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FV4005 Stage II (light version)

6,474 Zharapparbyell  4.7 years ago

This an attempt to create a replica of the famous British FV4005 Stage II tank destroyer, it was necessary to visit several websites and see several images to get a good reference but here it is.

FV4005 SatgeII II Full Detailed

During the development phase of the FV215B, another project was done on the Centurion. Labeled the FV4005, it was an attempt to mount the 183 mm on the Centurion hull. The design phase is distinctive in two parts, Stage I and II. Stage I had the gun mounted on an open-topped hull. The gun had a concentric recoil system and an auto-loader. Stage II had the gun encased in a lightly armoured, splinter-proof turret with a conventional recoil system and manual loading. Though a single prototype was made for testing, the project never passed basic feasibility. In August 1957, the project was abandoned as well. The lone prototype is currently stationed outside at Bovington Tank Museum.
Despite being an extremely prominent target, the turret armor was only 14 mm (0.55 in) at its thickest. This was easily penetrable even by large caliber machine guns rounds. It also only had enough space to store 12 rounds . These rounds were stored in racks of 6 on each side of the large bustle.

The turret housed 4-5 crew members. These were the commander on the forward left, gunner on the front right and 2 loaders positioned behind the gun. On the left of the gun, in a small box on the cheek, was a coaxial .30 cal machine gun. This was most likely used for ranging rather offensive/defensive fire. There was a large door in the rear of the turret bustle for crew access and ammunition re-supply. The driver was located in the standard position in the hull

It should be noted that the lack of armor was intentional. This vehicle was designed to engage at long-range, shoot and re-position. Flexibility was slightly hampered by the turret, however. In theory, it was fully traversable. On uneven ground, this was not recommended due to balancing issues with the gun. As such, the vehicle only really had a 90 degrees arc of fire to the left and right.

In 1950, work started on the Ordnance Quick Firing 183 mm (7.2 in) L4 gun. At the time, it was the largest and most powerful tank gun in the world. The cannon was based on the 183 mm (7.2 in) BL 7.2 inch howitzer, a WWI era weapon. The gun itself weighed a mighty 4 tons and when fired it produced the equivalent of 87 tons of recoil force. The L4 was designed to be chambered for only one type of ammunition, HESH (High Explosive Squashed Head). It was separately loading ammunition. The projectile was loaded first followed by the correct propulsion cartridge. Each shell weighed a combined total of 104.8 kg . A shell of this size understandably produced a substantial amount of fumes and smoke inside of the fighting compartment. As such, a large fume extractor was added to the barrel, a relatively new feature at the time. The L4 was expected to have a rate of fire of 6 rounds per minute, as such, the gun would require 2 loaders to service the weapon effectively, but it didn’t work like expected , in practice the recharge time took from 45 to 30 seconds.

The 183 mm was tested in live fire trials against a Centurion and a Conqueror. In 2 shots, the 183 blew the turret clean off the Centurion and split the mantlet of the Conqueror in half. In total, the gun fired 150 shells.

The FV4005 Stage II is the only one of these 183mm armed vehicles to survive to this day. The turret is original, but it was mounted on a spare Mk.VIII Centurion hull, not the original it was trialed with. It is missing the recoil spade and travel lock. This “Cut-and-Shunt” representation of the vehicle now sits as a “gate-guardian” at The Tank Museum, Bovington, alongside an M4 Sherman. Its predecessor, the FV4004 Conway is safe and sound in the VCC (Vehicle Conservation Center) at the site.

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The 4005 as it stands today outside the Bovington Tank Museum

FV4005 Stage II Specifications
Dimensions (L-W-H) 7.82 (without gun) x 3.39 x 3.6 m
(25’7? x 11’1? x 11’8”)
Total weight 50 tons
Crew 5 (driver, gunner, commander, x2 loaders)
Propulsion Rolls-Royce Meteor; 5-speed Merrit-Brown Z51R Mk. F gearbox 650 hp (480 kW), later BL 60, 695 bhp
Speed (road) Apx. 30 km/h (19 mph) (I incresead to 40 mph to best experience)
Armament QF 183 mm (7.2 in) L4 Tank Gun
.30 Cal. (7.62 mm) machine gun.
Armor 120 mm frontal hull armor. Turret 14mm all over.

I decided to change some features so you have a better experience when you play. I increased the number of rounds from 12 to 200, to avoid restarting the phase all the time, I also raised the top speed to 40 mph, to don’t be too slow and decreases the reload tiem to 10 seconds. I didn't put too much detail into, so the game wouldn’t crash or lag but i'm making a fully detailed version. I tried to be as faithful as possible to the model, I apologize if I leave something important out or if I did something wrong.

