Tech Data Challenger Main Battle Tank

[Bombardier]

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Combat Weight = 62,500 kgs
Crew Size = 4
Length (hull) = 8.327m
Length (gun forward) = 11.55m
Width (over skirts) = 3.52m
Height (to turret roof) = 2.49m
Ground Clearance = 0.5m
Max Road Range = 450km
Engine = Rolls-Royce Perkins Condor CV12 1200bhp
with new engine management system
Gearbox = David Brown TN54 epicyclic, 6 fwd 2 rev
Suspension = Hydrogas variable spring rate
Track = Blair Catton hydraulically adjusted double pin
Speed = 59 kph (road);
40 kph (mean cross country)
Main Armament = Royal Ordnance 120mm L30 gun
Ammunition = CHARM 1 and 3, HESH and Smoke
Ammunition Carried = Typically 50 rounds - APFSDS, HESH, Smoke
Secondary Armament = Hughes 7.62mm coaxially mounted chain gun and
7.62mm loaders GPMG Turret Mounted for Air Defence
Ammunition Carried = 4000 rounds 7.62mm
Armour = DORCHESTER
Smoke Dischargers = Exhaust smoke injection and two sets of five L8 grenade dischargers
Commander = Gyrostabilised fully panoramic site with laser range finder and thermal imager
Gunner = Gyrostabilised primary site with laser range finder and thermal imager, and coaxially mounted auxiliary sight
Driver = Day and night periscopes
Loader = Day periscope
Total procurement cost = 2.2 billion
Schedule = Production Began 1990
Training Readiness Date achieved September 1997
Production Reliability Growth Trials completed November 1997
Batch Test 1 achieved November 1997
Batch Test 2 achieved March 1998
Quartering Readiness Date achieved April 1998
Batch Test 3 achieved June 1998
In-Service Date achieved June 1998
Batch Test 4 achieved October 1998
ISRD achieved January 1999
Operational Readiness Date due late 1999

Data sources
http://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/challenger2.htm

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