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.mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><table class="infobox vcard" style="width:25.5em;border-spacing:2px;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above hproduct" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;"><span class="fn org"> Alvis Saracen Mk 1 </span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align:center;border-bottom:1px solid #aaa;line-height:1.5em;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Alvis_Saracen_APC_(1953).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alvis_Saracen_APC_%281953%29.jpg/300px-Alvis_Saracen_APC_%281953%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="200" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alvis_Saracen_APC_%281953%29.jpg/450px-Alvis_Saracen_APC_%281953%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/28/Alvis_Saracen_APC_%281953%29.jpg/600px-Alvis_Saracen_APC_%281953%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2000" data-file-height="1333" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">FV 603 Saracen at Woodvale Transport Festival 2015.</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Type</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">Armoured personnel carrier</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Place of origin</th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Service history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">In service</th><td class="infobox-data">1952–present</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Used by</th><td class="infobox-data">See "Operators"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Wars</th><td class="infobox-data"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Emergency" title="Aden Emergency">Aden Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/30_September_Movement" title="30 September Movement">30 September Movement coup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War" title="Nigerian Civil War">Nigerian Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/South_African_Border_War" title="South African Border War">South African Border War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soweto_uprising" title="Soweto uprising">Soweto uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_September" title="Black September">Black September</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">Yom Kippur War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War" title="Lebanese Civil War">Lebanese Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Invasion_of_Kuwait" class="mw-redirect" title="Invasion of Kuwait">Invasion of Kuwait</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003%E2%80%932004_Indonesian_offensive_in_Aceh" title="2003–2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh">2003–2004 Indonesian offensive in Aceh</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Production history</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Manufacturer</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Alvis_Cars" class="mw-redirect" title="Alvis Cars">Alvis</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Produced</th><td class="infobox-data">1952–1976</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;text-align:center;vertical-align:middle;font-size:110%;">Specifications</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Mass</th><td class="infobox-data">11.0 t</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">4.8 m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Width</th><td class="infobox-data">2.54 m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">2.46 m</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Crew</th><td class="infobox-data">2 + up to 9 troops</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><hr /></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_armour" title="Vehicle armour">Armour</a></th><td class="infobox-data">16 mm <a href="/wiki/Rolled_homogeneous_armour" title="Rolled homogeneous armour">Rolled homogeneous armour</a> (RHA)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><div style="line-height:1.25em">Main<br />armament</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1919 Browning machine gun">Browning M1919</a> machine gun or <a href="/wiki/FN_MAG#British_versions" title="FN MAG">L37 GPMG</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><div style="line-height:1.25em">Secondary<br />armament</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Bren LMG, 6–12 smoke grenade launchers</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Engine</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Rolls-Royce_B_range_engines" title="Rolls-Royce B range engines">Rolls-Royce B80</a> Mk 3A or Mk 6A, 8 cyl Inlet over Exhaust petrol<br />160 hp</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Power/weight</th><td class="infobox-data">14.5 hp/tonne</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em">Suspension</th><td class="infobox-data">6x6 wheel, independent <a href="/wiki/Torsion_bar_suspension" title="Torsion bar suspension">torsion bars</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><div style="line-height:1.25em">Operational<br />range</div></th><td class="infobox-data">400 km</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right:1em"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1038841319">.mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}</style><span class="rt-commentedText tooltip" title="Maximum speed of vehicle or missile">Maximum speed </span></th><td class="infobox-data">72 km/h (off-road 32 km/h)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>FV603 Saracen</b> is a six-wheeled <a href="/wiki/Armoured_personnel_carrier" title="Armoured personnel carrier">armoured personnel carrier</a> designed and produced by <a href="/wiki/Alvis_Car_and_Engineering_Company" title="Alvis Car and Engineering Company">Alvis</a> from 1952 to 1976. It has been used by a variety of operators around the world and is still in use in secondary roles in some countries.