Was told that the sun beating down on the tube makes it hotter on top than on bottom. Shroud makes the temp even all the way around.
- Roy_A_Lingle
A number of things where changed with US MBTs and tanker training. The three things I remember most was the AOS was installed on the M60s, the thermal shround was added (something the Brits had been doing ever sense they fielded the Chieftain) and the Master Gunner Program was started.
- JimWeb- Roy_A_Lingle
....something the Brits had been doing ever sense they fielded the Chieftain.....
Excuse me we had them on Centurions as well!
- Roy_A_LingleHi Jim! Hi Folks!
- JimWeb- Roy_A_Lingle
....something the Brits had been doing ever sense they fielded the Chieftain.....
Excuse me we had them on Centurions as well!
If I remember right, the British Chieftain was the FIRST MBT to use thermal shrouds. In time just about everyone who used a 105mm gun tube based on the L7 design added shrouds. I remember a lot of Centurion photos with tubes that only had paint on them.
Sgt, Scouts Out!
- mike_DuplessisDidn't i read somewhere that Merkava has (had) a bit of a problem in regard to thermal imaging distortion. Basically, you're out in the hot desert in a big steel box with the engine compartment between you an the target. Those 'heat ripples' off the hot engine deck make the setup less than ideal.
- JimWeb
....the thermal jacket was first issued on the Centurion Mk 10 - four years before Chieftain entered service.
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