L60 tank

L60
A later model L60.
Type	Main battle tank
Place of origin	Salisford
Service history
Used by	Salisford
Production history
Designed	1956
Produced	1959-1995
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.

Development

Following testing which found that the front glacis plate of the L60's immediate predecessor, the L50 tank, was insufficient to stop modern anti-tank weaponry, the Salisfordian Army put out requests for a successor to the L50 in 1956.

The homogenous steel armor found in previous tanks like the L50 was phased out in favor of composite armor.

Service history

Rubicon War

Main article: Rubicon War

Salisfordian Civil War

Main article: Salisfordian Civil War