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (February 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Saracen became a recognisable vehicle as a result of its part in <a href="/wiki/Operation_Banner" title="Operation Banner">Operation Banner</a> in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> as well as for its role in the <a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Africa" title="Government of South Africa">South African government</a>'s enforcement of <a href="/wiki/Apartheid" title="Apartheid">apartheid</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Alvis_Saracen" title="Special:EditPage/Alvis Saracen">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">January 2013</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The FV603 <a href="/wiki/Saracen" title="Saracen">Saracen</a> was the armoured personnel carrier of Alvis's FV600 series. Besides the driver and commander, a squad of eight soldiers plus a troop commander could be carried. Most models carried a small turret on the roof, carrying a <a href="/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1919 Browning machine gun">Browning .30 machine gun</a>. A <a href="/wiki/Bren_light_machine_gun" title="Bren light machine gun">.303 Bren gun</a> could be mounted on an anti-aircraft ring mount accessed through a roof hatch and there were ports on the sides through which troops could fire. Although removed from active service,<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The time period mentioned near this tag is ambiguous. (February 2020)">when?</span></a></i>]</sup> it saw extensive use into the 1980s in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> and was a familiar sight, nicknamed 'Sixers', during "<a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a>". At times, they appeared on the streets of <a href="/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull" title="Kingston upon Hull">Hull</a>, a less-hostile atmosphere for driver training in a city of similar appearance to <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>, and only a few miles from the <a href="/wiki/Defence_School_of_Transport" title="Defence School of Transport">Army School of Mechanical Transport</a>. </p><p>As a member of the FV 600 series, it shared a similar chassis to the <a href="/wiki/Alvis_Saladin" title="Alvis Saladin">FV601 Saladin</a> armoured car, the <a href="/wiki/Alvis_Salamander" title="Alvis Salamander">Salamander</a> <a href="/wiki/Airport_crash_tender" title="Airport crash tender">airfield crash truck</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Alvis_Stalwart" title="Alvis Stalwart">Stalwart</a> high mobility load carrier. The <a href="/wiki/Punt_chassis" class="mw-redirect" title="Punt chassis">punt chassis</a>, suspension, and <a href="/wiki/H-drive" title="H-drive">H-drive</a> <a href="/wiki/Drivetrain" title="Drivetrain">drivetrain</a> remained similar, but the engine, transmission, and braking systems varied significantly. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saracen_personnel_carrier.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Saracen_personnel_carrier.jpg/220px-Saracen_personnel_carrier.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Saracen_personnel_carrier.jpg/330px-Saracen_personnel_carrier.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Saracen_personnel_carrier.jpg/440px-Saracen_personnel_carrier.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>Unrestored interior of a 1959 Saracen armoured personnel carrier</figcaption></figure> <p>The Saracen was in turn used as an armoured personnel carrier, armoured command vehicle, and ambulance. The FV 603 model saw many variants in detail, including radio or command fitments and specialist equipment for artillery or signals use. </p><p>The Saracen series also includes: </p> <ul><li>FV 604 armoured command vehicle (ACV): with extra radio equipment and distinctive "penthouse" roof extensions to support.</li> <li>FV 610 armoured command post-Royal Artillery (ACP): no turret and higher roof to the armoured compartment allowed headroom for the battery command post officer and technical assistants of the Royal Artillery to sit at a fitted table and use their plotting instruments and ALS 21 in front of the command post officer. There were also fittings for a canvas penthouse to the rear and sides. A small generator was sometimes carried on a front wing.</li> <li>FV 606 / FV 611 armoured ambulance.