2/10/2024 0 Comments British army main battle tank 1965![]() ![]() Mark 2 adopted a new projectile design, including an improved lethality high-explosive (HE) shell (heavier with more HE) and full charge cartridges. Mark 1, which was used initially, had a UK-produced 105 mm How shell, mostly US pattern fuzes and reduced charge 105 mm Fd cartridges with their electrical primers. There were two versions of 105 mm Fd ammunition. ![]() It is separate loading cased charge ammunition (shell and cartridge loaded into the gun separately) with electrical primers, in contrast to the widely used semi-fixed US 105 mm M1 type ammunition (called "105 mm How" in UK service), which uses percussion primers, and has shorter shells. The FV433 used a different configuration of power pack from other vehicles in the FV430 series.Ī completely new ammunition family, comprising shells, fuzes and cartridges, was designed for Abbot's L13 gun, designated "105 mm Field" ("105 mm Fd"). The name "Abbot" continued the Second World War style of naming self-propelled artillery after ecclesiastical titles. "L109" was little used, probably to avoid confusion with the 155 mm M109 howitzer that entered UK service at about the same time. FV433, 105mm, Field Artillery, Self-Propelled "Abbot" is the self-propelled artillery, or more specifically self-propelled gun (SPG), variant of the British Army FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs), using much of the chassis of the FV430 but with a fully rotating turret at the rear housing the 105 mm gun and given the vehicle designation of FV433.ĭesigned as a Sexton replacement, its correct designation was "Gun Equipment 105mm L109 (Abbot)".
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