Coming much more into the Cold war era let's return to the UK.
In the late 60's a British Army requirement led to the designing of a family of armoured vehicles sharing many common components which spawned the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) group of 7 vehicles manufactured by Alvis with Scorpion entering service in 1973.
The Scorpion is the version for Fire support with its potent 76mm gun. A potent weapon for a vehicle which holds the fastest recorded speed for a production tank at 51.10 mph or 82.23 kmh powered by its Jaguar engine. Very fast and again, with the help of the transfer lever in the transmission just as fast in reverse.
A fantastic vehicle in the role for which it was designed, small, fast and with a potent weapon capable of taking on AFVs much bigger than itself in a fire fight. My new picture depicts a 'Scorp' as it travels at speed across the German 'Cold war' terrain.
