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Chieftain

IOC: 1967
Total Production: 900

Also Known As: Chieftain Mk5

Origin:United Kingdom

Contractor/s: Alvis Plc

Description: Chieftain was developed to serve the British Army as a replacement for Centurion Main Battle Tank (MBT). It was equipped with a L11A5 120mm rifled cannon as primary armament backed up with two 7.62mm machine guns or one .50 caliber gun replacing one 7.62mm machine gun. Chieftain is powered by a single 750-hp diesel engine and features an improved sight system over Centurion. In the 1980s, Challenger replaced Chieftain in the British Army.

More than 900 Chieftains were produced for the British Army. It was exported to Iran, Kuwait and Jordan.

Specifications
Accommodation: Crew 4

Guns: Main Gun Caliber 120 mm

Dimensions: Height 2.9 m, Length 7.5 m, Width 3.5 m

Weights: Max Weight 55,000 kg (121,252 lb)

Performance: Cross Country Speed 8 mps (16 kt), Main Gun Max Range 5,000 m (16,404 ft), Max Range 500 km (270 nm), Top Speed 13 mps (26 kt)

Power: Power 750 shp

Chieftain - Contracts, Orders & Sales
Chieftain; items: 1; transferred from United Kingdom to Belgium in 1993
Items: 1

Main Battle Tank, Chieftain?; items: 64; transferred from United Kingdom to Nigeria between 1992 and 1994
Items: 64

Delivery	Items
1994	18
1993	21
1992	25

Operators

see operators map

Iran

Jordan

Kuwait

United Kingdom

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Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

Last Updated: Sunday, August 24, 2008

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