AMX-45
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| AMX-45 | |
|---|---|
| File:Amx45.png An AMX-45 main battle tank | |
| Type | Main battle tank |
| Place of origin | Sieuxerr |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1974-Present |
| Used by | Sieuxerr |
| Production history | |
| Designer | GIAT Industries |
| Designed | 1963-1974 |
| Manufacturer | Nexter (Formerly GIAT Industries) |
| Unit cost | $4,000,000 UCD (Estimated price of a new AMX-45B3) |
| Produced | 1974-1997 |
| No. built | 8,000~ |
| Specifications (AMX-45B3) | |
| Weight | 47.1 tonnes (Basic) 53.5 tonnes (Combat) |
| Length | 6.8 m (w/o gun) 10 m (w/ gun) |
| Width | 3.3 m |
| Height | 2.38 m |
| Crew | 4 (Commander, gunner, driver, loader) |
| Armor | Laminated steel/ceramic/composite mixture along with modular armor packages |
Main armament | GIAT CN120-26/52 (40 rounds) |
Secondary armament | M693 20mm coaxial autocannon (600 rounds) AA-77C machine gun (2,500 rounds) |
| Engine | 8-cylinder diesel engine 1,400 horsepower (1,040 kW) |
| Power/weight | 26.1 hp/t (19.4 kW/t) |
| Transmission | SCT 2000 |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
| Ground clearance | .4 meters |
| Fuel capacity | 1,300 ℓ |
Operational range | 550 km |
| Speed | 70 km/h |
The AMX-45 is a Sieuxerrian third-generation main battle tank that was designed by GIAT Industries (Now Nexter) in 1973. It was one of the first main battle tanks in Septentrion to be equipped with a high-velocity 120mm smoothbore gun as standard armament.
Development
Development of the AMX-45 began after the lackluster trial performance of the AMX-30 in the 1960s, citing automotive and protection inefficiencies. The first improvement over the AMX-30 design would be the AMX-30, which replaced the previously cast steel turret with a welded turret, a the turret also featured an air gap between two sheets of armor.
Design
OFL 120 F2
Armament
EIREL
Protection
Variants
- AMX-30
- Prototype model produced in the 1960s, only 8 produced.
- AMX-45
- First production model.
- AMX-45D
- Armored recovery vehicle based on the AMX-45.
- Engin Blindé du Génie
- Combat engineering vehicle.
- Series of large caliber air defense guns.
- Series of smaller caliber air defense vehicles.
- AMX-45B
- First upgrade to the tank in 1983. Added hunter-killer capabilities to the FCS and improved armor protection.
- AMX-45B Amélioré
- Adaption of the AMX-45B to be applied to older AMX-45 series tanks.
- AMX-45B2
- Digitization of the AMX-45. Accepted in 1985. Added vastly improved armor protection as well as improved drive train. Applied to new build and older tanks.
- AMX-45EX
- Final production model accepted into Sieuxerrian service. Further improved digitization.
- Self-propelled howitzer