What to download Challenger 1. Challenger - British PT-SAU VII level. It consists in arms

Replace the chipten tanks was called up by the promising English-West German Tank MBT-80 / KPZ-80, the work on which was conducted since 1972. The program was annulled in 1977 due to disagreements between tank builders and military of both states. The question of British main battle tank The 80s remained open. In 1978-1979. The development of the MW-80 national tank was carried out using the nearest accumulated in the framework of the Anglo-German program. Finally, the problem was resolved the most unexpected way in 1979. When the refusal of the new government of Iran from the order of the tanks "Shir-2" added the British of headaches. The FV 4030/3 project was riveted a large amount of money, the time was spent, seven experienced tanks were built.

After significant fluctuations in the British accepted a compromise solution: to continue the evolutionary development of the FV 4030 project, taking the "Shir-2" tank, but to replace new tanks only "Chifeth". We are in service with the British Rhine Army. In 1980, a contract was signed for the supply of 225 tanks. Seven prototypes "Shir-2" were converted to work out new solutions and their tests, which received a new designation FV 4030/4 and his own name "Challenger" ("Challenge"). The design of the machine was engaged in the designers of the technical management of military vehicles and equipment (MVEE) and specialists of the State Tank Plant. As with the design of "Chifen". One of the most critical was the problem of mass. The specification of the General Staff limited a mass of a perspective tank with a value of 54.8 tons (the mass of the chipten tank MK.5), but even during the studies of the MW-80 project, the British specialists concluded the impossibility of enhancing the armor, subject to the maintenance of the mass of the new tank at the level Mass "Chiflen" MK.5.

The mass was necessary to increase to 60-62 tons, in this case it appeared the opportunity to strengthen the frontal part of the hull and tower, as well as sides. MveE engineers as a substantiation of the ability to increase the mass put forward a thesis about a minor difference between 50- and 60-ton tanks. So, with equal specific power and pressure on the soil, the average speed of movement, the pickup and the permeability will be approximately the same. One of the criteria that limit the mass of the tank is the lifting capacity of road bridges. The British analyzed the distribution on the European TVD engineering structures that limit the mobility of tanks; It turned out that most of the bridges are designed for a load of 20 tons, that is, they are in the same success, under 50-ton tank, and under the tank weighing 60 tons, and the bridges with a carrying capacity of 50 and 60 tons "smeared" around Europe. As a result of this kind of research and analyzes, it was possible to convince the military to raise the strip of the upper mass limit to the required 60-62t. Tests tanks took place in Bovington; During them, seven cars hit more than 100,000 km. Their maintenance and reliability, electromagnetic compatibility of radio equipment, was checked. At the final stage, in October 1982, the participation of cars in four-day continuous hostilities was imitated. The military was satisfied, and in December 1982, Manager of the Challenger Tank Program from the British Army Colonel Murray Brown signed an act of completing the test.

Serial production began in 1983, the first new tanks received the royal hussar regiment. Until 1988, 420 Challenger tanks were built. Only the British army arrived. Tank is designed by the classic scheme. The housing of the tank is completely welded, made from the combined armor "Chobhem". It lacks cast parts, which have been in the design of the chipten tank case. The bottom of the body has a V-shaped form for the weakening of the exposure to the detonation of anti-tank mines. In front of the case there is a control unit. The seat of the driver's mechanic is located along the axis of the tank: the same as on "Chiphet". In combat position, the driver's mechanic occupies the position of half a litage. The rotation control is carried out with the help of the steering wheel. For observation of the terrain, a wide periscopic device is used, which is easily replaced by the infrared unprofitable night vision device. The combat department and the tower occupy the middle part of the tank. In the welded tower there is a 120-mm rush gun L11A5.

Compared with a similar tank instrument "Chipten". The Hellenger gun has a shorter trunk. A shorter trunk facilitates the stabilization of the gun when moving. The application in the design of the modernized gun of the new steel, obtained by the electroslag-colored interpret, the maximum pressure in the barrel channel from 610 to 630 MPa (6200 - 6400 kgf / cm2) and, despite the reduced length of the trunk, the initial rate of the projectile remained the same. Amendments were put into improving the compound. Amusement of 64 shotgun shots is located in the management department and in combat department. Typical is considered an option from 34 armor-piercing subcalacer shells, 15 armor-piano-fuzasny and five smoke. The ammunition is stored in armored laying containers surrounded by a shirt with a special fluid, which reduces the likelihood of fire and detonation of ammunition. All powder charges are below the epaulent towers. The angle of guidance to the vertical plane-from-10 ° to + 20 °.

