By Victor Duda
The small party of these APCs, as noted in the publication, was purchased at the end of last year by philanthropists and transferred to the Armed Forces. At the end of January this year, British Defense Minister Ben Wallace stated that the United Kingdom intends to transfer 100 units of FV432 Bulldog to our country. FV432 Bulldog is a version of the FV430 British Army armored personnel carrier. The technique was developed in the 60's of the XX century.
The combat vehicle was manufactured by the British company GKN Sankey. In total, more than 3,000 units of such equipment have been made, which are still widely used in the British army. Unlike the American analogue - M113, the body of which is made of aluminum, the British machine has a steel whole housing. The armored vehicle has 12. 7 mm, as well as Rolls-Royce K60 multi-fuel engine. 7. 62 mm L7 GMPMG machine gun is used as the main weapon. The speed of movement of equipment is 52 km/h.
There are two people in the FV432 Bulldog crew. We will remind, at the end of April, the publication 24ur informed that in the conditions of complete secrecy of Ukraine it was possible to obtain from Slovenia 20 APC Valuk. There is no official confirmation from the Slovenia government. However, the sources have confirmed that transportation was completed this week. This equipment is armed with 40 mm automatic grenade launchers or 12. 7 mm machine guns.
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