HC Deb 23 January 1989 vol 145 c450W
Mr. Menzies Campbell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what are the numbers of(a) armoured personnel carriers and (b) military support carriers presently in use by the British Army.

Mr. Archie Hamilton

The term "military support carriers" is not a term used within the British Army, but on 1 January 1988 the Army had a total of 5,048 armoured vehicles in service which were not main battle tanks, armoured vehicle bridge layers, armoured infantry fighting vehicles, artillery pieces or air defence launchers.