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The MBT-70 (German: KPz 70 or KpfPz 70) was an American–West German joint project to develop a new main battle tank during the 1960s.. The MBT-70 was developed by the United States and West Germany in the context of the Cold War, intended to counter the new generation of tanks developed by the Soviet Union for the Warsaw Pact.
In 1963, the U.S. Army and the West German Bundeswehr began collaborating on a main battle tank (MBT) design that both nations would use, improving interoperability between the two NATO partners. [12] [13] [14] The MBT-70, or Kampfpanzer 70 as it was known in Germany, [15] incorporated many new unconventional technologies across the board ...
In 1963, [1] the U.S. Army and the West German Bundeswehr began collaborating on a main battle tank (MBT) design that both nations would use, improving interoperability between the two NATO partners. [2] [3] The MBT-70, or Kampfpanzer 70 as it was known in Germany, [4] incorporated many new unconventional technologies across the board ...
The Vickers MBT is a series of main battle tanks (MBTs) developed as a private venture by British company Vickers-Armstrongs for export. The design makes use of proven components, such as the L7 gun of the Centurion , the Leyland L60 multi-fuel engine, the transmission and fire control system of the Chieftain .
When the MBT-70 program was ended, a further contract was offered under the name Boar (Eber), with an emphasis on using as many technologies from the MBT-70 as possible, but without the problematic XM150 152 mm (6.0 in) combined gun/MGM-51 Shillelagh missile launcher. Two prototype vehicles were constructed using a new chassis from Porsche with ...
MBT-70 prototype test firing an MGM-51. The most ambitious project based on the Shillelagh was the MBT-70, an advanced US–German tank. Design work on the MBT-70 began in 1963. The tank mounted a huge auto-loader turret on top of a very short chassis, so short that there was no room for a driver in the front hull. Instead of being located in ...
The gunner is provided with a Barr & Stroud Tank Laser Sight (TLS) which was also featured on the FV4201 Chieftain main battle tank. The TLS has a magnification of ×1 and ×10, which is also provided with a ballistic graticule. The gunner's sight is linked to gun by a temperature-compensated link bar and to a collimator in the commander's cupola.
The Universal Turret was fitted in 1985 to a German Leopard 2 hull to become the Vickers Mk. 7 main battle tank. In 1989, the Valiant took part to the exercise Hellspot on Salisbury Plain with the purpose of trialling thermal sights. The fate of the hull, the first turret and the Universal Turret remains unknown to this date.