§ Earl Attleeasked Her Majesty's Government:
What track mileage provision has been agreed between the Army's Land Command and the Defence Logistics Organisation, or HQ Quartermaster General, for this training year and each of the preceding six years for: (a) the FV 430 range of vehicles; (b) the CVR(T) range of vehicles; (c) Warrior armoured infantry fighting vehicles and variants; (d) Challenger 1 and 2 MBTs and variants; (e) Chieftain armoured engineer variants; and (f) Combat engineer tractor; and [HL4125]
What track mileage provision has been agreed between the Army Training and Recruiting Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation, or HQ Quartermaster General, for this training year and each of the preceding six years for: (a) the FV 430 range of vehicles; (b) the CVR(T) range of vehicles; (c) Warrior armoured Infantry fighting vehicles and variants; (d) Challenger 1 and 2 MBTs and variants; (e) Chieftain armoured engineer variants; and (f) Combat engineer tractor; and [HL4126]
What track mileage provision has been agreed for use at the British Army's BATUS training area in Canada for this training year and each of the preceding six years for: (a) the FV 430 range of vehicles; (b) the CVR(T) range of vehicles; (c) Warrior armoured Infantry fighting vehicles and variants; (d) Challenger 1 and 2 MBTs and variants; (e) Chieftain armoured engineer variants; and (f) Combat engineer tractor. [HL4127]
§ Lord BachThe agreed annual track mileage provisions for the FV 430, CVR (T), Warrior, Challenger 1 and 2 MBT and Chieftain vehicle types for Land Command (including BATUS) and ATRA for the periods financial year 2000–01 to financial year 2001–02 and financial year 2002–03 (provisional) are shown in table 1. Table 2 gives the agreed annual provision for the same period for the Combat Engineer Tractor as this is recorded in hours rather than miles. The Land Command and ATRA allocations are not centrally recorded for the period financial year 1997–98 to financial year 1999–2000 so the consolidated annual allocations are shown in tables 3 and 4. Data for earlier years are no longer available.
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Table 1 Annual Track Allocation (Miles) By Year Area Vehicle Type 2002–03 (provisional) 2001–02 2000–01 LAND (Incl BATUS) FV 430 variants 375,000 522,370 654,000 CVR(T) variants (inc Stormer) 646,813 763,850 1,023,100 Warrior 357,305 437,726 425,659 Challenger 1 Nil Nil 6,214 Challenger 2 (inc CRARRV) 144,786 220,069 18,766 Chieftain variants 21,500 40,500 50,000 ATRA FV 430 variants 40,791 63,701 68,954 CVR(T) variants (inc Stormer) 52,780 62,751 60,287 Warrior 35,281 26,180 26,837 Challenger 1 Nil Nil 5,454 Challenger 2 (inc CRARRV) 34,552 29,571 33,341 Chieftain variants 14,105 11,040 16,525
Table 2 Annual Allocation (Hours) By Year Area Vehicle Type 2002–03 (provisional) 2001–02 2000–01 LAND (Incl BATUS) Combat Engineer Tractor 7,500 10,500 14,000 ATRA Combat Engineer Tractor 2,568 2,562 1,762
Table 3 Consolidated Annual Track Allocation (Miles) By Year Vehicle Type 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 FV 430 Variants 658,684 658,684 908,238 CVR(l) Variants 1,516,000 1,516,000 2,040,500 Warrior Variants 410,124 410,124 727,038 Challenger 1 Variants 136,087 190,148 262,517 Challenger 2 Variants 139,194 57,790 49,404 Chieftain Variants 47,405 70,167 80,942
Table 4 Consolidated Annual Track Allocation (Hours) By Year Vehicle Type 1999–2000 1998–99 1997–98 Combat Engineer Tractor 13,500 13,462 19,264