Sabre is a variation of the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)

Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)

The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance  —or CVR—is a family of armoured fighting vehicles s in service with the British Army and others throughout the world...

, featuring the turret from a Fox reconnaissance vehicle

Fox Armoured Reconnaissance Vehicle

The FV721 Fox Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance was a 4x4 armoured car deployed by the British Army as a replacement for the Ferret scout car and the Saladin Armoured Car...

 mounted on the hull of a Scorpion

FV101 Scorpion

The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance , CVR, family of seven armoured vehicles...

.

This hybrid vehicle was introduced as a less expensive way of producing a similar vehicle to the FV107 Scimitar

FV107 Scimitar

FV107 Scimitar is an armoured reconnaissance vehicle used by the British Army. It is very similar to the FV101 Scorpion but mounts a high velocity 30 mm L21 RARDEN cannon instead of a 76 mm gun. It was issued to Royal Armoured Corps, Armoured Regiments in the Reconnaissance role...

, but with a slightly lower profile turret

Turret

In architecture, a turret is a small tower that projects vertically from the wall of a building such as a medieval castle. Turrets were used to provide a projecting defensive position allowing covering fire to the adjacent wall in the days of military fortification...

. It was brought into service in 1995. Modifications were made to the turret of the Fox to include redesigned smoke grenade

Smoke grenade

Smoke grenades are canister-type grenades used as ground-to-ground or ground-to-air signaling devices, target or landing zone marking devices, or as screening devices for unit movements. Smoke grenades are normally considered non-lethal, although incorrect use may cause death...

 launchers and the L94A1 7.62 mm chain gun

Chain gun

A chain gun is a type of machine gun or autocannon that uses an external source of power, rather than diverting energy from the cartridge, to cycle the weapon, and does so via a continuous loop of chain similar to that used on a motorcycle or bicycle. "Chain gun" is a registered trademark of...

 replacing the standard 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun, for anti-personnel use. An ammunition

Ammunition

Ammunition is a generic term derived from the French language la munition which embraced all material used for war , but which in time came to refer specifically to gunpowder and artillery. The collective term for all types of ammunition is munitions...

 hopper sits on the side of the machine gun allowing the weapon to be quickly reloaded compared to belt-fed machine guns.

The marriage of the Fox turret and Scorpion chassis was not successful and Sabre was withdrawn from British Army service in 2004.

Additional specification

• Smoke grenade dischargers
• Ammunition:
  • 30 mm: 160 rounds Armour-piercing Enhanced Penetration (APEP) and High Explosive (HE)
  • 7.62 mm: 3,000 rounds