![]() ![]() Limiting the vehicle to "engineering" duties may help avoid the kind of feature-creep that would likely happen if this "tank" were expected to engage enemy armor. The Churchill VII and Centurion AVRE 165 were refinements on this concept and were armed with 165mm demolition guns and equipped with dozer blades and mine-clearing equipment.Īn amphibious "demolition tank" could provide heavy HE firepower in the initial assault, clear landing zones for LCACs and LCUs carrying proper MBTs, and provide "mortar" and assault-gun support in the latter phases of an amphibious assault. The Churchill III/IV were armed with 290mm spigot mortars and were used in Normandy to clear beach obstacles and fortifications. While not amphibious, the British experimented with the "demolition tank" concept in WWII and the Cold War. The specs for the AMOS and NEMO 120mm mortar systems are roughly comparable to the M116 75mm pack howitzer. A low-velocity 120mm or 105mm gun firing HESH and therombaric shells could be interesting. ![]()
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