Scorpion TOW Vehicle

Notes: During the first Persian Gulf War between Iran and Iraq in the 1980s, Iraq captured several Iranian Scorpion light tanks. In trade for some spare parts for its US-made vehicles, Iraq gave Jordan 19 of the Scorpions. (Iraq used older US equipment and vehicles, as she was a US ally until Saddam Hussein came into power.) Jordan took the turrets off these vehicles and replaced them with a TOW II ATGM launcher.

Twilight 2000 Story: These vehicles were rarely used outside of Jordan during the Twilight War, though some were used on the West Bank of the Jordan River against Israeli forces.

Merc 2000 Story: Jordan is marketing its modification to countries who want some more mobile TOW platforms.

Price

Fuel Type

Load

Veh Wt

Crew

Mnt

Night Vision

Radiological

$62,669

G, A

300 kg

7 tons

4

5

Passive IR

Enclosed

Tr Mov

Com Mov

Fuel Cap

Fuel Cons

Config

Susp

Armor

175/123

40/25/4

423

140

CiH

T3

TF1 TS1 TR1 HF6 HS3 HR3

Fire Control

Stabilization

Armament

Ammunition

+2

None

TOW II Launcher, MAG (C)

9xTOW II ATGM, 3000x7.62mm