Alvis FV622 Stalwart Mk.2
Alvis FV622 Stalwart Mk.2
Airfix 1/35
The Stalwart, formally classified by the British Army as Truck, High Mobility Load Carrier (HMLC), 5 Ton, 6 x 6, Alvis Stalwart and informally known by servicemen as the Stolly, and by former RCT as the Stally, is a highly mobile amphibious military truck. Built by Alvis Cars between 1960 and 1971, these vehicles served with the British Army from 1963 until 1993.
- FV622
All MK2 had the chassis number STAL 11/, and ran from STALL 11/1 to STAL 11/956.
Stalwart Mk 2 load carrier. This had a driver's and passenger's
seat, although a third seat could be fitted to the right of the driver
as a field modification. All Mk 2 have an internal hydraulic winch,
which only operates through the front and is mounted below the driver.
The winch type is a Morris multi-layer drum, driven by a P.T.O. mounted
hydraulic pump. The winch pull is 5400;kg. The MK 2 was known as
Amfibiebil 101C in Sweden, and again some were fitted with the FOCO 4000
ZXX cranes
Alvis FV622 Stalwart Mk.2, British Army of the Rhine, Exercise Spearpoint Crusader, West Germany, 1980.
