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Vinony's link graph records 244 inbound references to Challenger 1, and connects out to Chieftain, Gulf War and Kosovo Force.
It sits within the topics Cold War tanks of the United Kingdom, Main battle tanks of the Cold War and Main battle tanks of the United Kingdom.
Vinony links it to 33 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Type
- Main battle tank
- Place of origin
- United Kingdom
- In service
- UK: 1983–2001 (repair and recovery derivative remains in service.) Jordan: 1999–2022 (now stored)
- Used by
- British Army Royal Jordanian Army
- Wars
- Persian Gulf War
- Manufacturer
- Royal Ordnance Factory
- Unit cost
- £1.5 million (1987)
- Produced
- 1983–1990
- Mass
- 62 t (61 long tons; 68 short tons), 70 t (69 long tons; 77 short tons) with additional armour modules
- Length
- 11.56 m (37 ft 11 in) (gun forward)
- Width
- 3.51 m (11 ft 6 in)
- Height
- 2.95 m (9 ft 8 in) (top of commander sight)
- Crew
- 4 (commander, gunner, loader, driver)
- Armour
- Chobham composite ceramic vehicle armour
- Main armament
- Royal Ordnance L11A5 120 mm rifled gun , 64 rounds
- Secondary armament
- 7.62 mm L8A2 , 7.62 mm L37A2 machine guns, 4,000 rounds
- Engine
- Perkins CV12 26 litre diesel , 1,200 hp (895 kW)
- Power weight
- 14.4 kW/tonne
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Mass
- 62000
- Image
- Challenger 1 suspension.jpg
- Height
- 2.95
- Width
- 3.51
- Length
- 8320
- Speed
- 56
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- Commons category
- Challenger 1 tanks
- Commons gallery
- Challenger tank
- service entry
- 1983-01-01
- total produced
- 420
- native label
- Challenger 1
- ride height
- 500
- maximum capacity
- 4
- vehicle range
- 450
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Encyclopedic overview
The FV4030/4 Challenger 1 is a British main battle tank (MBT) used by the British Army from 1983 to 2001, when it was superseded by the Challenger 2. The majority of the Challenger 1 fleet was subsequently sold to Jordan where it remained in service with the Royal Jordanian Army until withdrawals were announced in 2018.
Known locally as Al-Hussein, these vehicles received various Jordanian modifications before being replaced by French-made Leclerc tanks from the UAE and ex-Italian Centauro 8x8 wheeled tank destroyers. The Jordanian Challenger 1 fleet had been retired by January 2023.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Challenger 1” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.