Light tank
| FV301 | |
|---|---|
 Vickers Medium Cruiser Mk. 1 - export tank derived from the FV301 | |
| Type | Light tank |
| Place of origin | United Kingdom |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | Vickers |
| No. built | 2 prototypes |
| Specifications (FV301) | |
| Mass | 21 tons |
| Crew | 3 |
| Armour | 2 inch |
| Main armament | 77 mm HV 80 rounds |
| Secondary armament | co-axial .30 cal Browning machine gun |
| Engine | Rolls-Royce Meteor 500 hp |
| Suspension | Torsion bar |
The FV300 series was a project for a series of lightweight armoured fighting vehicles by the United Kingdom between 1947 and 1950, a few years after World War II.
History
The development and construction of the tank was carried out by Vickers. However, only two prototypes were built. The project ended in 1950 at the prototype stage.
Variants
- FV301 21 ton tank with 77mm gun
- FV302 GPO/CPO Command Vehicle
- FV303 20pdr Self Propelled Gun - 20 pounder
- FV304 25pdr Self Propelled Gun - 25 pounder gun/howitzer
- FV305 5.5 inch Self Propelled Gun - BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun
- FV306 Light Armoured Recovery Vehicle
- FV307 Radar Vehicle
- FV308 Field Artillery Tractor
- FV309 Royal Artillery section vehicle
- FV310 Armoured Personnel Carrier
- FV311 Armoured Load Carrier
External links
- Arcane Fighting Vehicles
- HenkofHolland Archived 26 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine
| British armoured fighting vehicles of the post-war era | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tanks | |||||
| Infantry fighting vehicle | |||||
| Reconnaissance vehicles |
| ||||
| Armoured personnel carriers |
| ||||
| Infantry mobility vehicles |
| ||||
| Internal security vehicle | |||||
| Tank destroyers | |||||
| Self-propelled artillery | |||||
| Self-propelled anti-air |
| ||||
| Combat engineering vehicles | |||||
| Armoured recovery vehicles | |||||
| Experimental, prototype, export | |||||
| UK unarmoured or non-fighting vehicles | |||||