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On 7 November 1950, the US Ordnance Committee Minutes (OCM), order #33476, ceased utilizing the terms heavy, medium, and light tanks and redesignated tanks by the gun system, e.g. 90 mm Gun Tank M48 Patton, etc. [5] with heavy gun tanks (120 mm or 4.724 in), medium gun tanks (90 mm or 3.543 in), and light gun tanks (76 mm or 2.992 in), although ...
1966 (Mk 1) 1967 (Mk 2) 1970 (Mk 3) 1975 (Mk 5‑8) 1979 (Mk 9) 1984 (Mk 10‑12) United Kingdom: 1,896 52–55 tons 650–750 hp 400–500 km First tank with a supine driver position. Designed to replace both the Centurion, and heavier Conqueror tanks. Chobham armour was tested on the FV 4211. 1981 United Kingdom Jordan: 274 1200 hp
Poland agreed to send 14 Leopard 2A4 tanks from their army stocks on January 25. [114] Canada promised to send 4 "combat ready" Leopard 2A4 tanks to Ukraine on January 26. [115] Four additional 2A4 tanks were promised along with 1 ARV on February 24. [116] Spain promised to send at least 10 of its Leopard 2A4 tanks, with more possible pending ...
The Challenger 3 has an all-new turret with an improved hull. The most significant change from Challenger 2 to Challenger 3 is the replacement of the Challenger's main armament from a 120 mm L30A1 rifled main gun to the 120 mm L55A1 [ 18 ] smoothbore gun (which itself is an upgraded version of the L55 fitted to the Leopard 2A6/A7 family of main ...
It was a small two-man, one-gun tank, armed with an .30 M1919 Browning machine gun and capable of a maximum speed of 8 mph (13 km/h). Design on the 3-ton tank started in mid-1918. The 3-Ton was a two-man tank designed so that American forces could use another tank besides the Renault FT.
These inter-war tanks were built to supply the British Army after the First World War. Heavier than most light tanks, they proved to be under-gunned and under-armoured. Some did see action in France and the Low Countries in 1940. They were armed with either the QF 3 pdr or the Vickers machine gun. All were withdrawn from service by 1941.
The second half of World War II saw an increased reliance on general-purpose medium tanks, which became the bulk of the tank combat forces. Generally, these designs massed about 25–30 t (25–30 long tons; 28–33 short tons), were armed with cannons around 75 mm (3.0 in), and powered by engines in the 400–500 hp (300–370 kW) range.
It had a maximum speed of 5.5 miles per hour and could travel 30 miles on its 30-gallon fuel capacity. Again, because of production delays, none were completed in time to see action. In the summer of 1918 a 3-ton, 2-man tank, (Ford 3-Ton M1918) originated by the Ford Motor Company was designed.