</li></ul> <p>Saracen was produced before Saladin because of the urgent need for a personnel carrier to serve in the <a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a>, entering production in 1952. </p><p>The Saracen was produced both with and without turrets fitted. They are popular with collectors due to their prices being as low as $20,000 in Australia and $11,000 in the <a href="/wiki/Czech_Republic" title="Czech Republic">Czech Republic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Combat_history">Combat history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Combat history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Aden_Emergency" title="Aden Emergency">Aden Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malayan_Emergency" title="Malayan Emergency">Malayan Emergency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Civil_War" title="Nigerian Civil War">Nigerian Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lankan_civil_war" title="Sri Lankan civil war">Sri Lankan Civil War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yom_Kippur_War" title="Yom Kippur War">Yom Kippur War</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Soweto_uprising" title="Soweto uprising">Soweto uprising</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Civil_War" title="Lebanese Civil War">Lebanese Civil War</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Operators">Operators</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Military_operators">Military operators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Military operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alvis_Saracen_Edinburgh_Adelaide.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Alvis_Saracen_Edinburgh_Adelaide.jpg/220px-Alvis_Saracen_Edinburgh_Adelaide.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Alvis_Saracen_Edinburgh_Adelaide.jpg/330px-Alvis_Saracen_Edinburgh_Adelaide.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Alvis_Saracen_Edinburgh_Adelaide.jpg/440px-Alvis_Saracen_Edinburgh_Adelaide.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2272" data-file-height="1704" /></a><figcaption>An Australian Saracen at the <a href="/wiki/Edinburgh,_South_Australia" title="Edinburgh, South Australia">Edinburgh, South Australia</a> <a href="/wiki/National_Military_Vehicle_Museum" title="National Military Vehicle Museum">National Military Vehicle Museum</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saracen_prototype.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Saracen_prototype.png/220px-Saracen_prototype.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="142" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Saracen_prototype.png/330px-Saracen_prototype.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Saracen_prototype.png/440px-Saracen_prototype.png 2x" data-file-width="2461" data-file-height="1586" /></a><figcaption>The 8x8 Saracen variant at the South African School of Armour, <a href="/wiki/Bloemfontein" title="Bloemfontein">Bloemfontein</a>.</figcaption></figure> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_the_Amal_Movement.svg/20px-Flag_of_the_Amal_Movement.svg.png" decoding="async" width="20" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_the_Amal_Movement.svg/31px-Flag_of_the_Amal_Movement.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_the_Amal_Movement.svg/40px-Flag_of_the_Amal_Movement.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="768" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Resistance_Regiments" title="Lebanese Resistance Regiments">Amal Movement</a>: Inherited from the <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Armed_Forces" title="Lebanese Armed Forces">Lebanese Armed Forces</a> (LAF).</li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Australia_%28converted%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1280" data-file-height="640" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Australia" title="Australia">Australia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Australian_Army" title="Australian Army">Australian Army</a>: 30 vehicles, registered consecutively as 115361 through 115390.<sup id="cite_ref-Australian_War_Memorial_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Australian_War_Memorial-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Biafra.svg/23px-Flag_of_Biafra.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Biafra.svg/35px-Flag_of_Biafra.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Flag_of_Biafra.svg/45px-Flag_of_Biafra.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="341" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Biafra" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Biafra">Biafra</a> – Biafran Army: 1<sup id="cite_ref-Biafra_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Biafra-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/23px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/35px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Flag_of_Brunei.svg/46px-Flag_of_Brunei.