GKN Defence FV 432
GKN Defence FV 432 in L'écume des jours, Movie, 2013
Class: Others, Military armored vehicle — Model origin: 
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Comments about this vehicle
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◊ 2013-09-09 17:15 |
where is this supposed to take place ? |
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◊ 2013-09-09 17:18 |
France, around a weapon factory. In the greenhouse they grown weapons. But if you check the rest of the vehicles, it is not supposed to be realistic. -- Last edit: 2013-09-09 17:19:11 |
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◊ 2013-09-09 17:21 |
It looks like a GKN FV 432 Armoured Personnel Carrier to me. Some of these had been sold off by the British Army prior to the fleet upgrade to the latest specification, where the Rolls-Royce K series engine was replaced with a Cummins, and the transmission upgraded to suit. Link to "www.google.co.uk" -- Last edit: 2013-09-09 17:23:39 |
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◊ 2013-09-09 17:22 |
FOUND IT FV432 http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2476/3643542916_6e7921a286_o.jpg EDIT seeems johnfromStaffs found it ahead of me  -- Last edit: 2013-09-09 17:26:15 |
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◊ 2013-09-09 17:24 |
and there exists an ambulance version of the FV432 so this vehicle is authetic http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FV432 |
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◊ 2013-09-09 17:26 |
I had the advantage of having spent 23 years working with and around the FV432, so I know what it looks like. |
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◊ 2013-09-09 17:29 |
nice I suppose they were good and not the rubish like american M2 Bradley is suppsoed to be BTW here is how they listed on IMCDB /vehicles_make-GKN+Defence_model-FV+432.html |
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◊ 2013-09-09 21:48 |
The FV432 was built by GKN Sankey at Telford during the 1960s. Mk I had a Rolls-Royce B80 petrol engine, Mk II had the multifuel K60, and the rebuilt vehicles now have the Cummins B series engine like most of the lighter armoured vehicles used by the British Army. The hull has proved to be very durable, and with modern mechanics they are now still in use and older than the Fathers of the soldiers who drive them. I joined GKND in 1984 and retired in 2007. -- Last edit: 2013-09-09 21:55:51 |
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◊ 2013-09-09 21:58 |
nice to here that the british military officers weren't "General SELLOUT" like their america counterparts who bought utter rubish like M114, Stryker and M2 bradley which under normal conditions should never have been ordered |
