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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 ...
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.
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.
The TESS was trialed and introduced in the early 1980s originally as a tank sight for the FV4201 Chieftain. Surplus stocks were used on F-4 Phantom aircraft operated by the Royal Air Force as a cost-saving measure for a long range daytime target identification device, whereas the United States Air Force used the TISEO on their F-4 Phantoms.
Instead, it is a modified version of the six-speed David Brown TN-12 Mk. 3 transmission produced for the FV4201 Chieftain, but made fully automatic by means of an electronic control system. [7] Designed by Self-Changing Gears Limited of Coventry, the TN-12-1000 was able to handle greater torque than the TN-12 Mk. 3, specifically 3,660 Nm ...
The T95's equipment is on a fixed mount and is stabilized in two axes. The T95E1 equipment was installed on a recoil mount, but lacks stabilization systems. All T95 models were equipped with T320 armor-piercing rounds, which have tungsten cores, diameters of 40 mm, and muzzle velocities of 1,520 meters per second. These rounds can successfully ...