Charioteer (tank)

Charioteer
Charioteer at Yad La-Shiryon, Latrun
Type	Medium Tank built from Cruiser Tank (based on weight, speed, calibre of gun, armor, and the text.).
Place of origin	United Kingdom
Service history
In service	1952 - 1980
Used by	British Army Finnish Army Royal Jordanian Army Lebanese Army
Wars	1978 South Lebanon conflict Lebanese Civil War
Production history
Manufacturer	Robinson and Kershaw Ltd, Dukinfield, Cheshire
No. built	442[1]
Specifications
Mass	28.5 tons
Length	8.8 metres
Width	3.1 metres
Height	2.5 metres
Crew	3 crew (4 with external observer)
Main armament	84 mm (3.3 in) Ordnance QF 20 pounder
Secondary armament	7.62 mm (0.3 in) Browning M1919A4 coaxial machine gun
Engine	Rolls-Royce Meteor 600 hp
Suspension	Improved Christie
Maximum speed	32 mph (51 km/h)

The Charioteer Tank, or FV4101 Tank, Medium Gun, Charioteer was a post-world-war II British armoured fighting vehicle. It was produced in the 1950s to up-gun units of the Royal Armoured Corps continuing to use the Cromwell tank during the early phases of the Cold War. The vehicle itself was a modified Cromwell with a more powerful gun installed in a relatively lightly armoured two-man turret.

Charioteer saw limited use with the British Army, but was used more extensively by overseas nations in Europe and the Middle East. Charioteers saw action in conflicts in the Middle-East.