Alvis Salamander

Alvis Salamander Fire Crash Tender FV651/652 is a 1956 developed, high terrain and fast- Flugfeldlöschfahrzeug, which was developed specifically for military use.

Development

The Alvuis FV651/652 Fire Crash Tender 1956 was developed on the basis of the Alvis Saracen chassis and taken as high terrain and fast- Flugfeldlöschfahrzeug 1960 in service. He had the same configuration 6x6 and engine as the later -built amphibious trucks Alvis Stalwart. Fire fighting him was a 2500 liters of comprehensive water or foam concentrate tank, a high pressure water cannon was used. The car was considered to be extremely mobile.

Tasks and dissemination

The vehicle tasks were mainly in the Erstbekämpfung of fires in crashed aircraft that were off of an aerodrome or in rough terrain. The Royal Air Force (RAF ) was the main buyer of this special fire engine and put it successfully on nearly all airfields one. With the designation of the G19 salamander was used in the Royal Canadian Air Force ( RCAF ). Only more modern designs such as the Thornycroft Nubian Major, which appeared at the end of the 70s, solved this vehicle from gradually.

A total of 125 copies of the salamander were built.

• Fire truck