2020年7月31日 · Artist’s representation of the 183 mm HESH shell and its propellent case, in scale with a 6 foot (1.83 meter) man, based on recorded dimensions. The markings and colour of the shell are purely speculative but are based on British markings of the time. Image produced by Tank Encyclopedia’s Mr. C. Ryan.

Fv4005 （英语：Fighting vehicles 4005，4005號作戰載具）是 英國 在 冷戰 初期的1950年代研製之 驅逐戰車。 由於 盾式反戰車飛彈 （英语：Malkara_ (missile)） 的服役，驅逐戰車之需求遭到反戰車飛彈取代，故終止了研究計畫。 FV4005採用 百夫長坦克 Mk.3的底盤，和從 Fv4004 （康威）計畫沿用改良的砲塔。 此坦克搭載一門皇家 兵工廠L4式183公厘榴彈炮，成為這輛驅逐戰車的特色。 在裝甲方面。 表現並不特別出色，正面採用57度的75毫米裝甲，所以FV4005只能抵擋 …

2023年11月16日 · The FV4005 has what is almost certainly the largest gun ever fitted to a tank. It marks the high point of the race throughout the history of armoured warfare to build bigger and bigger guns that could defeat thicker and thicker armour at longer and longer range.

为了弥补载弹量的不足，fv4005设计了一个安装在卡车上的补弹器用于快速装填。同时车体也安装了驻锄和行军固定器。 测试中的fv4005第二阶段. 1956年3月，fv4005第二阶段进行了射击测试，以确定车辆射击时的稳定性。在火力测试中，火炮在不同仰角下进行了32次 ...

With the largest-calibre conventional tank gun in the game at 183 mm, even glancing hits from its powerful HESH shells tend to result in significant damage to a target. Despite their size, the shells have decent muzzle velocity, making them relatively easy to range and aim.

2021年11月22日 · Inside this turret, which has become affectionately known as the “S**barn”, is an enormous – and completely overkill – 183 mm gun. Designed as a stop-gap solution until the 183 mm FV215 was ready, the FV4005 was a way for …

2016年2月28日 · In July of 1955, specifications for a simpler 183 mm SPG were developed, the FV4005 Stage II. The massive automatic loader was discarded, replaced with two loader crewmen. Since even this variant couldn't carry more than 12 shells, this solution was considered acceptable. The vehicle received a massive turret.

The FV4005 Stage II sports one of the largest cannons available in War Thunder Ground Forces, the 183 mm QF L4A1, with the second longest single-shell base reload time of any vehicle, at 38.9 seconds. The L4A1 is restricted to the use of HESH only, due to the weapon originally being envisaged as an anti-emplacement howitzer.

The FV4005 project came about in the late 1940s as a British attempt to build the longest range and most powerful gun possible to defeat a new generation of Soviet heavy tanks. The 183mm calibre L4A1 is the biggest gun ever fitted to a tank.

The FV4005 was armed with a QF 183mm L4A1 tank gun. It fired a powerful 183mm HESH shell, and it was recorded that ‘a single round would result in a kill regardless of the position of the point of strike’.