The Alvis Salamander is a six-wheel drive airport crash tender with off-road capabilities, developed in 1956.

[1] It shares the same common Alvis six-wheel-drive chassis and other components with the FV 601 Saladin armoured car and FV 603 Saracen armoured personnel carrier.

In turn it led to the FV 620 Stalwart load carrier which was derived from the Salamander.

[2] Firefighting equipment was provided by The Pyrene Company Limited.

From the late 1970s on they were replaced by vehicles like the Thornycroft Nubian Pyrene Mark 7.