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Index MBT-80

The FV4601 MBT-80 was a British experimental third-generation main battle tank, designed in the late 1970s to replace the Chieftain tank.[1]

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  1. 101 relations: Aluminium, Anti-tank guided missile, Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot, Armoured recovery vehicle, Armoured vehicle-launched bridge, Autoloader, Automatic transmission, Avco-Lycoming AGT1500, Barr and Stroud, Beehive anti-personnel round, Bhangmeter, British Army, British Army of the Rhine, Built-in self-test, Bus (computing), CBRN defense, Challenger 1, Challenger 2, Chassis, Chemical weapon, Chieftain (tank), Chobham armour, Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), Comet (tank), Countermeasure, Cupola, David Brown Ltd., Depleted uranium, Dorset, Eastern Bloc, Electro-slag remelting, Electromagnetic interference, Electromagnetic pulse, Electronic counter-countermeasure, Electronic warfare, Ferranti F100-L, Fire-control system, Flakpanzer Gepard, Fort Halstead, Fred Mulley, Fulda Gap, Group of Soviet Forces in Germany, Gulf War, Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning, High-explosive anti-tank, High-explosive squash head, History of the M1 Abrams, Hydrolastic, Hydropneumatic suspension, Image intensifier, ... Expand index (51 more) »

  2. History of science and technology in the United Kingdom
  3. Main battle tanks of the United Kingdom

Aluminium

Aluminium (Aluminum in North American English) is a chemical element; it has symbol Al and atomic number 13.

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Anti-tank guided missile

An anti-tank guided missile (ATGM), anti-tank missile, anti-tank guided weapon (ATGW) or anti-armor guided weapon is a guided missile primarily designed to hit and destroy heavily armored military vehicles.

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Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot

Armour-piercing fin-stabilized discarding sabot (APFSDS), long dart penetrator, or simply dart ammunition is a type of kinetic energy penetrator ammunition used to attack modern vehicle armour.

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Armoured recovery vehicle

An armoured recovery vehicle (ARV) is typically a powerful tank or armoured personnel carrier (APC) chassis modified for use during combat for military vehicle recovery (towing) or repair of battle-damaged, stuck, and/or inoperable armoured fighting vehicles, such as tanks and armoured personnel carriers.

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Armoured vehicle-launched bridge

An armoured vehicle-launched bridge (AVLB) is a combat support vehicle, sometimes regarded as a subtype of military engineering vehicle, designed to assist militaries in rapidly deploying tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles across gap-type obstacles, such as rivers.

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Autoloader

An autoloader or auto-loader is a mechanical aid or replacement for the personnel that load ammunition into crew-served weapons without being an integrated part of the gun itself.

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Automatic transmission

An automatic transmission (sometimes abbreviated AT) is a multi-speed transmission used in motor vehicles that does not require any input from the driver to change forward gears under normal driving conditions.

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Avco-Lycoming AGT1500

The Avco-Lycoming AGT1500 is a gas turbine engine.

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Barr and Stroud

Barr & Stroud Limited was a pioneering Glasgow optical engineering firm.

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Beehive anti-personnel round

Beehive was a Vietnam War era anti-personnel round packed with metal flechettes fired from an artillery gun most popularly deployed during that conflict.

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Bhangmeter

A bhangmeter is a non-imaging radiometer installed on reconnaissance and navigation satellites to detect atmospheric nuclear detonations and determine the yield of the nuclear weapon.

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British Army

The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force.

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British Army of the Rhine

British Army of the Rhine (BAOR) was the name given to two British Army formations of the same name.

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Built-in self-test

A built-in self-test (BIST) or built-in test (BIT) is a mechanism that permits a machine to test itself.

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Bus (computing)

In computer architecture, a bus (historically also called data highway or databus) is a communication system that transfers data between components inside a computer, or between computers.

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CBRN defense

Chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense (CBRN defense) or Nuclear, biological, and chemical protection (NBC protection) is a class of protective measures taken in situations where chemical, biological, radiological, or nuclear (including terrorism) hazards may be present.

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Challenger 1

The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2. MBT-80 and Challenger 1 are main battle tanks of the Cold War and main battle tanks of the United Kingdom.

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Challenger 2

The FV4034 Challenger 2 (MoD designation "CR2") is a third generation British main battle tank (MBT) in service with the armies of the United Kingdom, Oman, and Ukraine. MBT-80 and Challenger 2 are main battle tanks of the United Kingdom.

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Chassis

A chassis (plural chassis from French châssis) is the load-bearing framework of a manufactured object, which structurally supports the object in its construction and function.

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Chemical weapon

A chemical weapon (CW) is a specialized munition that uses chemicals formulated to inflict death or harm on humans.

