Conqueror (tank)

FV 214 Conqueror
Conqueror Mk I at The Tank Museum, Bovington (2008)
Type	Heavy gun tank
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1955–1966 (only in West Germany)
Production history
Designed	1944
Manufacturer	Royal Ordnance Factory, Dalmuir
Produced	1955–1959
No. built	185
Specifications
Mass	64 tonnes (71 short tons; 63 long tons)
Length	38 feet (12 m) gun forward, 25 feet 4 inches (7.72 m) hull
Width	13 feet 1 inch (3.99 m)
Height	10 feet 5 inches (3.18 m)
Crew	4
Armour	5 inches (130 mm) hull front, 13 inches (330 mm) turret front
Main armament	L1 120 mm rifled gun
Secondary armament	2×L3A1 7.62 mm machine guns
Engine	Rolls-Royce Meteor M120 810 hp (604 kW)
Power/weight	12 hp/tonne
Suspension	Horstmann suspension
Operational range	161 km (100 mi)
Maximum speed	35 km/h (22 mph)

The FV 214 Conqueror, also known as tank, heavy No. 1, 120 mm gun, Conqueror was a British heavy tank of the post-World War II era. It was developed as a response to the Soviet IS-3 heavy tank. The Conqueror's main armament, an L1 120 mm gun,^[1] was larger than the 20-pounder (83.4 mm) gun carried by its peer, the Centurion. The Conqueror's role was to provide long range anti-tank support for the Centurion. Nine Conquerors were issued for each regiment in Germany, usually grouped in three tank troops. In the British Army both the Conqueror and the Centurion were replaced by the Chieftain.