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4.2 cm Pak 41 light anti-tank gun, part of Belgrade Military Museum outer exhibition at Kalemegdan fortress. The 4.2 cm Pak 41 (Panzerjägerkanone —"anti-tank gun") was a light anti-tank gun issued to German airborne units in World War II.
As of 2023, the Scimitar's intended replacement in British service is a variant of the Ajax fitted with a CT40 cannon. [7] The Scimitar was retired from British service in 2023. The Warrior is being used as a temporary stop-gap, until Ajax reaches initial operating capability. [2] [8]
No tank engines in production or development at the time were suitable, so the Jaguar 4.2-litre petrol engine was used. [8] This was modified to use military-grade fuel, with a compression ratio lowered from 9:1 to 7.75:1 and a single Solex Marcus carburettor, resulting in a power output reduction from 265 bhp to 195 bhp. [9]
AA Range = 12 km, AA Ceiling = 6 km, Speed = Mach 2.5 AN/TWQ-1 Avenger United States: 75: Egypt originally ordered 50 units, but in 2006 it chose to order a further 25 units which all were delivered by September 2008. [134] AA Range = 8 km, AA Ceiling = 8 km, Speed = Mach 2.2 Crotale France: VT-1: 36 [135] Purchased from France in 1980. [136]
The Hydra 70 rocket is an American made 2.75-inch (70 mm) diameter fin-stabilized unguided rocket used primarily in the air-to-ground role. It can be equipped with a variety of warheads, and in more recent versions, guidance systems for point attacks.
The Leclerc is also equipped with a 12.7 mm coaxial M2 heavy machine gun and a turret-mounted 7.62 mm machine gun, whereas most other NATO tanks use 7.62 mm weapons for both their coaxial and top machine gun mounts; the major exception is the American M1 Abrams, which has a 7.62 mm coaxial machine gun and two top-mounted machine guns, one 7.62 ...
Provision for fitting four Swingfire wire-controlled anti-tank missiles (intended as a response to weapons of greater range, such as the 120 mm L11 tank gun. The Mark 2 did not proceed beyond a mock-up although a Vickers Mark 1 MBT with four Swingfire missiles, two mounted either side of the turret towards the rear, was shown at Farnborough. A ...
The FV434 is the Armoured Repair Vehicle variant of the British Army's FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles.Introduced in the 1960s primarily as a means of quickly changing Chieftain MBT power packs in the field, it is operated by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME).