Royal Marines Armoured Support Group
The current Royal Marines Armoured Support Group (RMASG) is an element of the Royal Marines that operates the Viking BvS 10 All Terrain Vehicle. It is based at Bovington in Dorset. The original RMASG was formed in the Second World War to give British and Commonwealth forces heavy fire support in the opening attacks of the Normandy landings.
Centaur Mk IV of RMASG near Tilly-sur-Seulles, 13 June 1944
RMASG Viking Mortar Section in 2020
Viking Armoured Vehicle of the Royal Marines during a demonstration at the Portsmouth International Festival in 2005.
The BvS10 is a tracked articulated amphibious all-terrain armoured vehicle produced by BAE Systems Land Systems Hägglunds of Sweden. This vehicle, referred to as the All Terrain Vehicle (protected) - ATV(P) or Viking by the UK forces, was originally developed as a collaboration between industry - Hägglunds Vehicle AB - and the British Ministry of Defence (MoD) on behalf of the Royal Marines.
BvS10 of the Netherlands Marine Corps.
British Viking in the well dock of HMS Bulwark
Viking Mortar Section of RM Armoured Support Group in 2020
Queen's Royal Lancers in Helmand, 2008.