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Fulfilling this requirement was an interim tank design that resulted in the M60-series, [23] ... The drive sprocket is located at the rear of the hull. The vehicle ...
Chain track drive sprocket (Leclerc battle tank, 2006) In the case of vehicles with caterpillar tracks the engine-driven toothed-wheel transmitting motion to the tracks is known as the drive sprocket and may be positioned at the front or back of the vehicle, or in some cases both. There may also be a third sprocket, elevated, driving the track.
The Ramses II tank is a heavily modernized T-55 main battle tank designed for and used by the Egyptian Armed Forces. A single T-54 was sent to the United States for upgrading. A primary prototype was sent to Egypt where extensive trials were completed in late 1987.
Many World War II German military vehicles, initially (starting in the late 1930s) including all vehicles originally designed to be half-tracks and all later tank designs (after the Panzer IV), had slack-track systems, usually driven by a front-located drive sprocket, the track returning along the tops of a design of overlapping and sometimes ...
The armor design of the IS-3 was an enormous influence on postwar tank design, as seen in the Soviet T-55 and T-62 series, the United States M48 Patton and the West German Leopard 1. [ 14 ] Soviet tank production outstripped all other nations with the exception of the United States.
After World War I, the Polish army began designing tankettes, light tanks, and armored vehicles, many by Škoda. The German engineer Joseph Vollmer joined Škoda and designed a wheel/track light tank, the KH-50 (Kolo-Housenka). This design had roadwheels mounted on the drive sprockets and jockey wheels behind them to support the tracks.
A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank or simply tank, [1] is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies.
Tanks were initially deployed in World War I, engineered to overcome the deadlock of trench warfare.Between the two world wars, tanks were further developed.Although they had demonstrated their battlefield effectiveness, only a few nations had the industrial resources to design and build them.