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FV4202 "40-ton Centurion" | |
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FV4202 in the Vehicle Conservation Centre at The Tank Museum | |
Type | technology test bed |
Place of origin | United Kingdom |
Service history | |
In service | prototypes, never in service |
Wars | Cold War |
Production history | |
No. built | 3 prototypes |
Specifications | |
Mass | 40.8 long tons |
Crew | 4 (commander, gunner, loader and driver) |
Armour | cast and welded steel |
Main armament | 84 mm Ordnance QF 20 pounder model B |
Secondary armament | .30 Browning coaxial machine gun |
Engine | V8 Rolls-Royce Meteorite Mk. 202B 520 bhp (393 kW) at 2,700 rpm |
Power/weight | 12.4 hp/t |
Transmission | Merritt-Brown V52 (5 fwd/1 rev) |
Suspension | Horstmann |
The Tank Medium No. 2 Experimental Vehicle FV4202 also known as the 40-ton Centurion[1] was a technology test bed developed by British company Leyland Motors between 1955 and 1956. It was used to develop various concepts later used in the Chieftain main battle tank.