Gun guide drives in the vertical plane and reversal of the electric tower, emergency drives - mechanical. The reversal rate of the tower varies in the range from 0.01 to 24 degrees. / S, the rate of guidance of the gun in the vertical plane - in the range from 0, 01 to 6 deg. / S. The gun is stabilized in two planes. To the left of the gun set the 7.62mm machine gun L8A2, paired with a cannon; Amusement to the machine gun - 4000 cartridges. To the right of the gun are the workplaces of the commander and the gunner, on the left - the charging. The fire management system has undergone minor changes compared to SWW-1 SUO. It includes a gun gun with an integrated laser rangefinder, an electronic ballistic calculator and tool stabilizer. The ballistic calculator generates data for firing taking into account the range to the target, the angular velocity of the target, the coal of the RPF Roll of Tank, wind speed, atmospheric pressure and air temperature. As the main sight, the gunner uses a periscopic sight with a ten-fold increase in Barr End Rud TLS No. 10 MK. 1, in which a laser rangefinder is built. In the laser radiation razel, an rtyium-aluminum grenade is used instead of a ruby, used in the chapten tank farming. Auxiliary sight - Telescopic, Vickers tool, AFV No. 80 mk.l with seven-time increase.

The adjustment of the sight is carried out using the collimator and the reflective mirror installed on the trunk of the cannons near the muzzle cut. For hostilities at night, a thermal impaired Barr end strud Togs is used (Termal Observation and Gunnery Sistem - a thermal surveillance system and shooting). The commander has a periscopic sight of AFV AFV No. 37 MK.5, having a 1- and 10-fold increase. The line of sight is stabilized. On the perimeter of the commander hatch there are eight periscopic observation instruments Helio Mirrore AFV No. 40 Mk.2, giving a total circular field of view. The commander's sight is an optical channel associated with a gunner and a Togs video monitoring device, which allows the commander to fire, using a laser rangefinder and thermal imager. The charging has one rotating periscopic observation device. All optical tank devices have anti-icing devices and dirt cleaning systems. A remote-controlled 7,62-mm machine gun L-37A2 is mounted on the commander turret with angle angles in the vertical plane from -10 ° to + 75 °. Fire from a zenith machine gun leads a tank commander. Shooting from gun and paired machine gun can lead the gunner, and the commander. In front of the tower on sides, five smoke grenades are installed. The feed part of the body occupies a motor-transmission compartment. The motor-transmission set is made in the form of a single block and is located longitudinally axis of the tank.

The mass of the block is 5.49 t, for its replacement in the field, 45 minutes is required. The main engine uses a 12-cylinder V-shaped four-stroke diesel 12 V-1200 "Condor" with a capacity of 1200 liters. from. Perkins firms. Diesel has turbocharging. To the left of the main engine installed auxiliary diesel engine H30 of Coventry Klaimex with a capacity of 37 liters. p., serving to drive an electric generator. Launch of the main diesel engine, recharging and warming batteries. Both engines have a common liquid cooling system that ensures reliable operation of motors at ambient air temperature + 52 ° C. In the Challenger Tank, for the first time in English tank construction, an automatic hydromechanical transmission TN-37 with a hydraulic transmission in the drive mechanism drive was applied. Transmission was developed by David Brown. The planetary gearbox provides four transmissions of the front and three - rear. The hydraulic transmission allows you to smoothly adjust the rotation radius in the entire range, which has improved controllability to compare with "chipten". At which the mechanic driver had to periodically affect the friction elements, which led to a sharp change in the angle of rotation of the tank and its angular velocity. It was assumed to establish more powerful diesel engines 12V-1500 (1500 hp), but these plans were not implemented. On the sides of the engine transmission unit, pro-tacty fuel tanks from synthetic rubber with a wall thickness of 11.5 mm are installed. The total capacity of tanks is 1592 liters.

