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Vickers MK.4 Valiant | The Chieftain Tank Replacement?

The final decades of the Cold War saw a generational change in Western tanks as they faced off against the armies of the Warsaw Pact across Central Europe. The Soviet-led forces were dominated by tanks such as the T-55, T-72 and variants of both, and there were continuing concerns over even newer Soviet tanks with improved armor and firepower. The Western tank armies of NATO were dominated by an older generation of tanks in a long and slow process of improvement and replacement: the British wanted a replacement for the Chieftain, the Americans were replacing the aged M60 with the new M1 Abrams, and the Germans were replacing the Leopard I with the Leopard II. Much of that Western generational change from tanks based on steel armour had come about as a result of the British development of a new type of armor, announced in June 1976 as ‘Chobham’. A whole new level of protection for Western tanks promised to provide a true qualitative edge in protection over their Soviet contemporaries. With this new armor, and a need for a replacement for Chieftain urgently required, there was a clear opportunity for a large and lucrative contract for a new main battle tank for the UK, and potentially for export. If you liked this video, please consider donating on Patreon or Paypal! Patreon:   / tankartfund   Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/tankartfund Article: https://tanks-encyclopedia.com/vicker... Sources: Ground Defence International #69. November 1980 Ground Defence International #70. December 1980 Janes. (1985). Arms and Artillery. Janes Defence Group Ogorkiewicz, R. (1983). Vickers Valiant. Armor Magazine March-April 1983 Lobitz, F. (2009). Kampfpanzer Leopard 2. Tankograd Publishing, Germany Foss, C. & McKenzie, P. (1988). The Vickers Tanks. PSL. BAE. (2012). The Tank Factory. American Patent US4638713A, Thermal sleeve for gun barrels. Filed 25th November 1985, granted 27th January 1987 Pengelley, R. (1980). The Vickers Valiant Main Battle Tank. International Defense Review Reddit:   / tankencyclop.  . TE Shop: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/Goo... Our website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com Gaming News Website: http://www.tanks-encyclopedia.com/games/ Facebook:   / tanksencyclo.  . Twitter:   / tanksenc   Discord:   / discord   Email: tanks.encyclopedia@gmail.com An article by Andrew Hills Narrated by Stan Lucian Edited by Big Turn Sound edited by Gabethetanker