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The FV214 Conqueror was a British Main Battle Tank of the post-war era, sometimes classified as a heavy tank. It was developed as a response to the Soviet Josef Stalin IS-3 heavy tanks and carried a larger 120 mm gun compared to the Centurion's 105 mm. Image File history File linksMetadata Conqueror_FV214_tank. ... The metre, or meter, is a measure of length. ... The word ton or tonne is derived from the Old English tunne, and ultimately from the Old French tonne, and referred originally to a large cask with a capacity of 252 wine gallons, which holds approximately 2100 pounds of water. ... Military vehicles are commonly armoured to withstand the impact of shrapnel, bullets or shells, protecting the soldiers inside from enemy fire. ... The Rolls-Royce Meteor was a British tank engine developed from the Rolls-Royce Merlin aero-engine. ... SHP redirects here. ... The US M1A1 Abrams tank is a typical modern main battle tank. ... The Iosef Stalin tank, named after Joseph Stalin, was a heavy tank developed by the Soviet Union during World War II. It is sometimes transliterated Iosif Stalin, from the Russian, Иосиф Сталин. ... The Centurion was the primary British Main Battle Tank of the immediate post-war era, and considered by many to be one of the best British tank designs of all time. ...

The gun design was American with separate charge and projectile, as would also be the case in the Chieftain that followed. Unfortunately the charge was not bagged but in a brass cartridge, which did offer some advantages but reduced shell capacity. The Chieftain was the Main battle tank of the United Kindom during the 1960s and 1970s. ...

The armor was very heavy, especially in the front, where it was 7 inches (178mm). Unfortunately, this, along with the weight of the huge turret required to house the larger gun, made it very heavy, giving it a slow top speed and making it mechanically unreliable. Also, few bridges could support its weight.

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The chassis was from the "Universal tank" design of the FV201 series, started shortly after that of the A41 Centurion. The 201 series was to have used a common hull for all uses (self-propelled artillery, armoured personnel carrier, 3 varieties of tank, etc.).

In the development stages, the FV201 hull was used with a Centurion turret to give the FV 221 Caenarvon.

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