Notes: This vehicle was not originally meant to be an armored personnel carrier; instead, it was meant to form a base chassis for specialist vehicles such as engineer, ambulance, command, antitank, or SAM launchers. Even the "plain vanilla" versions normally carried personnel such as combat engineers, MANPADS teams, or ATGM teams. The Spartan shares a chassis with vehicles such as the Scorpion family, and is thus a light and speedy vehicle capable of excellent mobility. There is a driver’s hatch on the front left deck, a commander’s hatch behind that with a cupola-mounted weapon, another hatch to the right of that, and a double hatch on the rear deck. The rear hull has a ramp with a door in it. The Spartan is amphibious with preparation (5 minutes); a flotation screen must be erected around the hull. Most of these vehicles use the original gasoline engine, though a few were fitted with diesel engine. The Spartans are in service only with the British, Belgium, and Oman.

The FV-104 Samaritan is an unarmed ambulance variant of the Scorpion APC, with a raised roof. The vehicle has roof hatches for the driver and commander, and an extra large rear door to facilitate loading and unloading of stretchers. The crew usually consists of the driver, the vehicle commander, and a medical orderly. The Samaritan has a greatly raised rear compartment roof. The Samaritan has a heater and air conditioner (for casualty comfort).

The FV-105 Sultan is a command vehicle variant of the FV-103 Spartan APC. In this role, the rear roof is raised 200 cm to better accommodate the staff, similar to the Samaritan noted above. To increase the amount of working area, a tent may be raised at the rear end of the vehicle, when it is stopped. The Sultan is equipped with 2-5 radios, depending upon role, and map boards. A long-range antenna may be raised at the front of the vehicle when it is stopped. The commander has a cupola on the roof with a machinegun. There are four smoke grenade launchers on either side of the vehicle towards the front. An electronic warfare version of the Sultan exists; this vehicle is equipped with radar and radio jammers and radio detectors.

The Streaker is an armored logistics carrier; basically an armored truck. The front cab is fully enclosed and radiologically shielded. The Streaker will accept all NATO standard pallets of the appropriate size and can also be used to carry large loads such as minelayers. It is not normally armed.

Notes: First issued to British troops in the early 1960s, this APC is a contemporary of the US M-113 and is of similar design, being essentially a large armored box on treads. By 2000, the Warrior had only replaced about half of these vehicles and in addition there were a large number of modified or specialist vehicles based on the FV-432 chassis. Some models have a fully enclosed cupola for the machinegun, but most have their weapons mounted on a pintle in front of the commander’s hatch. The driver is to the front and slightly to the right of the commander’s hatch, and on the rear deck is a large four-part circular hatch. In the rear of the hull is a large door, but there is no ramp. The FV-432 is mechanically simple and easy to maintain, but suffers from an underpowered engine, and is also not amphibious.

A small number of FV-432 APCs were fitted with the complete turret of the Fox armored car in the mid-1980s. These were subsequently withdrawn from active service, but were retained to simulate BMP-2 vehicles in the training role.

Twilight 2000 Notes: In 1998, the FV-432/Fox vehicles were reactivated and while some were sent to Europe, most were kept in the home defense role. When these vehicles were taken into service, the faux Sagger missile was removed from atop the barrel.

FV-510 Warrior

Notes: This British APC first entered service with British forces in 1986. An upgraded version, the Desert Warrior, went into service with Kuwait after the 1991 Persian Gulf War. Criticism of the Warrior by British troops began almost immediately; they were disappointed by the lack of ATGM launchers or firing ports, or amphibious capability. Earlier versions of the Warrior had long been fitted with appliqué armor, increasing the HF and HS armor value by 6 points and changing the armor type to "Spaced." This armor weighs 800 kg, and slows the vehicle by 10%. There were 8 variants in full production at the time of the Twilight War, with another 4 variants in limited production. There is a driver’s hatch on the front left deck, commander and gunner’s hatches on the turret deck, a large hatch on the rear deck, and a drop ramp with a door in it on the rear of the hull.

Desert Warrior is a special version of the FV-510 Warrior, designed for Kuwait. The standard turret has been replaced with a version of the LAV-25 turret; this turret has a launcher on either side for a TOW II missile. Thermal imaging has been added, and 7 firing ports have been added (three on each side, and one in the rear door). The Desert Warrior is equipped with a high-performance air conditioning system. Appliqué armor is added to the turret, as well as to the hull sides and front.

Twilight 2000 Notes: The lack of firing points proved to not be critical, as did the lack of amphibious capability, but the lack of heavy weapons was to lead to many tragic losses during the Twilight War, and by 1997, production of the baseline Warrior stopped in favor of the Desert Warrior version, until the production facilities were destroyed in mid-1998 by a nuclear strike.

Notes: This was one of the most modified military vehicles in the world at the time of the Twilight War; the Stormer could be had in over 20 variants with a wide variety of optional equipment. The base version is listed below; it is a basic APC with a pair of weapons mounts and using the No. 16 commander’s cupola, allowing the MAG machinegun to be aimed and fired from under armor. It is amphibious and fast for a tracked vehicle, though the powerful engine does consume a lot of fuel. This basic version was not seen much in British service, as the various modified versions were preferred, but it was fairly common in Indonesian, Malaysian, and Omani service. The basic version, other then the two positions mentioned above, has a driver’s hatch at the front left, a large hatch over the troop compartment in the rear deck, and there is a door and a ramp in the rear of the vehicle. It is amphibious with preparation; a flotation screen must be raised, requiring 5 minutes.

The FV-900 is a Stormer variant with a lightly-armored turret similar to that of the M-2 Bradley. In this role there is an overhead reloading hatch, a rear ramp, and 6 firing ports (3 per side). Very few of these versions were built, and most of them were for testing only. None were actually sold.

The FVT-800 is a Stormer with a LAV-25 turret. It has a rear ramp and 6 firing ports; the overhead hatch is eliminated. As with the FV-900, few of these vehicles were built.

The FVT-900 is a Stormer with a light turret armed with a 20mm autocannon. It is a bit less common than the standard Stormer.

The Stormer HMLC (High-Mobility Logistics Carrier) fulfills the same role in the Stormer family that the Streaker (see below) does in the Spartan family of vehicles. The HMLC is used by Britain and Indonesia. The HMLC is a flatbed version of the Stormer, used to carry loads that the Streaker cannot and in combat situations that the Streaker cannot handle. A crane (1.5-ton capacity) may be fitted. It may be fitted with a variety of pallets and containers.

Twilight 2000 Notes: Perhaps the most common of the variant vehicles was the FVT-900, but the other variants were also encountered with regularity by Pact forces.

Merc 2000 Notes: The FV-900 and FVT-800 do not exist.

Notes: This is the most advanced member of the Stormer line. The Stormer 30 is a base chassis topped with a modified HITFIST turret (the same as on the Italian VCC-80 Dardo). The turret is modified to take the more powerful 30mm Bushmaster II autocannon. The Stormer 30 can be slung below heavy-lift helicopters, dropped from aircraft, and is even small enough to be carried on a flatbed commercial truck. The Stormer 30 is also armed with a TOW ATGM launcher on each side of the turret, though Trigat MR’s are an option and some Stormer 30s could be found with them. This vehicle is also amphibious (with preparation).

Twilight 2000 Notes: This vehicle does not exist.