ТВ1000 Носорог | |
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| Страна | Великобритания |
| Тип | Борба с изследванията на превозни средства |
| Тема | Албум на 25 снимки на резервоар ТВ1000 Носорог |
Photo gallery of a TV1000 Rhino, It was designed by the Fighting Vehicle Research and Development Establishment in Surrey in 1959 mainly as a test rig for various transmission systems and was remarkable, for its time, in that it skid steered like a tracked vehicle rather than the conventional method, like a car. It is powered by a Rover Meteorite V8 petrol engine rated at 535 bhp and was reckoned, in its day, to be the most powerful wheeled vehicle in the world. The wheels are fitted with huge (1800×24) heavy duty cross-country tyres which, originally, had variable pressure control. Although it was never intended to be a combat vehicle in its own right Носорог е тестван, в Lulworth, като колесник съперник на Contentious, летищен разрушител на танкове. Беше монтирана гледка с пистолет и шофьорът беше инструктиран да се опита да задържи целевия резервоар пред очите си, докато караше носорог през страната - това се оказа практически невъзможно.
Източник: Танк-музей
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