BvS10

The BvS10, from Bandvagn Skyddad 10 and also known as the Bandvagn 410 or the Viking in British service, is a tracked, articulated, amphibious, all-terrain armoured vehicle made by BAE Systems Land Systems Hagglunds of Sweden, and under licence by FNSS of Turkey. It began as a collaboration between Hagglunds and the British Ministry of Defence for the Royal Marines. It is similar to, but much larger than, the earlier Bv 206, with a Cummins 5.9 litre diesel engine, better ground clearance, a new chassis and steering, an on-road speed of up to 65 kilometres per hour and a load of up to five tonnes. After trials from 2001 to 2004 the Royal Marines accepted 108 vehicles from 2005, and later users include the Netherlands, France, Sweden, Austria, Germany and the United States, where an unarmoured variant called the Beowulf was chosen in 2022. Variants include troop carrier, command, repair and recovery and ambulance versions.