Alvis Stormer

The Alvis Stormer is a military armoured vehicle manufactured by the British company Alvis Vickers, now BAE Systems Land & Armaments.

Alvis Stormer
Stormer HVM Close Air Defence Vehicles from 9 (Plassey) Battery, 12 Regiment Royal Artillery, attached to 1 Bn, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (1RRF), on Exercise MedMan, Canada
Place of originUnited Kingdom
Production history
No. builtover 220
Specifications
Mass12.7 tonnes
Length5.27 m
Width2.76 m
Height2.49 m
Crew4
EnginePerkins 6-litre, 6-cylinder diesel
250 hp (186 kW)
Power/weight21 hp/tonne
TransmissionDavid Brown T300
SuspensionTorsion bar
Operational
range
400 miles, 650 km
Maximum speed 50 mph,650 km[1] 80 km/h
A Stormer HVM firing a Thales Starstreak

The Stormer is a development of the CVR(T) family of vehicles (Scorpion, Scimitar, Spartan etc.), essentially a larger, modernised version with an extra road-wheel on each side.

Variants

Like most modern AFVs, Stormer can be produced in several different configurations for different battlefield roles. It is marketed by BAE as being available in several configurations, such as a two-person turret armed with a 25 mm cannon, air defence (with guns or missiles), an engineer vehicle, a recovery vehicle, an ambulance, a mine layer, an 81 mm or 120 mm mortar carrier, a command and control vehicle, a bridge layer, and a logistics vehicle.

Optional equipment includes a nuclear-biological-chemical protection system, an amphibious kit, passive night-vision equipment, and an air-conditioning system.

Specific types are:

Stormer HVM

The British Army use Stormer equipped with High Velocity Missile (HVM) – the Starstreak and Martlet (missile) aka Lightweight Multirole Missile for short-range air defence. Under the Army 2020 plan for the British armed forces, Stormer HVM was to equip three regular and two reserve artillery batteries. The reserve batteries have since all been converted to HVM Lightweight Multiple Launcher (LML) to reduce the training burden.[2]

There are reports the Stormer HVM is being supplied to Ukraine.[3] Six had arrived by July 24, 2022, according to the Ukrainian army.[4] On March 11, 2023, the Russian Ministry of Defense released video footage showing the Stormer HVM being destroyed by a Lancet loitering munition.[5]

Flat bed Stormer
A Stormer with Shielder system

A transport version of the Stormer with a flat load bed is used to carry the Shielder minelaying system.

Stormer 30

Stormer 30 is a development of the Stormer chassis as a tracked reconnaissance vehicle. It is a turreted version of the Stormer. It is armed with a 30 mm Bushmaster II automatic cannon. A TOW missile launcher can be fitted to either turret side. The cannon and turret can traverse through 360°. The elevation is from -45° to +60°.

The rate of fire of the cannon is from single shot to a maximum of 200 rounds per minute. The cannon has a double selection ammunition feed system with 180 rounds of ammunition ready to fire.

The vehicle remains in the prototype stage and it is unclear when it will enter service. The vehicle will be fully air transportable by Lockheed C-130 Hercules used by the Royal Air Force aircraft as well as the Sikorsksy CH-53 helicopter currently in service with NATO allies and other nations across the world.

Stormer Air Defence

The Stormer Air Defence was a prototype air defence vehicle built in the late 1980s. This variant was to mount a dual Stinger launcher, as well as either a 25 mm GAU-12/U or 30 mm GAU-13/A cannon.[6]

Operators
A map of Stormer operators in blue

Current
Ukrainian Stormer HMV during the Russian invasion of Ukraine

Former

Notes
  1. "Stormer". Jane's Information Group Light Armoured Vehicles. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 17 January 2009.
  2. "Force Troops Command Overview". Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2016.
  3. Parker, Charlie. "Britain sends Stormer anti-aircraft vehicles to Ukraine".
  4. "Ukrainian military receives Stormer HVM air defense systems".
  5. "Russian army destroys first Ukrainian Stormer HVM Starstreak air defense vehicle using Lancet drone | Ukraine - Russia conflict war 2022 | analysis focus army defence military industry army".
  6. "The Eighties". Think Defence. 12 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
  7. "Alvis Stormer : Tank APC Modern TNI-AD". 11 August 2010.
  8. "Oman buys 18 British tanks - UPI Archives".
  9. "Oman buys Alvis armoured vehicles".
  10. Parker, Charlie (19 April 2022). "Ukrainian soldiers training in UK to use British armoured vehicles". The Times.
  11. Stewart, Heather; Sabbagh, Dan (21 April 2022). "Stormer anti aircraft vehicles to Ukraine". The Guardian.
  12. Suchomimus's channel on YouTube: Alvis Stormer Intercepts a Shahed Drone on YouTube (uploaded and retrieved 25 February 2023)
  13. "Scorpions to be Retired - Malaysian Defence".
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