FV432 armoured personnel carrier
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The FV432 armoured personnel carrier is a British tracked military vehicle widely used by the British Army for transporting infantry under armour from the 1960s onward.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| FV432 armoured personnel carrier canonical | 2 |
| FV432 Bulldog | 1 |
| FV432 Mk 2 | 1 |
| FV432 RARDEN-armed variants (limited/experimental) | 1 |
| FV434 REME repair variant | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1676811 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FV432 armoured personnel carrier Context triple: [GKN Sankey, notableProduct, FV432 armoured personnel carrier]
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A.
CV90 infantry fighting vehicle
The CV90 infantry fighting vehicle is a modern, highly mobile, and heavily armed tracked combat vehicle developed by Sweden’s BAE Systems Hägglunds, designed to transport and support infantry on the battlefield with advanced protection and firepower.
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B.
Ares armoured personnel carrier
The Ares armoured personnel carrier is a British tracked military vehicle designed to transport infantry safely on the battlefield as part of the Ajax family of armoured fighting vehicles.
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C.
MLI-84 infantry fighting vehicle
The MLI-84 infantry fighting vehicle is a Romanian-built, upgraded variant of the Soviet BMP-1, designed to transport and support infantry with enhanced firepower and mobility.
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D.
Light Armored Vehicle-25
The Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) is an eight-wheeled, amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle used primarily by the U.S. Marine Corps, armed with a 25 mm chain gun and designed for high mobility and rapid deployment.
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E.
Argus engineer reconnaissance vehicle
The Argus engineer reconnaissance vehicle is a specialized variant of the Ajax armoured fighting vehicle designed to support combat engineers with battlefield reconnaissance and route assessment capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: FV432 armoured personnel carrier Target entity description: The FV432 armoured personnel carrier is a British tracked military vehicle widely used by the British Army for transporting infantry under armour from the 1960s onward.
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A.
CV90 infantry fighting vehicle
The CV90 infantry fighting vehicle is a modern, highly mobile, and heavily armed tracked combat vehicle developed by Sweden’s BAE Systems Hägglunds, designed to transport and support infantry on the battlefield with advanced protection and firepower.
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B.
Ares armoured personnel carrier
The Ares armoured personnel carrier is a British tracked military vehicle designed to transport infantry safely on the battlefield as part of the Ajax family of armoured fighting vehicles.
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C.
MLI-84 infantry fighting vehicle
The MLI-84 infantry fighting vehicle is a Romanian-built, upgraded variant of the Soviet BMP-1, designed to transport and support infantry with enhanced firepower and mobility.
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D.
Light Armored Vehicle-25
The Light Armored Vehicle-25 (LAV-25) is an eight-wheeled, amphibious armored reconnaissance vehicle used primarily by the U.S. Marine Corps, armed with a 25 mm chain gun and designed for high mobility and rapid deployment.
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E.
Argus engineer reconnaissance vehicle
The Argus engineer reconnaissance vehicle is a specialized variant of the Ajax armoured fighting vehicle designed to support combat engineers with battlefield reconnaissance and route assessment capabilities.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
armoured personnel carrier
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military vehicle ⓘ tracked armoured vehicle ⓘ upgraded FV432 variant ⓘ |
| armamentMount | cupola-mounted machine gun ⓘ |
| armourProtection |
shell splinters
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small-arms fire ⓘ |
| armourType | welded steel ⓘ |
| configuration | tracked ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| crew | 2 ⓘ |
| driveLayout | front-engine ⓘ |
| engineConfiguration | 6-cylinder opposed-piston ⓘ |
| enginePower | 240 hp ⓘ |
| engineType | Rolls-Royce K60 multi-fuel engine ⓘ |
| feature |
air conditioning
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improved armour ⓘ upgraded engine ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
NBC protection system
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infrared driving equipment ⓘ rear troop door ⓘ |
| hasHatch | roof troop hatch ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
FV432 armoured personnel carrier
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
FV432 Bulldog
FV432 armoured personnel carrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FV432 Mk 2
FV432 armoured personnel carrier self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
FV434 REME repair variant
FV436 command post variant ⓘ |
| introducedInDecade | 1960s ⓘ |
| layout |
driver front-left
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engine front-right ⓘ troop compartment rear ⓘ |
| manufacturer | GKN Sankey ⓘ |
| modernization | Bulldog upgrade programme ⓘ |
| numberOfRoadWheelsPerSide | 5 ⓘ |
| operator |
Bahrain Defence Force
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British Army ⓘ Jordanian Armed Forces ⓘ Nigerian Army ⓘ Sri Lanka Army ⓘ |
| partOfFamily | FV430 series ⓘ |
| passengerCapacity | 10 infantry soldiers ⓘ |
| primaryArmament | 7.62 mm L7 GPMG ⓘ |
| primaryRole | infantry transport ⓘ |
| serviceEntry | 1963 ⓘ |
| suspensionType | torsion bar ⓘ |
| usedBy | British Army ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
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surface form:
Afghanistan War (2001–2021)
Gulf War ⓘ Iraq War ⓘ The Troubles ⓘ
surface form:
Northern Ireland conflict
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How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: FV432 armoured personnel carrier Description of subject: The FV432 armoured personnel carrier is a British tracked military vehicle widely used by the British Army for transporting infantry under armour from the 1960s onward.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
FV432 armoured personnel carrier
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hasVariant
→
FV432 armoured personnel carrier
self-linksurface differs
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subject surface form:
FV432
this entity surface form:
FV432 Mk 2
FV432 armoured personnel carrier
→
hasVariant
→
FV432 armoured personnel carrier
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
FV432
this entity surface form:
FV432 Bulldog
FV432 armoured personnel carrier
→
hasVariant
→
FV432 armoured personnel carrier
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
subject surface form:
FV432
this entity surface form:
FV434 REME repair variant
this entity surface form:
FV432 RARDEN-armed variants (limited/experimental)