The FV1620 Humber Hornet (FV1620, truck 1-ton, air portable, armoured launcher, Hornet launcher) was a specialised air-deployable armoured fighting vehicle designed to carry the Malkara, an anti-tank guided missile developed by Australia and the United Kingdom.
== History == British units used the Hornet. Based on the British Army's FV1611 Humber "Pig" one-ton four-wheel drive armoured truck, it carried two Malkara, missiles on a retractable boom at the rear, as well as two reloads. It could be transported by air in a Blackburn Beverley and air-dropped on a cluster of 6 special parachutes.
Operation
It was also operated by a squadron of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment.
== See also == List of armoured fighting vehicles Comparable vehicles M551 Sheridan
References
=== Bibliography === "FV 1620 Humber "Hornet/Malkara" Anti-Tank Vehicle" WarWheels.net Moores, Andrew (1995), "FV1620 Hornet: A British Pig with an Australian Sting" (PDF), Armored Car - The Wheeled Fighting Vehicle Journal, no. #30 (July–August), p. 4
External links
Tank Chats #93 Humber Hornet. The Tank Museum. 24 January 2020 – via YouTube. MilitaryFactory.com factsheet
