future push me to review the CVR (T) family. Wait & see... (made 2013-2014)