For powering electrical and radio equipment, two electric generator are used (driven from the main and auxiliary diesel engine) and four batteries with a capacity of 100 A.Ch. The chassis of the tank "Challenger" is sharply different from the pendant of the chipten tank. Instead of spring-balancing suspension, an unregulated piston hydropneumatic suspension is used, developed by MVEE specialists and Dunlop private firms and laser engineered. The suspension provides a dynamic rink of 340 mm rink (in the chipten tank - 159 mm, the "Shir-I" tank is 250 mm). From each side, six reference and four supporting rinks are installed. Supported rollers rubberized, with aluminum discs and steel hubs. Caterpillar with open metal hinges, trackers have removable rubber pillows. The chassis is covered with four-section screens installed from each side. The tank has a simplex telephone radio station VK / VRC -353 VHF range. There is a system of protection against weapons of mass lesions, located in an isolated compartment of the tower of the tower. Installed automatic fire extinguishing system.

Combat application

Challenger tanks from the 1st armored division under the command of General-Major Rupert Smith (it included the 4th heavy infantry and 7th heavy armored brigades) participated in the operation "Storm in the Desert" in 1991. The 7th Brigade included two regiments of the four-stage composition, armed with tanks "Challenger" and BMP battalion. In the 4th brigade there were two BMP battalions and a three-stage tank regiment on "Challenger". In Saudi Arabia, brigades were transferred from Germany. Tankers struck on the right flank of the American 7th Corps along the Kuwait-Iraq border.

The information published in the Western press on the participation of English tanks in this operation is quite contradictory. According to one data, machines and crews earned the highest assessment, the combat readiness of the material part reached 95%, and the tank workers took revenge for the failure of the speech on the "Canadian Trophy - 97" and demonstrated the sniper shooting accuracy. At the same time, according to the magazine "International Diphenes Review" (No. 9 for 1992), most of the "Challengers" in five days blitzkrieg was disabled. Tanks were completely unsuitable for combat actions in the conditions of the desert. According to the British crews, 157 Challenger tanks destroyed about 300 Iraqi tanks, losing only one of their car.

Training Tank Challenger-1

The first of the 17 training tanks "Challenger" entered the testing center in Bovington in November 1989, the Tank is a regular "Challenger", which instead of the tower installed a non-breaking double (intended for instructor and cadet) cabin. In 1990, the remaining 16 training tanks were transferred to the British Army. Two cars purchased Oman as part of a contract for the supply of 18 Challenger-2 tanks.

Bram on the basis of Tank Challenger-1

In 1985, the UK Ministry of Defense signed a contract with the company Vickers DiPhenes Systems for the supply of 30 Bram on the basis of the Challenger Tank; In total, the British army was delivered 74 armored repair and evacuation machines. Four Bram purchased the Armed Forces of Oman. The first of the six pre-seventive machines was made at the firm factory in Newcastle in the summer of 1987. Bram has the running part, the lower part of the body, the engine and a number of other systems and aggregates, similar to the Challenger tank. Brem crew - three people: commander, driver, radio operator, for two more people can be transported. The workplace of the driver's mechanic is located in the front of the body to the left of the machine axis, the hydraulic winch is installed on the right of it. In the driver's hatch there is a periscopic observation device. The place of the commander is behind the seat of the driver's mechanics. On the roof of the case installed a rotating commander turret. A remote-controlled machine gun of a 7.62 mm caliber is mounted on the turret, daytime (with 1- and 10-time increase) and night (with 1- and 6-fold increases) sights, as well as nine fixed observation instruments. The motor-transmission office is in the aft of Bram and separated from the combat separation by the fireborne partition.

The main and auxiliary engines are the same as on the challenger tank. Transmission - David Brown TN-54, which is an improved version of TN-37 transmission. Transmission TN-54 has six gears for moving forward and two back. In the front of the housing, 12, in the back - 8 smoke grenades. Bram has two hydraulic winches - the main (length of 9-mm steel cable 150 m) and auxiliary (length of 9-mm steel cable 300 m) with a traction force 510 and 15 kN, respectively. On the roof of the housing on the left side, a hydraulic crane with a telescopic arrow is mounted. The faucet is designed to rise a motor-transmission unit of the Challenger tank and has a circular rotation. The hydraulic bulldozer dump is in front of the Bram. In addition to the replacement and transportation of power units of the main combat tanks, BEM equipment allows welding work, the machine has a powerful air compressor and a set of tools and spare parts for the repair of tanks in the field. Bram is capable of towing vehicles weighing up to 68 tons at a speed of 30 km / h. The car has a system of protection against weapons of mass lesion.