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Chieftain (tank)

The FV4201 Chieftain was the main battle tank (MBT) of the United Kingdom from the 1960s into 1990s. When introduced, it was among the most heavily armed MBTs of the era, mounting a 120 mm Royal Ordnance L11 gun, the equal of the much larger specialist heavy tanks then in service. It also was among the most heavily armoured, with up to that was highly sloped to offer thickness along the line of sight. MBT-80 and Chieftain (tank) are history of the tank, main battle tanks of the Cold War and main battle tanks of the United Kingdom.

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Chobham armour

Chobham armour is the informal name of a composite armour developed in the 1960s at the Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment, a British tank research centre on Chobham Lane in Chertsey. MBT-80 and Chobham armour are history of the tank.

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Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked)

The Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked), abbreviated CVR(T), is a family of armoured fighting vehicles (AFVs) developed in the 1960s and is in service with the British Army and others throughout the world. MBT-80 and Combat Vehicle Reconnaissance (Tracked) are history of the tank.

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Comet (tank)

The Comet tank or Tank, Cruiser, Comet I (A34) was a British cruiser tank that first saw use near the end of the Second World War, during the Western Allied invasion of Germany.

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Countermeasure

A countermeasure is a measure or action taken to counter or offset another one.

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Cupola

In architecture, a cupola is a relatively small, most often dome-like, tall structure on top of a building.

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David Brown Ltd.

David Brown Santasalo, formerly David Brown Engineering, is a British engineering company, principally engaged in the manufacture of gears and gearboxes.

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Depleted uranium

Depleted uranium (DU; also referred to in the past as Q-metal, depletalloy or D-38) is uranium with a lower content of the fissile isotope 235U than natural uranium.

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Dorset

Dorset (archaically: Dorsetshire) is a ceremonial county in South West England.

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Eastern Bloc

The Eastern Bloc, also known as the Communist Bloc (Combloc), the Socialist Bloc, and the Soviet Bloc, was the unofficial coalition of communist states of Central and Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa, and Latin America that were aligned with the Soviet Union and existed during the Cold War (1947–1991).

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Electro-slag remelting

Electroslag remelting (ESR), also known as electro-flux remelting, is a process of remelting and refining steel and other alloys for mission-critical applications in aircraft, thermal power stations, nuclear power plants, military technology and others.

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Electromagnetic interference

Electromagnetic interference (EMI), also called radio-frequency interference (RFI) when in the radio frequency spectrum, is a disturbance generated by an external source that affects an electrical circuit by electromagnetic induction, electrostatic coupling, or conduction.

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Electromagnetic pulse

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also referred to as a transient electromagnetic disturbance (TED), is a brief burst of electromagnetic energy.

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Electronic counter-countermeasure

Electronic counter-countermeasures (ECCM) is a part of electronic warfare which includes a variety of practices which attempt to reduce or eliminate the effect of electronic countermeasures (ECM) on electronic sensors aboard vehicles, ships and aircraft and weapons such as missiles.

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Electronic warfare

Electromagnetic warfare or electronic warfare (EW) is warfare involving the use of the electromagnetic spectrum (EM spectrum) or directed energy to control the spectrum, attack an enemy, or impede enemy operations.

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Ferranti F100-L

The Ferranti F100-L was a 16-bit microprocessor family announced by Ferranti in 1976 which entered production in 1977.

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Fire-control system

A fire-control system (FCS) is a number of components working together, usually a gun data computer, a director and radar, which is designed to assist a ranged weapon system to target, track, and hit a target.

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Flakpanzer Gepard

The Flugabwehrkanonenpanzer Gepard ("anti-aircraft-gun tank 'Cheetah, better known as the Flakpanzer Gepard) is an all-weather-capable West German self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) based on the hull of the Leopard 1.

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Fort Halstead

Fort Halstead was a research site of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence.

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Fred Mulley

Frederick William Mulley, Baron Mulley, PC (3 July 1918 – 15 March 1995) was a British Labour Party politician, barrister-at-law and economist.

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Fulda Gap

The Fulda Gap (Fulda-Lücke), an area between the Hesse-Thuringian border, the former Inner German border, and Frankfurt am Main, contains two corridors of lowlands through which tanks might have driven in a surprise attack by the Soviets and their Warsaw Pact allies to gain crossing(s) of the Rhine River.

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Group of Soviet Forces in Germany

The Western Group of Forces (WGF), previously known as the Group of Soviet Occupation Forces in Germany (GSOFG) and the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany (GSFG), were the troops of the Soviet Army in East Germany.

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Gulf War

The Gulf War was an armed conflict between Iraq and a 42-country coalition led by the United States.

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Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning

Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) is the use of various technologies to control the temperature, humidity, and purity of the air in an enclosed space.

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High-explosive anti-tank

High-explosive anti-tank (HEAT) is the effect of a shaped charge explosive that uses the Munroe effect to penetrate heavy armor. MBT-80 and High-explosive anti-tank are history of the tank.

