Alvis Stormer
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| Alvis Stormer | |
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 Stormer HVM Close Air Defence Vehicles from 9 (Plassey) Battery, 12 Regiment Royal Artillery, attached to 1 Bn, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1RRF), on Exercise MedMan, Canada | |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production history | |
| No. built | over 220 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 12.7 tonnes |
| Length | 5.27 m |
| Width | 2.76 m |
| Height | 2.49 m |
| Crew | 4 |
| Engine | Perkins 6-litre, 6-cylinder diesel 250 hp (186 kW) |
| Power/weight | 21 hp/tonne |
| Transmission | David Brown T300 |
| Suspension | Torsion bar |
Operational range | 400 miles, 650 km |
| Maximum speed | 50 mph,650 km[1] 80 km/h |
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The Alvis Stormer is a military armoured vehicle manufactured by the British company Alvis Vickers, now BAE Systems Land & Armaments.
The Stormer is a development of the CVR(T) family of vehicles (Scorpion, Scimitar, Spartan etc.), essentially a larger, modernised version with an extra road-wheel on each side.
Variants
Like most modern AFVs, Stormer can be produced in several different configurations for different battlefield roles. It is marketed by BAE as being available in several configurations, such as a two-person turret armed with a 25 mm cannon, air defence (with guns or missiles), an engineer vehicle, a recovery vehicle, an ambulance, a mine layer, an 81 mm or 120 mm mortar carrier, a command and control vehicle, a bridge layer, and a logistics vehicle.
Optional equipment includes a nuclear-biological-chemical protection system, an amphibious kit, passive night-vision equipment, and an air-conditioning system.
Specific types are:
Stormer HVM
The British Army use Stormer equipped with High Velocity Missile (HVM) – the Starstreak and Martlet (missile) aka Lightweight Multirole Missile for short-range air defence. Under the Army 2020 plan for the British armed forces, Stormer HVM was to equip three regular and two reserve artillery batteries. The reserve batteries have since all been converted to HVM Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML) to reduce the training burden.[2]
Flat bed Stormer
A transport version of the Stormer with a flat load bed is used to carry the Shielder minelaying system.
Stormer 30
Stormer 30 is a development of the Stormer chassis as a tracked reconnaissance vehicle. It is a turreted version of the Stormer. It is armed with a 30 mm Bushmaster II automatic cannon. A TOW missile launcher can be fitted to either turret side. The cannon and turret can traverse through 360°. The elevation is from -45° to +60°.
The rate of fire of the cannon is from single shot to a maximum of 200 rounds per minute. The cannon has a double selection ammunition feed system with 180 rounds of ammunition ready to fire.
The vehicle remains[when?] in the prototype stage and it is unclear when it will enter service. The vehicle will be fully air transportable by Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by the Royal Air Force aircraft as well as the Sikorsksy CH-53 helicopter currently in service with NATO allies and other nations across the world.[citation needed]
Stormer Air Defence
The Stormer Air Defence was a prototype air defence vehicle built in the late 1980s. This variant was to mount a dual Stinger launcher, as well as either a 25 mm GAU-12/U or 30 mm GAU-13/A cannon.[3]
Operational history
United Kingdom
The UK deployed Stormer HVMs to Iraq during the 2003 Iraq War, however the systems did not see combat.[4]
Ukraine
The UK donated Stormer HVM systems to Ukraine to support its war effort following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.[5] Six systems had arrived by 24 July 2022.[6] Ukrainian personnel were trained on the systems in the UK.[7] Two Russian Orlan-10 drones were downed by Stormer HVMs in August 2022. In February 2022, footage emerged of the system downing an Iranian-supplied Shahed 13x-series drone.[8]
On March 11, 2023, the Russian Ministry of Defense released video footage showing a Stormer HVM being attacked by a Russian ZALA Lancet loitering munition.[9] In May 2023, footage emerged of another Lancet attack on a Stormer HVM.[10]
Operators
Current
Ukraine - An unspecified number of Stormer vehicles (at least 6), including Stormer HVM vehicles, were sent from the UK to Ukraine during the 2022 Russian invasion.[5]
United Kingdom - 151
Former
Notes
- ^ "Stormer". Jane's Information Group Light Armoured Vehicles. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
- ^ "Force Troops Command Overview". Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
- ^ "The Eighties". Think Defence. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "UK Is Sending Stormer Anti-Aircraft 'Tank' Seen In Star Wars To Ukraine". 1945. 20 April 2022. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ a b Parker, Charlie (19 April 2022). "Ukrainian soldiers training in UK to use British armoured vehicles". The Times.
- ^ "Ukrainian military receives Stormer HVM air defense systems".
- ^ Stewart, Heather; Sabbagh, Dan (21 April 2022). "Stormer anti aircraft vehicles to Ukraine". The Guardian.
- ^ Suchomimus's channel on YouTube: Alvis Stormer Intercepts a Shahed Drone on YouTube (uploaded and retrieved 25 February 2023)
- ^ "Russian army destroys first Ukrainian Stormer HVM Starstreak air defense vehicle using Lancet drone | Ukraine - Russia conflict war 2022 | analysis focus army defence military industry army".
- ^ "Footage of the destruction of the British Stormer HVM by the Russian Lancet drone is shown". VPK. 8 May 2023. Retrieved 8 May 2023.
- ^ "Alvis Stormer : Tank APC Modern TNI-AD". 11 August 2010.
- ^ "Oman buys 18 British tanks - UPI Archives".
- ^ "Oman buys Alvis armoured vehicles".
- ^ "Scorpions to be Retired - Malaysian Defence".
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