Snatch 2 Vixen Plus, 25 KK 56: the further-developed Vixen Plus standard of the CAV 100 composite-armoured Defender 110 protected patrol vehicle, photographed at an MoD UOR day on Salisbury Plain in desert sand under a spotted camouflage net, roof hatch open with a GPMG, snorkel, flared arches and sand-painted wheels — one of the Land Rover types the Defence Equipment Sales Authority has since offered for export.
The Snatch was the British Army's name for the Courtaulds (later NP Aerospace) CAV 100 composite-armoured body on the Defender 110 chassis, bought in 1992 for Northern Ireland and progressively uprated through Snatch 1.5, Snatch 2 and the Vixen and Vixen Plus standards for Iraq and Afghanistan, which added a stronger chassis, uprated suspension and brakes, and provision for electronic counter-measures and a roof-hatch weapon mount. Joint Forces' July 2021 report on the end of the Wolf notes that the Defence Equipment Sales Authority had signed a framework agreement with the disposals wing of South Africa's ARMSCOR, and that its 24-page brochure of equipment on offer listed the Land Rover TUM and TUL, the Snatch 2 Vixen Plus and the R-WMIK+.
The library photograph used for this model, by Bob Morrison, shows an uprated Snatch Vixen Plus at an MoD Urgent Operational Requirement day on Salisbury Plain: desert sand with a spotted camouflage net over the roof and rear body, the roof hatch open with two crew and a GPMG, ECM boxes on the wings and an ECM dome on the roof, a snorkel up the right-hand A-pillar, black flared arches, sand-painted steel wheels, a side locker on the rear body and the registration 25 KK 56. The registry's model is built on its Snatch with those additions; the crew are not modelled. Production numbers for the Vixen Plus standard are not given in the source.
MANUFACTUREDVixen and Vixen Plus upgrades from the late 2000s (dates not stated in the source)
ENGINELand Rover 300 Tdi 2.5 L turbo-diesel (Defender 110 of the period; not stated in the source)
PRODUCTION RUNUnknown — an upgrade standard applied across the Snatch fleet
COUNTRY OF ORIGINUnited Kingdom
OPERATED INUnited Kingdom, Afghanistan
STATUSunknown
PROTECTIONCAV 100 composite armoured body, Vixen Plus standard
EQUIPMENTCamouflage net, roof hatch with GPMG pintle, ECM wing boxes and roof dome, snorkel, flared arches, side lockers
RECORD KINDNamed model
MODEL LINEDefender
WHEELS4
NOMINAL WHEELBASE110″
CATEGORYMilitary · UK
Catalogue fields describe the vehicle's structure and body as this registry records it. They are not certified factory measurements, and no performance figures are published here.
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