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High-explosive squash head

A high-explosive squash head (HESH), in British terminology, or a high-explosive plastic/plasticized (HEP), in American terminology, is a type of explosive projectile with plastic explosive that conforms to the surface of a target before detonating, which improves the transfer of explosive energy to the target. MBT-80 and high-explosive squash head are history of the tank.

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History of the M1 Abrams

The M1 Abrams main battle tank has been in service since 1980.

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Hydrolastic

Hydrolastic is a type of space-efficient automotive suspension system used in many cars produced by British Motor Corporation (BMC) and its successor companies.

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Hydropneumatic suspension

Hydropneumatic suspension is a type of motor vehicle suspension system, designed by Paul Magès, invented by Citroën, and fitted to Citroën cars, as well as being used under licence by other car manufacturers.

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Image intensifier

An image intensifier or image intensifier tube is a vacuum tube device for increasing the intensity of available light in an optical system to allow use under low-light conditions, such as at night, to facilitate visual imaging of low-light processes, such as fluorescence of materials in X-rays or gamma rays (X-ray image intensifier), or for conversion of non-visible light sources, such as near-infrared or short wave infrared to visible.

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Infrared signature

Infrared signature, as used by defense scientists and the military, is the appearance of objects to infrared sensors.

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Iranian Revolution

The Iranian Revolution (انقلاب ایران), also known as the 1979 Revolution and the Islamic Revolution (label), was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. The revolution led to the replacement of the Imperial State of Iran by the present-day Islamic Republic of Iran, as the monarchical government of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi was superseded by the theocratic Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, a religious cleric who had headed one of the rebel factions.

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Janes Information Services

Janes is a global open-source intelligence company specialising in military, national security, aerospace and transport topics, whose name derives from British author Fred T. Jane.

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Laser rangefinder

A laser rangefinder, also known as a laser telemeter, is a rangefinder that uses a laser beam to determine the distance to an object.

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Leclerc tank

The Leclerc is a third-generation French main battle tank developed and manufactured by Nexter Systems.

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Leopard 1

The Kampfpanzer Leopard (styled as Kampfpanzer Leopard 1 or Leopard I after the introduction of the Leopard 2) is a main battle tank designed by Porsche and manufactured by Krauss-Maffei in West Germany, first entering service in 1965. MBT-80 and Leopard 1 are history of the tank and main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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Leopard 2

The Leopard 2 is a third generation German main battle tank (MBT). MBT-80 and Leopard 2 are main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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M1 Abrams

The M1 Abrams is a third-generation American main battle tank designed by Chrysler Defense (now General Dynamics Land Systems) and named for General Creighton Abrams. MBT-80 and m1 Abrams are main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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M250 grenade launcher

The M250 is a six-barrel 66-millimeter grenade launchers (the British No. 19 Mk 2 design) used on US Army M1 Abrams tank, USMC M1A1s used an eight-barreled version, known as the M257.

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M48 Patton

The M48 Patton is an American first-generation main battle tank (MBT) introduced in February 1952, being designated as the 90mm Gun Tank: M48. MBT-80 and M48 Patton are main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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M60 tank

The M60 is an American second-generation main battle tank (MBT). MBT-80 and M60 tank are main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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Main battle tank

A main battle tank (MBT), also known as a battle tank or universal tank,Ogorkiewicz 2018 p222 is a tank that fills the role of armour-protected direct fire and maneuver in many modern armies.

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Mass production

Mass production, also known as flow production, series production, series manufacture, or continuous production, is the production of substantial amounts of standardized products in a constant flow, including and especially on assembly lines.

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MBT-70

The MBT-70 (German: KPz 70 or KpfPz 70) was an American–West German joint project to develop a new main battle tank during the 1960s. MBT-80 and MBT-70 are history of the tank and main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment

The Military Vehicles and Engineering Establishment (MVEE) was a British defence research unit on Chobham Lane, Chertsey in Surrey.

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NATO

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO; Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an intergovernmental military alliance of 32 member states—30 European and 2 North American.

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Neutron bomb

A neutron bomb, officially defined as a type of enhanced radiation weapon (ERW), is a low-yield thermonuclear weapon designed to maximize lethal neutron radiation in the immediate vicinity of the blast while minimizing the physical power of the blast itself.

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Nuclear fallout

Nuclear fallout is the residual radioactive material propelled into the upper atmosphere following a nuclear blast, so called because it "falls out" of the sky after the explosion and the shock wave has passed.

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Operation Granby

Operation Granby, commonly abbreviated Op Granby, was the code name given to the British military operations during the 1991 Gulf War.

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Overpressure (CBRN protection)

An overpressure protection system is one designed to protect an individual or group of individuals in a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) environment.

