New military equipment, BTR AT105 Saxon

New military equipment, BTR AT105 Saxon. BTR AT105 Saxon. At the beginning of the 1970s. Company «GKN Sankey" on his own initiative created armored AT 100 (4x2) and AT 104 (4x4), intended mainly for the internal security forces. The first of them have not reached the stage of mass production, but about 30 AT104 machines were made for the Dutch police and the Royal Malay Regiment Brunei. Following these machines appeared «GKN Sankey» AT 105, later called the "Saxon". This was a completely new design, a chassis which is used by many units of 4-ton truck standard British Army "Bedford MK» (4x4), widespread in the armies of the world. Issue AT 105 began in 1976, and by 1984 about 200 cars were sold in Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman and Malaysia. The British Army in 1970 acquired three testing machines and in 1983 placed an order for 50 vehicles. The first of these were delivered in early 1984 and in the early 1990s. was already in service with 624 machines; This is less than the initial order of 1,000 vehicles. "Saxon" is used mainly in the infantry divisions, leaving the more expensive cars "Warrior" for armored divisions. "Saxo" arming and territorial battalions in the internal security forces, he replaced the 1-ton armored truck "Humber". JOIN VSP GROUP PARTNER PROGRAM: https://youpartnerwsp.com/ru/join?82735