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1440" data-file-height="720" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Brunei" title="Brunei">Brunei</a> - <a href="/wiki/Royal_Brunei_Land_Force" title="Royal Brunei Land Force">Royal Brunei Land Force</a>: 15<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/23px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/35px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_Indonesia.svg/45px-Flag_of_Indonesia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Indonesia" title="Indonesia">Indonesia</a> – <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Army" title="Indonesian Army">Indonesian Army</a>: 55; some modernised by request in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c0/Flag_of_Jordan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Jordan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Jordan" title="Jordan">Jordan</a> – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Jordanian_Army" title="Royal Jordanian Army">Royal Jordanian Army</a>: 120;<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 60 operational.<sup id="cite_ref-Munro2002_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Munro2002-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Flag_of_Kenya.svg/45px-Flag_of_Kenya.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kenya" title="Kenya">Kenya</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kenyan_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenyan Army">Kenyan Army</a>: 15<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/23px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/35px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Flag_of_Kuwait.svg/46px-Flag_of_Kuwait.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Kuwait" title="Kuwait">Kuwait</a> - <a href="/wiki/Kuwaiti_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Kuwaiti Army">Kuwaiti Army</a>: 135<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/23px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/35px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/59/Flag_of_Lebanon.svg/45px-Flag_of_Lebanon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Lebanon" title="Lebanon">Lebanon</a> - <a href="/wiki/Lebanese_Armed_Forces" title="Lebanese Armed Forces">Lebanese Ground Forces</a>: 100<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Libya_%281977%E2%80%932011%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="500" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Libya" title="Libya">Libya</a> - <a href="/wiki/Libyan_Army_(1951%E2%80%932011)" title="Libyan Army (1951–2011)">Libyan Army</a>: 15<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Flag_of_Mauritania.svg/45px-Flag_of_Mauritania.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="800" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Mauritania" title="Mauritania">Mauritania</a> – <a href="/wiki/Military_of_Mauritania" class="mw-redirect" title="Military of Mauritania">Mauritanian Army</a>: 5 ordered in 1990.<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/23px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/35px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/79/Flag_of_Nigeria.svg/46px-Flag_of_Nigeria.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria</a> – <a href="/wiki/Nigerian_Army" title="Nigerian Army">Nigerian Army</a>: 20;<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> 10 operational.<sup id="cite_ref-ZA_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ZA-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/23px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="9" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/35px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Flag_of_Qatar.svg/46px-Flag_of_Qatar.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1400" data-file-height="550" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Qatar" title="Qatar">Qatar</a> – <a href="/wiki/Qatar_Armed_Forces" title="Qatar Armed Forces">Qatar Emiri Land Force</a>: 30<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> – <a href="/wiki/South_African_Army" title="South African Army">South African Army</a>: 280 were ordered between 1953 and 1956. All working Saracens were refurbished in 1979 and some were sold to local security contractors; at least one was modified with a <a href="/wiki/Comet_tank" class="mw-redirect" title="Comet tank">Comet tank</a> turret for <a href="/wiki/Rooikat" title="Rooikat">Rooikat</a> trials. Retired from the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Armoured_Corps" class="mw-redirect" title="South African Armoured Corps">South African Armoured Corps</a> in 1991.<sup id="cite_ref-lesakeng_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lesakeng-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/11/Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sri_Lanka.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka" title="Sri Lanka">Sri Lanka</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sri_Lanka_Army" title="Sri Lanka Army">Sri Lanka Army</a>: 67, All were removed out of service in the mid-1990s.<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-armyrecognition_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-armyrecognition-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Flag_of_Sudan.svg/46px-Flag_of_Sudan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Sudan" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> – <a href="/wiki/Sudanese_Armed_Forces" title="Sudanese Armed Forces">Sudanese Army</a>: 50<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/23px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/35px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_Thailand.svg/45px-Flag_of_Thailand.