FV4401 Contentious, The Tank Museum, Bovington (2010)
Type
Air-portable tank destroyer
Place of origin
United Kingdom
Service history
In service
Prototype only
Used by
British Army
Production history
No. built
possibly up to three constructed
Specifications
Length
8.5 m (27 ft 11 in)
Width
3.1 m (10 ft 2 in)
Crew
2
Main armament
Ordnance QF 20 pounder
Engine
Rolls-Royce B range
Suspension
Hydraulic elevation control
Operational range
500 miles (planned)[1]
FV 4401 Contentious was a prototype British air-portable tank destroyer of the early 1960s. At least one prototype was constructed and tested, although no production vehicles were built or saw service.
^Griffin, Rob (2001). Chieftain. Crowood. p. 10. ISBN 1-86126-438-0.
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