AMX Napoleon
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| AMX Napoleon | |
|---|---|
| File:Amx 60xxi.png An AMX Napoleon Series III main battle tank | |
| Type | Main battle tank |
| Place of origin | Sieuxerr |
| Service history | |
| In service | 1990-Present |
| Used by | Sieuxerr |
| Production history | |
| Designer | GIAT Industries |
| Designed | 1988-1995 |
| Manufacturer | Roanne Tank Plant Lyon Tank Plant |
| Produced | 1994- |
| No. built | 1,350 |
| Variants | Séries I Séries II Séries III |
| Specifications (Séries IIIbis ) | |
| Weight | 59 tonnes (Basic) 66.8 tonnes (Combat) |
| Length | 7.1 m (23 ft) (w/o gun forward) 9.8 m (32 ft) (w/ gun forward) |
| Width | 3.73 m (12.2 ft) |
| Height | 2.4 m (7.9 ft) (To turret roof) 3.1 m (10 ft) (To commander's sight) |
| Crew | 4 (Commander, gunner, driver, loader) |
| Armor | Laminated steel/ceramic/composite mixture along with modular armor packages |
Main armament | GIAT CN120-26 (44 rounds, plus 14 more stowed outside) |
Secondary armament | 1 × AA-82 (1 RWS) (900 rounds) 1 × MAG 60.40 (Coaxial) (4,500 rounds) |
| Engine | 12-cylinder diesel engine 1,300 hp (970 kW) |
| Power/weight | 23.8 hp/t (17.7 kW/t) |
| Transmission | Automatic, 4 forward, 2 reverse |
| Suspension | torsion bar |
| Ground clearance | .4 m (1.3 ft) |
| Fuel capacity | 1,300 l (340 US gal) (Option for 400 more liters in fuel drums) |
Operational range | 550 km (340 mi) (750 km (470 mi) with fuel drums) |
| Speed | 70 km/h (43 mph) |
| References | |
The AMX Napoleon is the main battle tank of the Sieuxerrian Army. It is a third generation main battle tank designed in the early 1980s to replace the AMX-45. Due to its expensive electro-optical gunnery system, the use of titanium and other composite materials, has made the AMX Napoleon one of the most expensive main battle tanks in the world.
Variants and upgrades
- Séries I: First production model. 420 produced before being superseded by the Series II.
- Séries II: First produced in 2003, fixed a number of issues found with the previous Series I.
- Séries III: Current production model developed in 2006. Replaces most steel armor with titanium armor, and also adds additional thicker modular armor systems along with ERA along the sides of the turret.
- Séries III/A: Upgrade featuring improved electronics. Can be easily applied to any Series III standard Naploeon.
- AMX-64: Using the original Séries I production chassis, the AMX-64 was designed to provide armored formations with heavy reconnaissance abilities along with a secondary role in supporting tanks in situations that the tanks may be at a disadvantage.
- AMX Levavasseur: Using a modified Leclerc chassis, The Levavasseur is loosely defined as an 'Advanced Third Generation Tank' due to its new technology, however its still applied to a modified AMX Napoleon chassis.
- AMX Napoleon Anti-Air: AMX Napoleon chassis modified with an 8-tube SMUG-AA launcher.
- Engin Principal du Génie: Armored combat engineering vehicle.
- Dépanneur du Char Napoléon: Armored recovery vehicle.