Carro di Combattimento AMX-30 Francese

From 1956 to 1963 la Francia, Germania, e Italia cooperated in the design of a European carro armato medio. Several prototypes were submitted for revue, but in 1963 Francia quit the design consortium to focus on the development of its own AMX-30 carro da combattimento at their AMX Ateliers de construction d’Issy-les-Moulineaux. The first veicoli were delivered in 1966, e the AMX-30 series con 105 mm main gun was officially put into service in 1967 to replace the obsolete M-47 Patton tank nel servizio francese. Between 1974 e 1984 carri armati AMX-30 were produced nella Spagna under licence. La produzione francese del carro AMX-30 termina nel 1993. The first improved ed up-armoured AMX-30 B2 were delivered in 1982. Many of these veicoli were later fitted con reactive armour e designated AMX-30 BrenUS.

Modellini Disponibili

• AMX-30, 1:35 Heller
• AMX-30, 1:72 Heller
• AMX-30, 1:87 ROCO 201
• AMX-30, 1:87 WTD 7
• AMX-30 B2, 1:72 Azimut 72007

Caratteristiche Tecniche

• AMX-30 char d’assaut
• Tipo: Main Battle Tank
• Motore: Hispano-Suiza HS-110 con 507 kW (680 hp)
• Velocità: 65 km/h sulle strade
• Capacità di Combustibile: 460 l
• Autonomia: 500 km
• Lunghezza: 6590 mm
• Larghezza: 3100 mm
• Altezza: 2290 mm
• Peso: 36.000 kg
• Armamentoo: 105 mm GIAT CN-105 F1 tank gun, coaxial Mitragliatrice da 12,7 mm, replaced by a 20 mm automatic cannon, mitragliatrice contraerei da 7,62 mm
• Equipaggio: capocarro, guidatore, cannoniere, caricatore
• Produzione: 1966–1993 (more than 2.000 veicoli)

Derivatives

• AMX-30 D char de dépannage - recovery vehicle
• AMX-30 AUF1 canon automoteur de 155 mm - SPG
• AMX-30 EBG Engin blindé de génie - engineer vehicle
• AMX-30 ROLAND missiles anti-aérienne - veicolo contraerei
• AMX-30 PLUTON lanceur du Missile Pluton - missile carrier
• AMX-30 B2 amélioration - improved ed up-armoured
• AMX 30 DT char de déminage - mine sweeper
• AMX 30 BrenUS améliorée du blindage réactif - reactive armour
• AMX 30 FORAD "char ennemi" - Opposing Force "OPFOR" vehicle for training
• AMX 32 version pour l’exportation - up-gunned export version con 120 mm gun

Bibliografia

• Tanks from 1916 until today, Brown Packaging Books
• Jane’s Tank & Combat Vehicle Recognition Guide. Christopher F. Foss
• The Encyclopedia of Tanks ed AFVs. C. F. Foss, Chris Foss, Will Fowler
• The Illustrated Directory of Tanks of the World. David Miller

Utilizzo Storico

• Bosnia Herzegovina - 36 AMX-30
• Chile – 29 AMX-30
• Croatia – 42 AMX-30
• Cyprus – 61 AMX-30 e 52 AMX-30 B2
• Francia – 200 AMX-30 B2
  • 4e Régiment de Dragons (44 AMX-30 B2), Gulf War 1991
• Greece – 168 AMX-30 B2
• Iraq – 98 AMX-30
• Israel
• Kuwait – 18 AMX-30
• Nigeria – 16 AMX-30
• Qatar – 25 AMX-30 S
  • Gulf War 1991
• Saudi Arabia – 572 AMX-30 S ed AMX-30 SA
  • Gulf War 1991
• Spagna – 327 AMX-30
• United Arab Emirates – 68 AMX-30
• Venezuela – 85 AMX-30 V (1989)

The AMX-30 carro da combattimento nel servizio francese has been replaced by the AMX-56 Leclerc which entered service in 1990. Most of formerly carri armati AMX-30 francesi have since been sold agli altri paesi, although some veicoli are still being used in maneuvres e for training purposes. In addition to the more than 2,000 carri da combattimento AMX-30 originally produced, more than 1,000 chassis were used for self-propelled guns ed other variants.

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– Pubblicato: 01.10.2006 – Aggiornato: 23.09.2007
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