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Scimitar light reconnaissance tank, Helmand Province, 2006

Digital photograph Andrew Chittock, 2006.

Scimitar CVR(T) light reconnaissance tank with bar armour, showing stowage including multiple plastic water bottles.

Bar armour was introduced to protect vehicles from the direct impact of explosive projectiles such as Rocket Propelled Grenades (RPG) which were widely used by insurgents in Afghanistan and Iraq.

From a CD of 260 digital images covering various theatres of operation.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2011-03-20-93

Copyright/Ownership

Copyright: Andrew Chittock

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2011-03-20-93