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British English: A Panther Armoured Command Vehicle from B Flight 63 Squadron (Queens Colour Squadron) RAF Regiment is pictured on patrol around Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan.

Weighing 7 tonnes, Panther is air transportable, and can be underslung beneath a Chinook helicopter. Panther is armed with a 7.62 mm L7 general purpose machine gun equipped Remote Weapon Station, which can be upgraded to a 12.7 mm/cal weapon if required, and an appropriate day/night sighting system. The armoured citadel provides crew protection from small-arms fire and Level 3 blast mines.

Panther will be in widespread use with Various Commanders, Sergeant Majors, and Liaison Officers for Armoured, Armoured Recce and Armoured Infantry Units. Panther will also be used as the Commander's vehicle for Engineer Troops, Anti-Tank, Mortar and supporting fire platoons. It will be used to rebroadcast on Battlegroup nets and by Regimental Signal Officers.

  • Organisation: Royal Air Force (RAF)
  • Object name: MNT-09-062-OUT-UNC-039
  • Category: MOD
  • Supplemental categories: Equipment, Vehicles, Patrol, Panther, Operations, Theatres, Afghanistan
  • Keywords: command, armoured, vehicle, equipment, Panther, UK Forces, soldier, Royal Air Force, RAF Regiment, RAF, Queens Colour Squadron, QCS, Ops, operations, Op Herrick, military, Middle East, Kandahar, KAF, British Forces, Afghanistan
  • Country: Afghanistan
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Author SAC Neil Chapman
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(Reusing this file)		 Images are downloadable at high resolution, made available at http://www.defenceimagery.mod.uk for reuse under the OGL (Open Government License).

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