But it is NOT a tank


I read somewhere that the "vehicle" is a self propelled gun, which is an artillery piece. A tank is NOT an artillery piece, and an artillery piece is NOT a tank.

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It is an FV 433, "Abbot":
FV433 Field Artillery, Self-Propelled "Abbot" is the self-propelled artillery variant of the British Army FV430 series of armoured fighting vehicles, using much of the chassis of the FV430 but with a fully rotating turret at the rear housing the 105 mm gun and given the vehicle designation of FV433.

Its correct designation was "Gun Equipment 105mm L109 (Abbot)"; L109 was little used, probably to avoid confusion with 155 mm M109 that entered UK service at about the same time. The name "Abbot" continued the Second World War style of naming self-propelled artillery after ecclesiastical titles. The FV433 used a different configuration of power pack from other vehicles in the FV430 series.

So as such, you are correct it is NOT a tank.
Or as SGM Thomson would say "Thank you PVT Janes! My office, NOW!"

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Yeppers. I spent twenty years in the U.S. Marines, ten years on the M60A1 Tank, then ten years on the M1A1 Tank. Always a bit touchy when an SPG, PC, LVTP, or other vehicles are referred to as "tanks". By the way, my first name is Gary, and I was a Tank Commander for quite some time.

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