Based on T43E1 hull, the oscillating turret mounts a modified version of the 155mm T7 Gun called T180 that is not rigidly mounted but rather four-cylinder hydrospring recoil mounted allowing 305mm to 355mm of gun travel. The gun features a bore evacuator and T-shaped muzzle brake.
The gun fires/fired T267 155mm HEAT and T152 155mm HESH 2-piece shells.
The T152 HESH can penetrate 178mm of RHA. (more than Conqueror’s L1 TK HESH and Chally-2’s L31A7 HESH)
The T267 HEAT can penetrate 407mm of RHA at 0º and 204mm at 60º. (more than M60’s M456 HEAT-FS and M103’s M469 HEAT-FS)
A tank destroyer variant of the M53/M55 SPH that mounted the 155mm T80 gun which later was mounted on the T58 as the T180.
Should be able to fire the same shells as the T58.
Desert Challenger (Challenger 2E) @ Saudi Arabia
Here seen mounted with thermal camo at turret and hull front as well as having different design of side-skirts/side-armor from standard 2E
Look at all those wacky British prototypes, then lets look back at India. It is one of the many legacies of British colonial occupation, designing weapons that are somewhat…wacky.
One of the motive seems to be was to create a very low-cost solution … hazarding a guess here
This driving factor always exists … Especially for bigger countries
Most of Indian borders are, lets just say treacherous. Already ongoing conflicts with two Nuclear powered neighbors. And new adversaries are turning up every moment. Not easy to maintain vast territorial defense solely with cutting edge kits … you gotta need some low cost “filler” solutions, acting ad-hoc.
The zorawar should be a cheap and cost-effective solution. Sure, its not a booker or ztq15, but it should get the work done. That is if you put those stuff on mass produce. The low number of productions is why Indian designs were blamed for poor cost effectiveness.
*For Saudi Army
atleast these pictures are from demonstration by Vickers for Saudi Arabia circa 1995.
It was called Desert Challenger (will correct the info above)
