The Vickers MBT is a British main battle tank designed by Vickers-Armstrongs as a private export venture, with a first prototype completed in 1963 and service beginning in 1965. It combined proven components from earlier British tanks, including the L7 gun from the Centurion, the Leyland L60 multi-fuel engine, and transmission and fire-control systems from the Chieftain, in a 38,600 kilogram hull with welded rolled homogeneous armor, a 105mm main gun carrying 44 rounds, a top speed of 48 kilometers per hour, and a four-person crew. A licensed variant, the Vijayanta, was produced in India and served with the Indian Army, and the Vickers MBT itself saw combat in the Indo-Pakistani wars of 1965 and 1971 and was exported to countries including Kuwait and Kenya.
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The Vickers MBT is a series of main battle tanks (MBTs) developed as a private venture by British company Vickers-Armstrongs for export.
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1 built by Vickers and shipped to India in 1965 where it carried the designation Vijayanta (phased out in 2008).
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1 x 105 mm L7A1 gun (44 rounds)
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1965-2008
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It combined proven components from earlier British tanks, including the L7 gun from the Centurion, the Leyland L60 multi-fuel engine, and transmission and fire-control systems from the Chieftain, in a 38,600 kilogram hull with welded rolled homogeneous armor, a 105mm main gun carrying 44 rounds, a top speed of 48 kilometers per hour, and a four-person crew.
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45 Vickers Battle Tank, AFV Profile, Profile Publishing The Vickers MBT is a series of main battle tanks (MBTs) developed as a private venture by British company Vickers-Armstrongs for export.
Used In: Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, Infobox: wars
Indo-Pakistani War of 1965 Indo-Pakistani War of 1971 Iraqi invasion of Kuwait 2019 India-Pakistan standoff
Operated By: Indian Army, Lead
A variant was built under licence in India as the Vijayanta, and served with the Indian Army.
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Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1965.
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