Challenger 2 MBT - Technical data and Discussion (Part 1)

Does anyone here have a source for this picture?

ahhh well of course, its simple to disprove, the screws match the mount shown on the challenger 2 with it’s gun pointed up, therefore the pins must be on the forward side.

Yea, they are a match, another thing we would need to find is if the same screws are on the inside (hard to figure out)
I personally doubt it but its not impossible
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hmm?

the possibility of the same screws being on the inside is low but not 0 as far as we know.

Well, some screws are there
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no…

well, as i said the possiblility of the screws being on the inside is not 0. I personally dont think they are there, but…

Hmm, how did i missed that

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Welp


looks like the front of the gun has a rectangular frame, not sticking out trunnions

great find.

hmm?

what?

oh didnt see the edit, yeah i agree

do you by any chance have a photo of the rotor pins or locks? IF we had them we could eliminate the holes in the mantlet

wish i did

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that doesnt look like the rotor, but it looks like a plate to screw onto the rotor. maybe a way to fixate the gun into the rotor

Yea, thats what im about. You screw it from the inside using the frame and from the outside using a collar
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ok so, on the inside we would have that plate that screws onto the rotor.

but what if on the outside the plate that screws onto the rotor actually has 2 dents that fit into the rotor holes locking the pins in place

im not sure if i mean dents but you know what i mean