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Thailand" title="Thailand">Thailand</a> – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Thai_Army" title="Royal Thai Army">Royal Thai Army</a>: 20<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Arab_Emirates.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates" title="United Arab Emirates">United Arab Emirates</a> – <a href="/wiki/United_Arab_Emirates_Army" title="United Arab Emirates Army">United Arab Emirates Army</a>: 20<sup id="cite_ref-trade_5-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-trade-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> – <a href="/wiki/British_Army" title="British Army">British Army</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg/23px-Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg/35px-Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9b/Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg/45px-Tamil_Eelam_Flag.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Liberation_Tigers_of_Tamil_Eelam" title="Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam">Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam</a> (until 2009)<sup id="cite_ref-Tamil_Tigers_Light_Tank_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Tamil_Tigers_Light_Tank-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Civil_operators">Civil operators</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Civil operators"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saracen_Police_HK.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Saracen_Police_HK.jpg/220px-Saracen_Police_HK.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Saracen_Police_HK.jpg/330px-Saracen_Police_HK.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b7/Saracen_Police_HK.jpg/440px-Saracen_Police_HK.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Former <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hong_Kong_Police_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Hong Kong Police Force">Royal Hong Kong Police Force</a> <a href="/wiki/Police_Tactical_Unit_(Hong_Kong)" title="Police Tactical Unit (Hong Kong)">PTU</a> Saracen armoured vehicle on display in <a href="/wiki/Fanling" title="Fanling">Fanling</a></figcaption></figure> <ul><li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg/46px-Flag_of_Hong_Kong_%281959%E2%80%931997%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/British_Hong_Kong" title="British Hong Kong">British Hong Kong</a> – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Hong_Kong_Police_Force" class="mw-redirect" title="Royal Hong Kong Police Force">Royal Hong Kong Police Force</a>: Fourteen Saracens were delivered to the Royal Hong Kong Police Force in 1970 for use as personnel carriers by the force's <a href="/wiki/Police_Tactical_Unit_(Hong_Kong)" title="Police Tactical Unit (Hong Kong)">Police Tactical Unit</a> (PTU), formed following the <a href="/wiki/1967_Hong_Kong_riots" title="1967 Hong Kong riots">1967 Hong Kong riots</a>. The Saracens were retired in 1988 after being replaced by the <i><a href="/wiki/Saxon_(vehicle)" title="Saxon (vehicle)">Saxon</a></i>, with all but one subsequently being shipped back to the United Kingdom for decommissioning and sale; the first Saracen operated by the force was placed on static display at the PTU's headquarters in <a href="/wiki/Fanling" title="Fanling">Fanling</a>, while two former PTU Saracens are operational in as-decommissioned condition in England.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Africa_%281928-1982%29.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/South_Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa</a> – <a href="/wiki/South_African_Police" title="South African Police">South African Police</a>: 8<sup id="cite_ref-lesakeng_8-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lesakeng-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/ae/Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_Kingdom.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a> – <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary" title="Royal Ulster Constabulary">Royal Ulster Constabulary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Space_Hijackers" title="Space Hijackers">Space Hijackers</a> – 2007–present – Mark 1 Saracen used for <a href="/wiki/Publicity_stunts" class="mw-redirect" title="Publicity stunts">publicity stunts</a></li> <li><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States">United States</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tulsa_Police_Department" title="Tulsa Police Department">Tulsa Police Department</a>, 1; Saracen hull re-mounted on a commercial truck chassis</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sierra_Vista_Police_Department&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sierra Vista Police Department (page does not exist)">Sierra Vista Police Department</a>, 1; SWAT</li> <li><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Police_Department" title="San Francisco Police Department">San Francisco Police Department</a>, 1; SWAT</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Snohomish_County_Sheriff&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Snohomish County Sheriff (page does not exist)">Snohomish County Sheriff</a>, 1; SWAT</li></ul></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Variants">Variants</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Variants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saracen_Water_Dispenser_1_Bovington.