A total of 420 units were released. By the end of the 1990s, he was replaced in the British army with tanks Challenger 2, and the cars removed from weapons were sold by Jordan. On comparative shooting against Abrams and Leopard Tank showed on average, low possibilities after which he stopped participating in such events.

Combat application

Tanks of this type were used by British troops during the war in the Persian Gulf. Tanks were completely unsuitable for combat actions in the conditions of the desert. Before the start of the deployment of war in the Persian Gulf, only 22% Challenger 1 were operating due to interruptions and the absence of spare parts. Martial losses did not have (perhaps 1 car). About 300 Iraqi tanks were destroyed in the challenge battles. The motor-transmission set is made in the form of a single block and is located longitudinally axis of the tank. The mass of the block is 5.49 t, for its replacement in the field, 45 minutes is required. As the main engine, a 12-cylinder V-shaped four-stroke diesel engine with a turbocharger V-1200 "Condor" with a capacity of 1200 hp Perkins firms. Left installed auxiliary diesel engine H30 Coventry Klaimaks with a capacity of 37 hp (To drive an electric generator, launch of the main diesel engine, recharging and warm up batteries). Both engines have a common liquid cooling system that ensures reliable operation of motors at ambient air temperature + 52 ° C. What is not uncommon under desert conditions.

Machines based on "Challenger"

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In mass culture

Bench models

Prefabricated plastic models-copies of tank Challenger of various modifications on a scale of 1:35 are produced by Tamiya (Japan) firms in two modifications a desert version and an option for Europe.

Prefabricated models on the scale of 1:72 are issued by Revell (Germany) with options for the 1988 exercises Iron Hammer, as well as for operation in Bosnia and Herzegovina (IFOR)

Game industry

Armored Warfare in the form of a level 7 level.

Challenger 1 is presented in the War Thunder game located on the 6th era in the research branch.

The FV4030 / 4 tank appeared in the Ground War Tanks as the main prize of the resulting in the gold reserve.

Tank Challenger 1 since 2013 is presented in a multiplayer arcade shooter "TankTastic" released for android platforms and iOS.

Presented in a mobile tank simulator on Android "Wild Tanks" as a two versions: Challenger 2 Article 10 level, Challenger TT 9 level of tanks of the western unit.

Challenger 1 is presented in the game Wargame (all 3 parts) in the form of the NATO fork

Tank Challenger 1 and Challenger 2 are presented in multiplayer, tank, arcade tanktastic shooter released for Android and iOS platforms

see also

Literature

• N. Kovalev. English Tank "Challenger" // "Foreign Military Review", № 3, 1981, p.76
• A. Lukyanov. English Tank "Challenger-1" // "Foreign Military Review", No. 3 (635), 2000. P28
• M. Baryatinsky. Middle and basic tanks of foreign countries 1945-2000 (part 1). - M.: Broncing, Issue No. 3, 2001
• N.L. Volkovsky "Modern combat technique. Ground troops." Publishing house "Polygon". 2006. P.6.

21-12-2016, 02:05

Good day and welcome to the site! Tankers, today we have a strange on the agenda, and in the opinion of most players, a rather mediocre British production machine, we are talking about PT-SAU of the seventh level - this Challenger Hyde..

At first glance, you begin to suspect some trick, the Briton looks outwardly "specific cactus", and with detailed consideration Challenger TTH Several unpleasant nuances are noted immediately, but about everything in order.

Ttx Challenger.

As it started, it is worth saying that our self-propelled is far from the smallest, but quite a modest margin of safety, as well as a good basic overview of the range of 370 meters.

From the point of view of the vitality, this unit is also very weak, let's start with the fact that Challenger Characteristics Booking is very scarce. The body fitfully absorbs the damage from all the enemies in battle, the tower is still softer, so there is nothing to say here. No matter how you informized the case, it will not help, so in no case do not go to the armor.

