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Old 21st Apr 2014, 06:06
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tucumseh
 
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Not sure if this is the same, but it's what we ended up with; dreadful vehicle!
I cannot say what happened after 2003, but at that time Saxon was a separate "legacy" programme, albeit both Snatch and Saxon were designated Rural, whereas Tavern was Urban. Saxon's main attribute (officially) was battlefield mobility. There were many Saxon variants; ambulance, REME recovery, Internal Security, Command; so I guess it is entirely possible some were re-roled to Snatch replacement. I think there was a subtlety in the designation APV (e.g. Snatch) and APC (e.g. Saxon), because an APV could not carry a section, but I stand to be corrected.
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