CONFIDENTIAL
3RD DRAFT
a.
The Caribbean. The small garrison at Belize (formerly
British Honduras) provides a force for the external defence
of the territory and, when required, assistance to the civil
authorities in the maintenance of law and order. The
garrison consists of a small headquarters, an infantry
battalion less one company, and ancillary personnel and
equipment.
ARMY EQUIPMENT
16.
Improvements in Army equipment which have been recently
introduced, or are planned to take place in 1975-76, are listed
below.
Armoured Forces
17.
Armoured reconnaissance units in the United Kingdom, BAOR
and Hong Kong have all received the Scorpion tracked reconnaissance
vehicle. Mounting a 76mm gun, the Scorpion replaces the wheeled
Saladin armoured car in these units. The Scimitar tracked
and
reconnaissance vehicle with the Rarden 30mm gun, will begin to enter
service this year. The Spartan armoured personnel carrier
the Striker, a tracked vehicle mounting Swingfire anti-tank
missiles, will begin to enter service in 1976. These vehicles
and others still under development make up the tracked combat
reconnaissance vehicle (CVR(T)) family being produced in collabora-
tion with Belgium. The Fox wheeled light reconnaissance vehicle
(CVR(W)) will begin to enter service during 1975. A bridge-laying
version of Chieftain is now entering service and an armoured
recovery version will start to replace the earlier Centurion models
this year.
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