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Jordanian Falcon Turret Challenger 1
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Jordanian modernization to the original chally. Looks interesting and "word on the street/desert" is that it is airdroppable like the Sheridan was.
It got pretty small. Does it still give a good punch?
Dose 120mm L-55 sounds good enough for you?
Anyway it may got narrow but it's still quite long:
Military-today.com
I believe this may be the future for tanks, lower sillouettes and smaller fully automated turrets, along with air droppability and little fuel comsumption, losing some armour too as it will be mainly insignificant compared to the most modern infantryborne AT Missiles and other heavy/advanced cannon vehicles.
L/55 is a top notch gun, probably the best Western tank cannon.
Really interesting that such an heavy tank as the Challenger can be airdropped thanks to turret removal.
Is the unmanned one really so much lighter?
Well the turret is the most heavily armored part of a tank.
Well, true.
What is the rate of the autoloader, do you know?
Also, just noticed but it lacks the commander MG, for obvious reasons, and there seem to be no place for an unmanned gun on the roof.
Maximum rate of fire is up to 8 rounds per minute.