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The Challenger 2 is the third vehicle of this name, the first being the A30 Challenger, a World War II design using the Cromwell tank chassis with a 17-pounder gun. The second was the Persian Gulf War era Challenger 1, which was the British army's main battle tank (MBT) from the early 1980s to the mid-1990s.
An Nd-YAG laser rangefinder incorporated in the sight enables the commander to engage targets and to fire on the move. Indicators in the commander’s sight right eyepiece show the position of the sight axis, and the gun axis. Fire-control information from the computer and laser is displayed on the left eyepiece.
Accessible to both commander & gunner. Similar in concept to the hunter-killer sight found on the later Challenger 2 tank. [1] Two axis stabilised monocular gunners sight incorporating a laser rangefinder and muzzle reference system, magnification ×2–3 and ×10. [r] Backup telescope with ×8 magnification also provided. [1]
The L30A1, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L30, is a British-designed 120 mm rifled tank gun, installed in the turrets of Challenger 2 main battle tanks. It is an improved production model of the Royal Ordnance L11 series of rifled tank guns. Challenger 2 tanks and their L30A1 guns are operated by the British and Omani armies.
The gunner is provided with a Barr & Stroud Tank Laser Sight (TLS) which was also featured on the FV4201 Chieftain main battle tank. The TLS has a magnification of ×1 and ×10, which is also provided with a ballistic graticule. The gunner's sight is linked to gun by a temperature-compensated link bar and to a collimator in the commander's cupola.
The gunner was provided with a Vickers Instruments L30 telescopic laser sight as a main sight. The sight was monocular, with a magnification of ×10, and was fitted with a Barr and Stroud LF 11 Neodimium-YAG laser rangefinder and a cathode-ray tube for injection of fire-control data. In addition to his main sight, the gunner was also provided ...
The first armoured regiments - known at the time as "tank battalions" - were formed in the First World War, first in the Machine Gun Corps and later as the Tank Corps.Each battalion had three companies, each of three sections of four tanks, for a combat strength of thirty-six tanks; a further twelve were kept in reserve for training and replacement purposes. [2]
L94A1 is the British Ministry of Defence designation for the long-barrelled version of the Hughes EX-34 7.62 mm chain gun, which is fitted to several British Army armoured fighting vehicles, including the Challenger 2 and the Warrior. A second version with a shorter barrel, designated L95A1, was also procured in small numbers.