A33 Heavy Assault Tank Excelsior

     
Název:
Name:
A33 Heavy Assault Tank Excelsior A33 Heavy Assault Tank Excelsior
Originální název:
Original Name:
A33 Heavy Assault Tank Excelsior
Kategorie:
Category:
těžký tank heavy tank
Výrobce:
Producer:
DD.MM.1943-DD.MM.194R English Electric Co. Ltd., Stafford
Období výroby:
Production Period:
DD.MM.RRRR-DD.MM.RRRR (sériová výroba nezahájena / serial production not started)
Vyrobeno kusů:
Number of Produced:
2 prototypy / prototypes
Prototyp vyroben:
Prototype Built:
DD.MM.1943
Osádka:
Crew:
5
Technické údaje:
Technical Data:
 
Bojová hmotnost:
Combat Weight:
45722 kg 100800 lb
Délka s kanónem dopředu:
Length with Gun Forward:
6909 mm 22 ft 8 in
Délka korby:
Hull Length:
? mm ?
Celková šířka:
Overall Width:
3391 mm 11ft 1.5in
Celková výška:
Overall Height:
2413 mm 7 ft 11 in
Světlá výška:
Ground Clearance:
? mm ?
Šířka pásu:
Track Width:
? mm ?
Měrný tlak:
Ground Pressure:
? MPa ? psi
Pancéřování:
Armour:
20 - 114 mm 0.8 - 4.5 in
Pohon:
Propulsion:
 
Typ:
Type:
Rolls-Royce Meteor
- vidlicový
- benzínový, vodou chlazený
- počet válců: 12
Rolls-Royce Meteor
- V-desing
- gasoline, water cooled
- number of cylinders: 12
Výkon:
Power:
447.4 kW při ? ot/min 600 bhp at ? rpm
Převodové ústrojí:
Transmission:
Merrit-Brown Z.5
- manuální převodovka
- počet stupňů: 5+1
Merrit-Brown Z.5
- manual gearbox
- number of gears: 5+1
Výkony:
Performance:
 
Rychlost na silnici:
Road Speed:
39 km/h 24 mph
Rychlost v terénu:
Cross-country Speed:
19 km/h 12 mph
Jízdní dosah po silnici:
Cruising Range on Road:
209 km 130 mi
Jízdní dosah v terénu:
Cross-country Cruising Range:
? km ? mi
Překonávání překážek:
Obstacles Crossing:
 
Svah:
Gradient:
? ° ? %
Boční náklon:
Side Slope:
? ° ? %
Překročivost:
Trench Crossing:
2,29 m 90 in
Výstupnost:
Vertical Obstacle:
0,91 m 36 in
Brodivost:
Fording Depth:
0,91 m 36 in
Výzbroj:
Armament:
 
Hlavní:
Main:
OQF 75 mm
- ráže: 75 mm
- zásoba munice: 64 nábojů
OQF 75 mm
- calibre: 75 mm
- ammunition: 64 rounds
Vedlejší:
Secondary:
kulomet BESA v korbě
- ráže: 7,92 mm



spřažený kulomet BESA
- ráže: 7,92 mm
- zásoba munice pro oba kulomety BESA: ~4950 nábojů
BESA machine gun in the hull
- calibre: 7,92 mm



BESA co-axial machine gun
- calibre: 7,92 mm
- ammunition for both BESA machine guns: ~4950 rounds
Uživatelské státy:
User States:
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Poznámka:
Note:
Tank, Heavy Assault, Excelsior Tank, Heavy Assault, Excelsior
Zdroje:
Sources:
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Although it is at first glance a little noticeable, was a prototype heavy assault tank, the A33 Excelsior from the type of A27 Cromwell. Excelsior was intended as a future replacement for tanks of the type Churchill. Korba is compared to the Cromwellu larger, tank uses the improved running gear from the american heavy tank M6 and wider belts. The drive was a used engine Rolls-Royce Meteor V12 on the performance of the 600 horsepower, the speed of the tank was 38 km/h. Shown the third prototype was manufactured in the factory of the English Electric in 1943 and was for testing armed with the first šestiliberním a cannon, he was subsequently přezbrojen gun caliber 75 mm, and two Besa machine guns caliber 7,92 mm. Further development of the type A33 was, however, still of the same year, stopped, prefer to get the production of other variants of the proven tank Churchill..
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