page_title: FV101 Scorpion
section_title: Current operators
hierarchical_section_title: FV101 Scorpion / Operators / Current operators
caption_attribution_description: English: Scorpion tank on IIMS
context_page_description: The FV101 Scorpion is a British armoured reconnaissance vehicle. It was the lead vehicle and the fire support type in the Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance, CVR, family of seven armoured vehicles. Manufactured by Alvis, it was introduced into service with the British Army in 1973 and was withdrawn in 1994. More than 3,000 were produced and used as a reconnaissance vehicle or a light tank. It holds the Guinness world record for the fastest production tank; recorded doing 82.23 km/h at the QinetiQ vehicle test track, Chertsey, Surrey, on 26 January 2002.
context_section_description:  Botswana
  60 units.
   Brunei
  16 units.
   Chile
  30 units; in service with the Chilean Marines Corps.
   Honduras
  19 units.
   Iran
  130 units.
   Indonesia
  90 units.
   Jordan
  26 units.
   Nigeria
  150 units.
   Oman
  120 Units.
   Philippines
  7 units.
   Thailand
  154 units.
   Tanzania
  40 units.
   Togo
  12 units. Including one FV-106 Samson, one FV-104 Samaritan and one Fv-105 Sultan.
   United Arab Emirates
  76 Units.
   Venezuela
  78 Scorpion 90, 4 or 6 FV-104 Samaritan, 2 FV-105 Sultan and 4 FV-106 Samson.
caption: Indonesian FV 101 Scorpion on IIMS 2014
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