Difference between revisions of "L60 tank"
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=== Variants === | === Variants === |
Revision as of 23:02, 30 July 2022
L60 | |
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Type | Main battle tank |
Place of origin | Salisford |
Service history | |
Used by | Salisford |
Production history | |
Designed | 1956 |
Produced | 1959-1985 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 45.5 t (50.2 short tons) |
Length | 9.22 m (30.2 ft) |
Width | 3.51 m (11.5 ft) |
Height | 2.76 m (9.1 ft) |
Crew | 4 |
Armor | Composite and sloped design (classified) |
Main armament | 1× 105 mm rifled gun (57 rounds: hull - 42, turret - 15) |
Secondary armament | 2× 7.62 mm machine guns (1 coaxial, 1 turrettop anti-aircraft) |
Engine | M V-10 830 PS (819 hp, 610 kW) |
Power/weight | 18.2 PS/tonne |
Transmission | ZF |
Suspension | Torsion bar |
Ground clearance | 0.44 m (1.4 ft) |
Fuel capacity | 1,000 l (260 US gal) |
Operational range | 600 km (370 mi) |
Speed | 60 km/h (37 mph) |
The L60 is a Salisfordian second-generation main battle tank (MBT) that was first introduced in 1959. In contrast with previous tank models, which were armed with rifled guns, the L60 was the first Salisfordian tank armed with a smoothbore gun which could fire high-velocity APFSDS rounds.