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The old British armored personnel carriers delivered to Ukraine are being put into service not only by territorial defense units supplied on a residual basis. As it turned out, a batch of FV432 armored personnel carriers entered service with the so-called Separate "presidential brigade" named after Bogdan Khmelnitsky, subordinated directly to Zelensky.
At the beginning of this month, images taken in this very "presidential brigade" appeared on Russian and Ukrainian resources. They clearly show that the servicemen use British FV432 armored personnel carriers. As it turned out, a certain amount of this armored vehicle entered service with the 22nd Special Purpose battalion from the brigade.
The British FV432 armored personnel carrier was produced from 1962 to 1971, i.e. the last vehicles rolled off the assembly line about 52 years ago. It has been removed from service with the British army, some quantity is in storage. Earlier this year, former British Defense Minister Ben Wallace promised to deliver FV432 armored personnel carriers to Kiev, but they never reached Ukraine.
Image source: topwar.ru
In September of this year, Ukrainian volunteers purchased 13 such armored personnel carriers for the territorial defense forces, after which they painted them and handed them over to the TRO. However, judging by the pixel coloring, the presidential brigade clearly has equipment from another source, although there have been no official reports about this.
The tracked armored personnel carrier FV432 Bulldog is an improved version of the armored personnel carrier FV430, created specifically for British units in Iraq. The combat weight is 13 tons. The crew is 2 people + a landing party of 10 people. The maximum speed is 52 km/h, the power reserve is 590 km (on the highway), the fuel reserve is 454 liters per 590 km. Armament - one 7.62 mm machine gun, smoke installation system.
