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Charioteer (tank)

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The Charioteer, formally the FV4101 Tank Medium Gun Charioteer, is a post-Second World War British armored fighting vehicle built on an upgraded Cromwell cruiser tank chassis to give Royal Armoured Corps units still using Cromwells a more powerful anti-tank gun against Cold War Soviet armor. Manufactured by Robinson and Kershaw Ltd at Dukinfield, Cheshire, about 442 of a planned 630 were built, each mounting an 84mm Ordnance QF 20-pounder gun in a new two man turret on a 28.5 tonne hull with a top speed of 32 miles per hour. In British Territorial Army and export service from 1952 to 1980, it saw combat with Middle Eastern forces in the Lebanese Civil War and the 1978 South Lebanon fighting. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

Facts
Classification
Caliber
84mm 1
Service Status
Retired 1
Weapon Class
Armored fighting vehicle 1
Introduced YearSourced to the subject's own account
1952 2
Weapon Class
Weapon Class (category)
Tank / Armored Vehicle 1
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Operated By

British Army, Armed Forces and Units
Source Wikipedia: Charioteer (tank)

Used In

Six-Day War, Wars
Source Wikipedia: Charioteer (tank)
Sources
1. Wikipedia: Charioteer (tank)
  • Infobox: service
    1952-1980
  • Lead and body text
    This was to incorporate the same 20 pounder (84 mm) gun as used in the Centurion Mk 3.
  • Lead section
    The Charioteer Tank, or FV4101 Tank, Medium Gun, Charioteer was a post-World War II British armoured fighting vehicle.
  • Operated By: British Army, Infobox: used_by
    British Army Finnish Army Royal Jordanian Army Lebanese Army
  • Used In: Six-Day War, Wikipedia article text
    The tanks were used by a number of forces in the Middle East through instability in the region, such as the Six-Day War and the Lebanese Civil War.
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2. Charioteer (tank) (Wikidata)
WikidataWikidata Q578325 (P729 service entry): 1952
Quote, Wikidata Q578325 (P729 service entry): 1952
Service entry (Wikidata property P729): 1952.
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Wikidata: Charioteer (tank)
Wikidata Q578325, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source
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