Viking amphibious tracked vehicles retired from British service.

Thanks for the article Jonathan.

via Defense-aerospace.com

Military vehicles have been withdrawn from the frontline after they failed safety checks.
Armoured Viking all-terrain vehicles were used in Afghanistan but have already been replaced by Warthogs.
The MOD wanted to give the Vikings to Royal Marines for frontline use but those plans were scrapped when damaged from carrying too much weight was discovered.
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Too bad.

When the discussion first started about the Marine Personnel Carrier, I suggested that the Marine Corps should consider this vehicle...especially since I could not find any rationale for it being wheeled.  With the British experience of this type of vehicle failing safety checks and not being able to stand up to IEDs, it would appear that the perfect all terrain vehicle is headed to the scrap heap.