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Saracen_Water_Dispenser_1_Bovington.jpg/220px-Saracen_Water_Dispenser_1_Bovington.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Saracen_Water_Dispenser_1_Bovington.jpg/330px-Saracen_Water_Dispenser_1_Bovington.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/30/Saracen_Water_Dispenser_1_Bovington.jpg/440px-Saracen_Water_Dispenser_1_Bovington.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption>Saracen Water Dispenser based on MK 6</figcaption></figure> <p>Saracens were initially equipped with an L3A4 (<a href="/wiki/M1919_Browning_machine_gun" title="M1919 Browning machine gun">0.30-inch Browning</a>) machine gun in the turret, and a <a href="/wiki/Bren_light_machine_gun" title="Bren light machine gun">Bren light machine gun</a> for the gun-ring at the rear of the vehicle. Later Marks carried the LMG and <a href="/wiki/L7_(machine_gun)" class="mw-redirect" title="L7 (machine gun)">L37 GPMG</a>. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Saracen_Marks.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Saracen_Marks.svg/220px-Saracen_Marks.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="105" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Saracen_Marks.svg/330px-Saracen_Marks.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Saracen_Marks.svg/440px-Saracen_Marks.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="524" data-file-height="250" /></a><figcaption>Alvis Saracen Marks</figcaption></figure> <dl><dd><b>Mk 1</b>: Early version with a small 3-door turret and turret weapon ports.</dd> <dd><b>Mk 2</b>: Modified Mark 1 with a later two-door turret. The rear turret door folds down and can act as a seat for the commander.</dd> <dd><b>Mk 3</b>: Reverse-flow cooling for use in hot climates.</dd> <dd><b>Mk 4</b>: Prototype only.</dd> <dd><b>Mk 5</b>: Mark 1 or Mark 2 vehicles modified with extra armour specifically for use in Northern Ireland.</dd> <dd><b>Mk 6</b>: Mark 3 modified with extra armour as for the Mk 5 for use in Northern Ireland.</dd> <dd><i>Concept 3 New Generation Armoured Car</i>: Mk 3 suspension and drive train with chassis redesigned by the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Defence_Force" title="South African Defence Force">South African Defence Force</a> to accept a <a href="/wiki/Ordnance_QF_17-pounder#77_mm_HV" title="Ordnance QF 17-pounder">77mm HV</a> tank gun. Prototype only.<sup id="cite_ref-lesakeng_8-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lesakeng-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></dd></dl> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A Saracen masquerades as a German armoured car in the 1964 film <i><a href="/wiki/633_Squadron" title="633 Squadron">633 Squadron</a></i>, which was set during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>, a decade before the Saracen was first built. </p><p>In the 1967 episode "Mission... Highly Improbable" of the TV series <i>The Avengers</i> (the penultimate episode with Diana Rigg in the female leading role), the villainous Dr Matthew Chivers (played by Francis Matthews) is trying to smuggle a <b>Saracen FV 603</b> out of a British Army testing area by shrinking it to toy size with the help of a machine invented by his boss Professor Rushton (played by Noel Howlett). </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Tom_Sharpe" title="Tom Sharpe">Tom Sharpe</a> novel <i><a href="/wiki/Riotous_Assembly" title="Riotous Assembly">Riotous Assembly</a></i>, a Saracen is destroyed by an elephant gun fired by Constable Els of the South African Police. </p><p>In the 1983 debut album <i><a href="/wiki/Script_for_a_Jester%27s_Tear" title="Script for a Jester's Tear">Script for a Jester's Tear</a></i>, by British progressive rock group <a href="/wiki/Marillion" title="Marillion">Marillion</a>, the Saracen was referred to in the final song: "...crawling behind a Saracen's hull from the safety of his living room chair..." The lyrics of <i>Forgotten Sons</i> describe the conflict in <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a> and the discrepancy between what was really happening and the perception of the conflict by the British public.<sup id="cite_ref-Marillion_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marillion-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/Irish_rebel_music" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish rebel music">Irish rebel music</a> song Kinky Boots (a parody of <a href="/wiki/The_Combine_Harvester" title="The Combine Harvester">The Combine Harvester</a>) reference is made to the Saracen in the opening line of the song. </p><p>In the 1984 Indonesian film <i><a href="/wiki/Pengkhianatan_G30S/PKI" title="Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI">Pengkhianatan G30S/PKI</a></i>, Saracens were used by the <a href="/wiki/Indonesian_Army" title="Indonesian Army">Indonesian Army</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Kostrad" title="Kostrad">Kostrad</a> as patrol vehicles during the infamous <a href="/wiki/30_September_Movement" title="30 September Movement">30 September Movement</a> <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27etat" class="mw-redirect" title="Coup d'etat">coup d'etat</a>. Saracens are also used as transport during state funerals of the six Army generals who became victims of the coup.