80 mm (3.1 in) steel (hull and turret front)
30 mm (1.2 in) steel (side hull)
Main armament
1 x 105 mm L7A2 (44 rounds)
Secondary armament
1 x 12.7 mm MG (ranging gun) (1000 rounds) 1 x 12.7 mm MG (pintle mount) (2000 rounds) 1 x 7.62 mm MG(Co-Ax) (500 rounds)
Engine
Leyland L60 Diesel 535 bhp (399 kW)
Transmission
David Brown Ltd. (formerly Self-Changing Gears Ltd.) TN12 semi-automatic gearbox
Suspension
Torsion bar
Operational range
530 km (330 mi)
Maximum speed
50 km/h (31 mph)
The Vijayanta (en: "Victorious")[1] was a main battle tank built in India based on a licensed design of the Vickers Mk.1. The Vijayanta was the first indigenous tank of the Indian Army.
The prototype was completed in 1963[2] and the tank entered service on December 29, 1965.[3] The first 90 vehicles were built by Vickers in the UK.[4] Production continued at the Heavy Vehicles Factory in Avadi until 1983 with 2,200 being built.
^Pioneer, The. "India's main battle tank arrives in Haldwani". The Pioneer.
^Foss, Christopher F; McKenzie, Peter (1988). The Vickers tanks From landships to Challenger. Patrick Stephens Limited. pp. 185–186. ISBN 1-85260-141-8.
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