I would like to say that PT-SAU Challenger Wot Compensates for a lack of reservation by phenomenal accuracy, but it would be lies. This car has a high silhouette, respectively, disguise is far from the best.

but british tank Challenger Constructed on the basis of the sixth level of Cromwell, thanks to which our self-propeller received excellent mobility. We can boast a good maximum skill, excellent dynamics and even maneuverability here is very worthy.

Tool

Now let's pay attention to the armament of this British, but it is not worthwhile to encourage himself strongly, the gun is hard to call a powerful or truly comfortable.

Start with the fact that Challenger gun It has a very small alfactant, for someone this moment will be critical, but it is not necessary to despair very much, magnificent rainfacing allows you to apply about 2300 damage per minute, which is very good.

This minus is that the gun is endowed with weak armor-piercing qualities. Waving at the top of the list Challenger World Of Tanks It is capable of very effective, the problems will not be almost wondering, but the technique 8 and 9 of the level makes it much worse, so it is better to carry 20% -30% of gold chucks with you.

As for the accuracy and comfort of damage, there are no complaints. Challenger tank Received a very compact range of scattering, excellent speed information, only stabilization is weak, but we are talking about self-propelled. In addition, the trunk is lowered by 10 degrees and rises to 20, everything is fine.

Advantages and disadvantages

Around the foregoing, it turns out that the car in our hands seems to be not bad, but it does not really turn it out strong. Single middling, which many will pass and forget, however, still worth knowing what Challenger World Of Tanks There are strong and weaknesses.
Pros:
Good review;
Excellent mobility;
The presence of a rotating tower;
Very worthy of DPM;
Good accuracy;
Comfortable corners of vertical tip.
Minuses:
Cardboard armor;
High silhouette;
The tower turns very slowly;
Weak alfactors;
Mediocre breakdown by armor-piercing projectile.

Equipment for challenger

In order for fighting on this device more comfortable, you had a chance to apply the damage as much as possible and benefit your team, it is important to choose additional modules, improving its strengths. For Challenger equipment It is not too difficult to:
1. - Selection of necessary at all times, as it will significantly increase your already good DPM.
2. - On our side there is already an affordable review, and this module will make it even more pleasant, especially in combination with some peppers.
3. - Due to self-propelled all the necessary bonuses, that is, the rate of fire, the speed of information and the review is still a little more.

As such alternative to the three stated points above, no, however, for those who prefer the passive style of the game, the second and third modules can be changed on and, accordingly. Thanks to such preferences, you can easily achieve the range of the review to the maximum, and improve the weak disguise.

Education crew

The choice of skills and the sequence of their study will always be a more serious nuance, especially in our case, when the composition of the crew of five people is not quite ordinary. However, priorities are set up quite standard, so Challenger Picks Explore the following:
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Equipment for challenger

But in terms of buying consumables, no problems are foreseen, in order to save it, it is possible to fight a standard set of from, and. If you need to save no, and you want maximum comfort in battle, on Challenger Equipment It is better to carry in the form,. Do not forget about and Oh, our tank is lit.

Challenger Game Tactics

In view of the large silhouette, the lack of armor and powerful Alfastchak, our self-propelled service can be deservedly considered the so-called "red line machine".

What does it mean? Everything is simple - for Challenger tactic The fighting is to maximize the opponents of the enemy and the cloth of damage from large distances. As you know, we have a fairly accurate instrument and high rapidity.

However, it is worth considering that PT-SAU Challenger World of Tanks It has no best punctures of the break. In view of this feature, you will be able to fight more than comfortable, to break the opponent even at a distance of 300-400 meters.

At the bottom of the list, the situation is changing, to focus vulnerable places on big distances hard, so Challenger Wot. We'll have to shoot gold more often. In addition, the ammunition is not very big and fighting against 8-9 levels. Cartridges can end, so shoot clauses.

Otherwise, despite such a rather passive tactics, active actions are not alien to our British. Thanks to excellent mobility tank Challenger May occupy favorable positions Among the first, quickly change the flanks, and in case there is no need to even provide its allies. Remember only the weak armor and a small strength.

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