Monday, February 7, 2011

Scorpion tank cannon 90 mm

artificial tanks Alvis Vickers (now BAE Systems Global Combat System) of English was produced in 1995. This tank is a vehicle reconnaissance (reconnaissance vehicle) which type of light tanks (light tanks). Indonesia has at least 40 units of light tanks, and is used in two unity that is yonkav Kostrad and yonkav-1-8 Kostrad. This lightweight tank has dimensions of length 5 m (5.150mm), 3 m width (3.045mm) and height 2 m (2.600mm) is ready to combat weight 8 tons (8.740kg). With the dimensions and weight of the tank is able to move quickly and nimbly maneuver. tank itself is a chain wheel with the number of wheels 12 (6 left and right) with the number of chains as much as 79 pieces in each side of the wheel. Although using the chain drive is capable of driving a tank with a speed of 80 km / h street festival and 40 km / h on the ground muddy. The height of this tank is capable ditanjaki as high as 31 degrees and be able to pass through the trench width of 1.5 m. For this tank weapons fitted with 90 mm cannon main gun with a barrel length of 3.24 m. 90 mm cannon mounted on defense equipment is capable of spewing out firing ammunition with a distance to achieve as far as 6000 m, but the effective range of the canon is only as far as 2000 m. For one-way light tanks was carrying munitions in the canon as much as 70 grains per sortinya, besides cannon light tanks are also equipped with light weapons mag 58 to dispel obstacles located near the vicinity. Secondary has a 7.62 mm caliber and able to spew as much as 800-850 rounds / minute.

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