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The FV4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank (MBT) of the United Kingdom from the 1960s into 1990s. When introduced, it was among the most heavily armed MBTs of the era, mounting a 120 mm Royal Ordnance L11 gun, the equal of the much larger specialist heavy tanks then in service. It also was among the most heavily armoured, with up to 195 mm ...
FV4201: Chieftain MBT. FV4202: "40 ton Centurion" experimental vehicle; FV4203: Chieftain AVRE; FV4204: Chieftain ARRV; FV4205: Chieftain AVLB; FV4207: Chieftain AEV (G) FV4211: Experimental (Aluminium) Chieftain; FV4333: Stormer APC; FV4401: Contentious - one-man tank with two 120 mm recoilless rifles; FV4501: Armoured mine clearer
The initial engine choice in 1954 for what was known at the time as "Medium Gun Tank No.2", later designated the "FV4201" and given the service name 'Chieftain', was a Rolls-Royce diesel V8, however during the Chieftain's design phase NATO introduced a policy in 1957 requiring all armoured fighting vehicles to have a multi-fuel capability.
FV4201 Tank, Medium Gun, no.2, later known as the Chieftain tank. Centurion Tank, the Cruiser (medium) tank sharing the same weapon. Cromwell Tank, the Cruiser (medium) tank the Charioteer was based on. Leopard 1 – (Germany), a tank with similar armour characteristics, design commencing around the same time (1956).
Stillbrew armour, or more correctly, the Stillbrew Crew Protection Package (SCPP) was an add-on passive composite armour [1] applied to the FV4201 Chieftain main battle tank used by the British Army's Royal Armoured Corps in the mid-1980s and early-1990s so as to provide increased protection from anti-tank warfare weapons. [2]
The FV4202 was built by Leyland Motors as a research vehicle for the FVRDE to test the conceptual layout of the proposed FV4201 Chieftain main battle tank. Three vehicles were built between 1955 and 1956.
British Centurion main battle tank T-55 main battle tank. Main battle tanks are often classified as belonging to a particular generation, although the actual definition and membership in these generations are not defined.
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