Excerpt from "Irish Army Vehicles: Transport and Armour since 1922" by Karl Martin (2002 edition)[with some minor editing]:
The Rolls-Royce Merlin powered Churchill
On the 14th of February 1955, Capt. Collier of the Cavalry Workshops suggested replacing the existing Bedford engine in a...
cavalrycorps (irisharmy)
cold war
defence forces (ireland)
éire
irish air corpsirisharmy
late 1950s
óglaigh na héireann
republic of ireland
rolls-royce
tank
Proposal by Technology Investments to develop a light tank, i think back in the early 1980's...nothing remarkable 13,000kg, 320hp diesel similar in concept to the US HSTV - according to JA&A. Looks like it is armoured with a 90mm Cockeral? any one confirm main gun armament.
Rendered drwaing...
1980s
cavalrycorps (irisharmy)
cold war
defence forces (ireland)
defense forces
defense forces (ireland)
éire
irisharmy
light tank
óglaigh na héireann
republic of ireland
tank design
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