Obs: I used as main reference the model that is in Bovington and after reading a little more I found that this isn’t in the original chassis of Centurion III but in the Centurion VII, the mainly difference is the front, unfortunately it was too late to change so I decided to leave it, sorry.

Controls - AG1: Starts the engine
AG2: Turn on the Lights
Throttle: Accelerate (I recommend using only 15-20% of force on flat terrain, use more if you need to climb steep hills).
Brake: Stop
Yaw: Turn the tank
Roll: Horizontal Axis (Turret)
Pitch: Vertical Axis (Cannon) (Enable the mouse as Joystick for easy movement)
Fire Guns: Fire the Main Armament and the coaxial machine gun.
Cockpit View: Commander / Gunner View
Cam 1: Driver View
I used the map Kumamatanga Archipelago of mikoyanster to take the screenshots.

I think that’s all, I tried my best for make it realistic, I hope you like it. Thanks for the support of all, comment what you think of this project and upvote also, enjoy and see my other projects, I know you’ll like, Ideas to improve my projects are always welcome, please if you really like this project upvote, don’t forgot. Also, sorry for my English.

Spotlights

General Characteristics

  • Created On Windows
  • Wingspan 11.9ft (3.6m)
  • Length 38.9ft (11.9m)
  • Height 18.5ft (5.6m)
  • Empty Weight 107,705lbs (48,854kg)
  • Loaded Weight 108,550lbs (49,237kg)

Performance

  • Wing Loading 46,101.3lbs/ft2 (225,086.3kg/m2)
  • Wing Area 2.3ft2 (0.2m2)
  • Drag Points 9748

Parts

  • Number of Parts 542
  • Control Surfaces 0
  • Performance Cost 1,712
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    90 Tyrell

    its nice also can i put a actual cannon on it and upload it?

    2.2 years ago
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    @Akumu its shitbarn in world of tanks death star is entitled to the Fv215B-183 , HEAT100 , Bobjects , Derpking kv2 , big momma o-i/imperial nuclear programme , initial O-i exp since it can reach 40kph with a 105mm gun boom stick before the nerf purge

    3.6 years ago
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    25.4k Mustang51

    This is really cool! I saw this at bovington last year. It’s really a great replica. I haven’t uploaded anything in ages but this makes me want to start building again

    4.6 years ago
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    when you mount a refrigerator to a tank for memes. dumb turret designs are dumb.

    4.7 years ago
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    1,367 CinderFall

    This is a death Star right?

    4.7 years ago
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    1,367 CinderFall

    Why you build a death Star

    4.7 years ago
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    7,256 Roswell

    Kool!

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    @Mobius1Cyka my fav is the FV-215b 183, simply because of the 183mm Cannon that was mounted on the behemoth.

    4.7 years ago
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    Would you like some tea and pudding,my king?CAUSE ITS TEA TIME!

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    @Mustang51 It's not a plane and not even of WWII, but I think it's worth tagging you because you inspired me to make these replicas.

    4.7 years ago
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    @Zharapparbyell ah hell nein, i aint taking that! Hanz, only show the spaced armor or tracks. This british tea cup will be ammoracked!

    4.7 years ago
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    @Mobius1Cyka What a dirty mouth, give them a cup of HESH Tea George!

    4.7 years ago
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    @AWESOMENESS360 FV 4005

    4.7 years ago
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    Oh no! Hanz, full reverse! It's zie Scheissebarn!

    Serriously tho, i love how this looks, but i cant run it sadly. But continue the good work bro!

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    Thank you guys, really! @AWESOMENESS360 FV4005, looks like he's more scary and imposing

    4.7 years ago
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    This is amazing, am definitely adding to favs. Also, which one is your favorite? FV-4005, or FV-215b 183?

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    @MontyPython thank you very much man, it was really hard to get the corrects measures

    4.7 years ago
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    @Zharapparbyell
    Bruh, this thing looks AMAZING. I tried doing this years ago but never got the turret quite right. I congratulate you on this monumental build

    +1 4.7 years ago
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    omg, while i was doing the description i got 2 spotlights, thanks, you guys are the best

    +4 4.7 years ago
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    6,987 Frenchyfry

    ever since I disappeared the other month tank quality of every ones tanks has improved like 50x times lol now I cant keep up, Nice tank :D

    +1 4.7 years ago