MBT-70
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The MBT-70 (German: or ) was an American–West German cancelled joint project to develop a new main battle tank during the 1960s.
Key facts
- Weapon.name
- MBT-70
- Weapon.image
- File:Kampfpanzer 70 (DPM).jpg
- Weapon.image_size
- 300
- Weapon.caption
- MBT-70 (KpfPz-70)
- Weapon.origin
- United States West Germany
- Weapon.type
- Main battle tank
- Weapon.is_vehicle
- yes
- Weapon.number
- 14 (prototypes and pilots)
- Weapon.primary_armament
- 152 mm XM150E5
- Weapon.secondary_armament
- 20 mm Rh-202 autocannon 7.62 mm M73 or MG 3 machine gun (coaxial)
- Weapon.armour
- Spaced armour Two layers spaced with 127mm, the inner a softer steel that also served as a spall liner (46mm), and the outer of harder cold-rolled steel (34mm).
- Weapon.engine_power
- (MBT-70) (KPz-70)
- Weapon.transmission
- Renk HSWL354/2
- Weapon.fuel_capacity
- 1,300 litres (343 gallons)
- Weapon.pw_ratio
- 29.2 hp/t (MBT-70) 29.8 hp/t (KPz-70)
- Weapon.suspension
- Hydropneumatic
- Weapon.vehicle_range
- 644 km (400 miles)
- Weapon.crew
- 3
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Image
- Kampfpanzer 70 (DPM).jpg
- Height
- 2210
- Width
- 3510
- Length
- 7188
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- Commons category
- MBT-70 tanks
- total produced
- 14
- Commons gallery
- MBT-70
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21 sectionsContents
- History
- Background
- Development of the MBT-70
- Concurrent developments
- Design
- Armament
- Protection
- Mobility
- Testing
- Problems
- Cancellation
- XM803
- Comparative table
- Legacy
- Variants
- Surviving vehicles
- American prototypes
- German prototypes
- See also
- References
- External links
The MBT-70 (German: or ) was an American–West German cancelled joint project to develop a new main battle tank during the 1960s.
The MBT-70 was developed by the United States and West Germany in the context of the Cold War, intended to counter the new generation of tanks developed by the Soviet Union for the Warsaw Pact. The new tank was to be equipped with a number of advanced features such as newly developed "kneeling" hydropneumatic suspension and housing the entire crew in the large turret, and was armed with a 152mm XM150 gun/launcher, which could use both conventional ammunition and the MGM-51 Shillelagh missile for long range combat.