RO2000 Light Vehicle Series

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Some pictures of RO2000 family of light vehicles. The pictures come form some old Chinese magazine.
 

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xiaofan,

Thank you, excellent pictures! It is fascinating that the RO2000 was a contemporary of the Alvis Stormer, one suspects that both RO and Alvis/MVEE (Military Vehicles and Engineering) both had what was then Future Light Armoured Vehicle (FLAV) in mind. the family consisted of:
  1. RO2000: Base vehicle
  2. RO2001: SPG (122mm)
  3. R02002: APC
  4. RO2003: 120mm mortar
  5. RO2004: Light tank with 105mm L7
The engine was a Perkins TV8-640 eight-cylinder diesel running through a Self-Changing Gears T320 transmission. The family was offered to Egypt.
 
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A couple of slightly better images.

The family of vehicles was initially developed at ROF Leeds at the time the ROF's were being sold off / privatised. As I understand it they were intended to be a 'cheap' system which could be used to develop an in-country capability if required, so were not necessarily cutting edge in terms of performance, but had a degree of modularity incorporated into the design to enable alternative equipment fits to be used.

Some elements continued to be worked on post privatisation i.e. the 120mm AMS mortar system, as the core design was retained within the ROF's when Leeds was sold off to Vickers.
 

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