This paper sketches the history of the development of the main battle tank, why it developed as it did and finishes with a more detailed analysis of the design and development of the British Army's new Challenger 2. Whilst emphasising automotive aspects of tank design the paper rehearses the other technologies critical to making the tank such a formidable weapon system.


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    Title :

    The Design & Development of The Main Battle Tank


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    1996 SAE International Truck and Bus Meeting and Exposition ; 1996



    Publication date :

    1996-10-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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