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Saracens were used almost unchanged in the <a href="/wiki/Judge_Dredd_(film)" title="Judge Dredd (film)">1995 film</a> of <a href="/wiki/Judge_Dredd" title="Judge Dredd">Judge Dredd</a> as carriers for prisoners and personnel carriers for <a href="/wiki/Judge_Dredd#The_Judge_system" title="Judge Dredd">Judges</a>. <a href="/wiki/Land_Rover_101_Forward_Control" title="Land Rover 101 Forward Control">101 FCs</a> were used as the basis for taxis, fitted with a prop bodyshell. </p><p>The Saracen is mentioned in the Irish Republican song "<a href="/wiki/Little_Armalite" title="Little Armalite">Little Armalite</a>". </p><p>In the 1992 film The Crying Game, one the main characters is killed, "he were run over by a Saracen" when he attempts to escape his IRA captors. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Alvis_Saracen_at_Fort_Largs.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Alvis_Saracen_at_Fort_Largs.JPG/220px-Alvis_Saracen_at_Fort_Largs.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Alvis_Saracen_at_Fort_Largs.JPG/330px-Alvis_Saracen_at_Fort_Largs.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/Alvis_Saracen_at_Fort_Largs.JPG/440px-Alvis_Saracen_at_Fort_Largs.JPG 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a><figcaption>An Alvis Saracen in a community protest against the sale of <a href="/wiki/Fort_Largs" title="Fort Largs">Fort Largs</a>, South Australia</figcaption></figure> <p>During the 2009 <a href="/wiki/2009_G-20_London_summit" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 G-20 London summit">G-20</a> demonstrations in London, members of the <a href="/wiki/Space_Hijackers" title="Space Hijackers">Space Hijackers</a> protest group<sup id="cite_ref-indymedia_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indymedia-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-GuardianBlog_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianBlog-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> drove their Saracen into the City of London<sup id="cite_ref-BBCNewsVideo_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCNewsVideo-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and parked it outside the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Bank_of_Scotland" title="Royal Bank of Scotland">Royal Bank of Scotland</a> in Bishopsgate.<sup id="cite_ref-BBCNewsVideo_17-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-BBCNewsVideo-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Saracen, which had been painted bright blue with <a href="/wiki/Sillitoe_tartan" title="Sillitoe tartan">black and white chequered stripes</a>, was equipped with CCTV<sup id="cite_ref-indymedia_15-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-indymedia-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and marked "RIOT" (but <i>not</i> "police"). The group were reportedly there to protect the RBS building from "bad" demonstrators, although the police declined their assistance. Instead, the vehicle was searched and police questioned the protestors, who were dressed in plain blue overalls and helmets. The vehicle's eleven occupants were arrested for impersonating police officers and for traffic offences,<sup id="cite_ref-GuardianBlog20090331_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-GuardianBlog20090331-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and were later charged with impersonating police officers, although the case was dropped before coming to court.<sup id="cite_ref-article6850901_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-article6850901-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-independent_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-independent-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A community protest against the sale of heritage-listed <a href="/wiki/Fort_Largs" title="Fort Largs">Fort Largs</a> by the state government of South Australia took place on 25 October 2014. The protest, organised by the National Trust of SA,<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> featured an Alvis Saracen and other vintage military vehicles. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Land_Rover_Tangi" title="Land Rover Tangi">Land Rover Tangi</a></li></ul> <div style="clear:both;" class=""></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Alvis_Saracen&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1 cs1-prop-foreign-lang-source"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.hobbymiliter.com/6271/foto-foto-darurat-militer-aceh-2003-2004-operasi-militer-lawan-gam/">"Foto Foto Darurat Militer Aceh 2003-2004, Operasi Militer Lawan GAM"</a>. <i>hobbymiliter.com</i> (in Indonesian). 12 May 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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