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Rifling

Rifling is the term for helical grooves machined into the internal surface of a firearms's barrel for imparting a spin to a projectile to improve its aerodynamic stability and accuracy.

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Rocket-propelled grenade

A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired rocket weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead.

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ROF Leeds

Royal Ordnance Factory (ROF) Leeds, first opened as a munitions factory in December 1915 and opened as an ROF in January 1936, was one of a number of Royal Ordnance Factories created at the start of the Second World War.

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Rolls-Royce Holdings

Rolls-Royce Holdings plc is a British multinational aerospace and defence company incorporated in February 2011.

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Rolls-Royce Motors

Rolls-Royce Motors was a British luxury car manufacturer, created in 1973 during the de-merger of the Rolls-Royce automotive business from the nationalised Rolls-Royce Limited.

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Royal Ordnance Factory

Royal Ordnance Factories (ROFs) were munitions factories run by the UK government during and after the Second World War.

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Royal Ordnance L11

The Royal Ordnance L11A5, officially designated Gun, 120 mm, Tank L11, is a 120 mm L/55 rifled tank gun design.

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Royal Small Arms Factory

The Royal Small Arms Factory (RSAF), also known by the metonym Enfield, was a UK government-owned rifle factory in Enfield, adjoining the Lee Navigation in the Lea Valley.

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Royal Tank Regiment

The Royal Tank Regiment (RTR) is the oldest tank unit in the world, being formed by the British Army in 1916 during the First World War.

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Secretary of State for Defence

The secretary of state for defence, also known as the defence secretary, is a secretary of state in the Government of the United Kingdom, with responsibility for the Ministry of Defence.

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Self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon

An anti-aircraft vehicle, also known as a self-propelled anti-aircraft gun (SPAAG) or self-propelled air defense system (SPAD), is a mobile vehicle with a dedicated anti-aircraft capability.

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Silicon carbide

Silicon carbide (SiC), also known as carborundum, is a hard chemical compound containing silicon and carbon.

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Smoke screen

A smoke screen is smoke released to mask the movement or location of military units such as infantry, tanks, aircraft, or ships.

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Sperry Corporation

Sperry Corporation was a major American equipment and electronics company whose existence spanned more than seven decades of the 20th century.

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SPRITE infrared detector

The SPRITE infrared detector is named after the process of signal integration carried out by "Signal Processing In The Element".

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Steel

Steel is an alloy of iron and carbon with improved strength and fracture resistance compared to other forms of iron.

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T-54/T-55

The T-54 and T-55 tanks are a series of Soviet main battle tanks introduced in the years following the Second World War. MBT-80 and t-54/T-55 are main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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T-62

The T-62 is a Soviet main battle tank that was first introduced in 1961. MBT-80 and t-62 are main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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T-64

The T-64 is a Soviet tank manufactured in Kharkiv, and designed by Alexander Morozov. MBT-80 and t-64 are main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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T-72

The T-72 is a family of Soviet main battle tanks that entered production in 1971.

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T-80

The T-80 is a main battle tank (MBT) that was designed and manufactured in the former Soviet Union and manufactured in Russia. MBT-80 and t-80 are main battle tanks of the Cold War.

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Testbed

A testbed (also spelled test bed) is a platform for conducting rigorous, transparent, and replicable testing of scientific theories, computing tools, and new technologies.

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Thales Optronics

Thales Optronics is a optronics manufacturer and a division of the French defence corporation Thales Group.

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The History Press

The History Press is a British publishing company specialising in the publication of titles devoted to local and specialist history.

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The Tank Museum

The Tank Museum (previously the Bovington Tank Museum) is a collection of armoured fighting vehicles at Bovington Camp in Dorset, South West England.

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Thermography

Infrared thermography (IRT), thermal video and/or thermal imaging, is a process where a thermal camera captures and creates an image of an object by using infrared radiation emitted from the object in a process, which are examples of infrared imaging science.

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Tonne

The tonne (or; symbol: t) is a unit of mass equal to 1,000 kilograms.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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Vetronics

Vetronics, a portmanteau of vehicle and electronics, is a technological designation used extensively in the military domain.

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Vickers MBT Mark 4

The Vickers Main Battle Tank Mk. MBT-80 and Vickers MBT Mark 4 are main battle tanks of the Cold War and main battle tanks of the United Kingdom.

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Warsaw Pact

The Warsaw Pact (WP), formally the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance (TFCMA), was a collective defense treaty signed in Warsaw, Poland, between the Soviet Union and seven other Eastern Bloc socialist republics of Central and Eastern Europe in May 1955, during the Cold War.

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See also

History of science and technology in the United Kingdom

Main battle tanks of the United Kingdom

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MBT-80

Also known as EXP-28M1 120mm rifled tank gun, GLADIATOR (British late Cold War tank project).

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