Armoured Fighting Vehicles
(asked on 29th October 2021) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Defence:
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many track km were (a) forecast and (b) recorded against the (i) CR2, (ii) Warrior, (iii) AS90, (iv) Bulldog, (v) Ajax and (vi) FV432 for (A) 2017, (B) 2018, (C) 2019 and (D) 2020.
Details of the forecast and actual Tracked Mileage Recorded for the years requested are given below.
Financial Year | Financial Year 2017/18 | Financial Year 2018/19 | Financial Year 2019/20 | Financial Year 2020/21 | ||||
Platform (Kms) | Forecast | Actuals | Forecast | Actuals | Forecast | Actuals | Forecast | Actuals |
CR2 | 90,934 | 83,662 | 93,385 | 73,714 | 89,850 | 98,719 | 97,000 | 58,892 |
WR | 304,634 | 336987 | 313,724 | 237,548 | 318,273 | 293.439 | 300,000 | 266,880 |
AS90 | 27,500 | 20,155 | 27,575 | 25,981 | 27,501 | 25,924 | 27,501 | 32,223 |
Bulldog | 245,504 | 341,986 | 249,704 | 237,609 | 260,000 | 270,564 | 260,000 | 112,095 |
AJAX | N/A | N/A | N/A | 1,679 | N/A | 1,144 | N/A | 5,778 |
FV432 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Notes
1. CR2 - Gun & Command only
2. Financial years run 01 April – 31 March
3. The Forecast is a total forecast and includes more than just the Army forecast for training activity. It captures other activity including, trials and experimentation and other Front Line Command forecasts.
4. COVID-19 had a significant impact on the way that the Army trained, this is reflected in some of the Actuals details in FY 20/21.