1000 horsepower military tank engine2/24/2024 The irony is that it apparently took fitters 24 hours to modify the engine for use with petrol. Rolls Royce apparently had the design of a conventional, 4-stroke, V8, diesel intended for the Chieftain ready for production when it was deceided to rather edevlop the L60. Multi-fuel capability was a requirement for new tanks at the time of the development of the Leopard 1, the AMX-30 and the Chieftain. Britian wanted this type of engine for the Chieftain for this reason and because it was felt that this type of engine was more suitable for multi-fuel use than conventional diesels. The attraction of this type of engine, before the era of high pressure, common rail injection, variable geometry turbocharging and electronic engine management systems, was that it offered reatively high power from a relatively small engine. The Chieftain was simply a poor execution of the principle. The Russians/Ukranians made/make wide use of this type of engine in various modified vesrions of the T72 tank. The technology was mature and opposed piston two-stroke engines have been widely used, also in military vehicles.
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