Yin717
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The S-Tank has been one of my most favourite tanks for a long time. It had some of the best technology for it's time as well. Auto-loader, elevation and depressing of about 20 degrees and could even be driven by one man! For me it's amazing technology goes on. Of course it did have it's minor problems, one of them being it couldn't fire while on the move making it primarily a defensive tank. Yet it never saw combat and I've always wondered if it would of faired well. I do remember reading about it being on tests in Britain and America and both saying it could be as good as, and maybe even better, than the Challenger 2 and M1 Abrams. Well....that might be an exaggeration but here's what I found:
So I'm just wondering from you tank whizzes out their, do you think it would have been remarkable in combat?
Wikipedia said:The Stridsvagn 103 never saw combat and so its design remains unproven, unlike turreted main battle tanks. However, for its intended role in the 1960s it had numerous advantages. In 1967, Norway carried out a two week comparative observation test with the Leopard 1 and found that with closed hatches the 103 spotted more targets and fired faster than the Leopard. In April to September 1968, two 103s were tested at the British armour school in Bovington, which reported that "the turretless concept of the "S"-tank holds considerable advantage over turreted tanks". In BAOR 1973, the 103 was tested against the Chieftain. Availability never fell under 90% and the final report stated, "It has not been possible to prove any disadvantage in the "S" inability to fire on the move." In 1975, two 103s were tested at the American armour center at Fort Knox. The trial demonstrated the 103 fired more accurately than the M60A1E3, but on an average 0.5 seconds slower.[1]
Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S-Tank
So I'm just wondering from you tank whizzes out their, do you think it would have been remarkable in combat?